DVDs on play on macpro

I have a strange situation where I burned a DVD via DVD studio and I am using final cut pro on FCP 6.0 and the DVD plays fine on my 8 core mac pro, but not on a g5 imac or PC's
I burned 2 disks, 1 high quality DVD 90 minute video using compressor to export the files, and 1 MPEG2 HD DVD, also using compressor to export the files and burn them in DVD studio pro.
Is there something that I have missed? The DVD's play on here but not on other players.

You made an HD DVD? HD DVD will only play on your mac and HD DVD players.

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