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

[James Asherman]

On Jun 12, 2005, at 10:09 PM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:

> Steve and others,
>
> More on the shaggy dog story.  I checked at Wall Mart today and they 
> had
> NOTHING that would play a DVD-RW disc.  I went to Best Buy and found a
> semi-expensive (for a DVD player) Sony for $80 that said it would play
> DVD-RW disc.  It came home with me and to make a long story short it is
> going to be returned to Best Buy first thing in the morning.  It 
> played the
> DVD-RW was was very complicated to run and stopped mid way and the 
> video was
> not tracking the audio.  I am going to buy one of the $40 models and 
> not
> worry about the bells and whistles.
>
> A DVD disc that plays on a computer may not play well on your TV set 
> top box
> DVD player.
>
> Dick
>

Lesson: Don't count on an RW of either flavor to play anywhere but 
where it was made.