[G4] Re: Do I need a new DVD Player?

[Richard M. Kriss]

Steve, 

Thanks for the information. Looks like my old RCA Mode; 4250 set top box DVD
player is not up to speed with the new format.  The manual says it plays
DVD's only.  I upgraded the G4 by adding the Pioneer DVD-109 but did not
realized it was too advanced for my TV set top box DVD player.  Looks like I
will have to pick up one of the newer set top box players this weekend. God
help us with the transition to digital TV.

Dick


On 6/9/05 9:50 PM, "g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com"
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> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 17:44:51 -0400
> From: Steve Goldstein <sng at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [G4] Do I need a new DVD Player?
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
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> The older DVD players, for the most part, do not play recordable DVD
> discs, whether DVD +R, -R, +RW, or -RW.  About a year ago, most of
> the new crop would play the DVD -R, and few would play the DVD +R.
> Today, things may have changed, but you'd still have to read the
> manufacturer's specs to find out if the player will play the kind of
> disc that you want to record.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> On Jun 9, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:
> 
>> Something tells me the old RCA DVD Player we have on top of the RCA
>> Home
>> Theater may be old stuff and needs to be replaced as it will not
>> play DVD's
>> that play on my G4.
>> 
>> As a test I burned a movie we own to a DVD+RW disc using the
>> PIONEER DVD-RW
>> DVR-109 and it plays perfect using the OSX 10.4 DVD Player.app but
>> will NOT
>> play via the RCA set top box DVD player. Could the issue be I used
>> a DVD+RW
>> rather than a DVD-RW disc?
>> 
>> Any suggestions on what specs are important in the newer TV DVD
>> players? I
>> would like to stay with an RCA to be able to run everything from
>> the same
>> remote.
>