What do videographers recommend in DVDplayer

As wannabee videographer, I've run into problems several times with my finished product... an authored dvd not playing on the customers dvd player, although it played on mine with no problems... some even won't play on all the three I have at home.
Often the same problem player will play a commercially produced DVD with no problem. (like a rented move)
I use Tyo-yuden printable DVDs ... and just recently ran out of the last batch (bought long ago before the merger with JVC). Also used up a couple of 25 pack of verbatem DataLifePlus. In both brands the problem came up randomly.
(DVD-r in both brands)
I've surmised that homemade DVD are more iffy for playing than commercial grade products.
I author with Encore and burn with a sony DRX-820UL-T or the burner on my sager NP8760 laptop, I forgotten the make offhand.
The misfires don't seem to be related to where its burnt.
But cutting to the chase, I wondered if there is a player that is generally seen as being a good candidate for Qaulity Control of the DVDs I produce?
Or for example, if a customer were to ask me what player to use to be most likely to play there wedding or whatever DVD

startrekfan22 wrote:
I would have to agree with the other posts on this
one, since I have had problems in the past with DVD-
R's not working in set-top DVD players. I've got an old Goldstar set-top from 2001 and
no DVD-R's will work in it, or if they do play they are choppy and just skip like crazy, and it doesn't matter whether I've burned the video on a computer, or if its a copy of a TV program that I recorded off of TV for my personal viewing on a DVD-Recorder. Not all DVD players are going to be able to play DVD-R's. If the person receiving the program doesn't care about the video quality, then I would recommned, in order for them to view it, give them a VHS copy along with the DVD, since VHS machines aren't picky about what type of VHS tape you are using.
But if you are sending it to an important client then make sure that your burner is set to its lowest speed to ensure that you get the deepest burn possible. If you are able to go at 1x then go at 1x.
Thanks to all for good input.
As the original poster, I feel compelled to comment here again, only because this last post run contrary to all I'd heard since I first started with videography (not that long... only about 3yrs off and on).
I'd heard repeatedly that DVD-r was THE one most likely to work in most cases. Is that not the case?
Going by other posts on this thread, I'd say they have left room for the fact that there is some component of luck here.
No one has commented directly to one aspect: Does it seem to be the case that home authoried and burnt DVDS, even by skilled people, are not as reliable as commercially produced DVDs?
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