IMovie/iDVD help wanted

I have been frustrated when making a DVD from imovie. All works well and the finished DVD plays perfectly on my computer. Problems occur when playing it on a DVD player through the TV. It may play well through 75% of the duration and then freeze up or go into a jerky play situation. This will occur when playing the disc from start or going to that spot from chapter selection.
Trying different media has been suggested, with DVD-R seeming to be the least prone to the problem but still existent. I'd appreciate any suggestions to correct this.
I'm using iMacG5 with Tiger OS
Thanks to all that reply...
JIm
iMacG5 Mac OS X (10.4)

We (at my business) deal with this when putting out
special event videos on DVD.
We tell folks that THEY must check to see if their
model of dvd player will support burned discs.
There's a list online somewhere of players which play
dvd-rs.
Honestly, I test my DVDs on a couple of 'Cyberhome'
dvd players which cost me $37. each at a major chain
store.
Most players boast their versitility on their boxes
these days.
When it comes down to it, you're not responsible for
the fact that someone else's player can't play a
dvd-r. These things have been around for several
years now. It might be time for an upgrade.
Several good thoughts, thank you. The list of players that will play DVD-Rs will be interesting. One thing I will try is shortening the project, that is putting it on two discs to see if that corrects the problem. If it does, I'll post another message as there may be others with this problem. If anyone disagrees that DVD-R is the best media to use, please let me know.
iMacG5 Mac OS X (10.4)

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There are three things to this.
• 1. DVD - Has only SD-quality - There are NO HD DVDs due to it's standard
• 2. If original material is miniDV or interlaced video - then iMovie'08 & 09
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2.Video from
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5. I use Verbatim ( also recommended by many - Taiyo Yuden DVDs - I can’t get hold of it to test )
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*unclemano wrote*
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