Movie freezes while watching dvd

I have made a 50 min. movie and when I go to watch it the screen will freeze up (or I get the pixel blocks that are scrambled). This will happen at anytime during the movie. What is causing this? On some dvd players it will work just fine, then on others it will freeze half way thru, still others it will work just fine one time and freeze the next. Very annoying since I have given them away as gifts and now my movie is freezing up on them! Any thoughts?

+using Verbatim disk and I had the same problem. But burned on 4x reduced the problem and 2x eliminated the problem.+
*Further support for this:*
I recommend a disk image burned to Verbatim DVD-R at 4X or slower using Toast or Disk Utility.
David Pogue also recommends Verbatim on page 356 of his latest 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."
Although, I burn Verbatim at 4X and have no problems.

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