On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 02:17 AM, Daniel Beck wrote: > DVD-R written right on the package covering the jewel case. Same > products worked fine before. The failed DVDs will play in my home > player, but then fail in the later scenes. > Can't help thinking about this. 90 minute mode as Erica pointed out once should actually be easier on a set-top not harder. Mode sense error........ Your DVDR may not be making a secure connection inside your laptop. Have you dropped it? Do you switch modules frequently? I can't help but wonder if there is some intermittent physical problem here. J