Title safe different from dvd player to computer DVD player

I have a title problem where I have a screen divided into three sections. I have a title on the top right that needs to be centered in own space . I have marked where a set top dvd player cuts the video off, a little more than action safe. I centered the text based on that. Problem is if someone plays the dvd on a computer dvd player nothing gets cut off and the title looks off center. Any ideas?

take2visualmedia wrote:
I have marked where a set top dvd player cuts the video off
No, you've marked where the display you used cut the video off.

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