[MacDV] Re: Panasonic recorder/Sony and Phillips players

[James Asherman]

On Wednesday, February 11, 2004, at 11:26  AM, Erica Sadun wrote:

> At 1:35 AM -0800 2/11/04, Carter Tomassi wrote:
>> Most of you can guess this message. We have a PAL player, decoding to 
>> NTSC and transferring to a Panasonic DMR-E20 DVD recorder. It plays 
>> on some machines, but not on others Sony, Phillips, and a G4.
>>
>> Is there a workaround for this? All I could suggest was trying 
>> different media. We are using Verbatim at the moment.
>
> It's usually the media.
>
> Check out http://www.dvdrhelp.com and look through the
> player compatibility lists
>
> -- Erica
>

Can I add an interesting (maybe ) note?
Not only is playback sometimes not compatible but strange things can 
occur. Just this morning I got a call that distressed me. I make master 
DVD+RW's and send them back to be made into DVD-R's and DVD+R's and 
copied to tape etc. On a phillips standalone. Now I am told that when 
my discs are played on a Panasonic standalone recorder, the date and 
time appear in the lower left , and no one can turn it off. Basic 
incompatability. Very Basic Jim