Posted by Rolo Tomassi on 09/23/85 11:43

Okilee Dokilee wrote:
> "Fork" <Fork@the.office> wrote in message
> news:gfzfdmddmjct.ph9nl25f2ac3.dlg@40tude.net...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a Pioneer DV-656A DVD player which is about 3 years old. It
>> was multi-region out-of-the-box.
>>
>> However, if I try and play and DVD-RL (Dual Layer DVD-Recordable)
>> media then it freezes up as soon as it tries to switch to the second
>> layer. Shop-purchased DVD's are of course fine, but if I create my
>> own movie and transfer it to DVD-RL then it won't play in my
>> Pioneer. Neither will it play in my �30 Panasonic player from
>> Sainsburys. However, it DOES play in my friend's Cyrus DVD-5.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a "normal" DVD player that DEFINATELY plays
>> DVD-RL media?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> --
>> Fork.
>
>
> Aye great. All those people who were desperate to get their hands on
> a dual layer DVD writer. Not only is the media totally overpriced,
> you can't even play what's on it. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh man!

It's always the way. Was the same for CD-R, then CD-RW, then DVD-R and
DVD+R etc. I remember faffing around with booktypes to get DVD+Rs to play
on my old Yelo player.

Early adopters always get teething troubles.

Rolo

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