Movie created in iDVD 7.01 won't play in any DVD Players at all

I created a movie in iMovie HD 6 and mastered in iDVD 7.01 it plays OK on my computer but,
it wont play on any other DVD players at all, mine or my friend's, I just get the "Loading" message on my TV. Could this be related to the brand of DVD's I'm using or the encoding that older DVD players are not able to read?
If any one knows what the problem is, Please HELP!!
Thank you so much.
Josh

+Could this be related to the brand of DVD's I'm using or the encoding that older DVD players are not able to read?+
Yes and yes. If it plays in your Mac, it should play in a DVD player. Use DVD-R, not any other format. Verbatim works flawlessly for me.
I recommend a disk image burned to Verbatim DVD-R at 4X or slower using Toast or Disk Utility. You can set burn speed in iDVD '08 if not creating a disc image.
David Pogue also recommends Verbatim on page 356 of his iDVD 6 book:
iMovie HD & iDVD 6: The Missing Manual
Quoting David: "Cheaper brands don't use the same amount of organic dyes and are more likely to suffer premature deaths."
iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual.
I buy Verbatim white inkjet printable in stacks of 50. Verbatim's part number: 94971. They have been flawless for me.

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