Slow button selection on DVD players

I've done my menus on photoshop and used layered menus in DSP. Everything works fine, what layers are shown at what state etc.
But once I play the disc in a DVD player, I've noticed that moving down the buttons in the menu is really slow and takes about a second when you press enter to select something, before it does anything. The speed varies on different players and is the fastest on the most recent computers and laptops.
So I guess it really depends on the player, but is there anything I can do to speed up the button selection in DSP? I've heard that with layered menus, each button state is like a different menu, is this true? Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks.
iMac G4 flat-panel 1GHz Mac OS X (10.4.7) DVD Studio Pro 3

Not really seperate menus as people think of it (which is why I said sort of), when you add different non-layered menus in DVD SP a different VTSM PGC is added for each menu, while the layered menus place different PGs in the same VTSM.
But I say the same thing, do not use layered menus if you can avoid them
It is not different then what happens with a loop menu, and actually stays in the same PGC other than when jumping from one PGC to another as with "seperate" menus.
Maybe Jake, Hal, Teal or others have some more details on performance issues

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Misters Simon and Jones - THAT WAS IT !!!
I'm a newby and self-taught with a long way to go.
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Use good quality blank media. The flavor of choice right now are Verbatims but in the end, you need to find one that works best for you.
NEVER put a label on a DVD. Kiss of Death. Enocurage your competition to label their DVDs!!!! As mentioned, DVDs have alot of information on them, labeling them will throw them off balance in many DVD players. Not good.
Use something like an Epson R200 if you want to put a pretty face on the DVD.
Also mentioned was using a slower burn. Your computer will cache information better than a tabletop DVD player. If the tabletop doesn't have what it needs when it needs it... it will choke.
Try to keep all content under 90-minutes. The longer the content, the lower the bit-rate used to encode and the more chances for problems.
Finally, if you have examined all your options and you still aren't happy- move on to a new tool for Authoring your DVDs. iDVD is part of iLife for for $79. DVDSP is $499.
Good Luck,
Mike

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