dvd burning question

[canton_kid]

I haven't had any chopyness problems, but I never shrank to a cd-r either

All my DVD -r disks work and look like the reall disk I backed up from.
Not sure why your CD r didn't work well, but you should do ok with a DVD r. Maybe your player did not like the way you burned the CD r.

There are various compatibilty settings for stuff. Video CD generally has lower quality settings than SVCD which is a bit more like DVD but still on a CD. DVD is best. They have there own standards, settings, which might be what the problem was. Like VCD is normally mpeg1, but DVD is always mpeg2.
So most likely you had a non compliant VCD and the player did not like it.

I have only made a few VCDs and they were from captures not DVDs, I don't know how you would go to VCD from a DVD offhand, but I know it can be done. Just not anything I've done myself.

[Shadow250]

i was thinking perhaps the vob file on a cd didnt play right maybe because the player isnt designed to play a cd-r at the speed required to maintain smooth playback. i think a dvd disc has a higher byte per second read rate?

[b-man1]

yup, i've used both large screen rear projection tv and front/rear lcd projectors...excellent results with all. the important things to look for in a stand alone projector are:

--native resolution
--lcd vs dlp (research this one...)
--brightness/Lumen rating (anything under 2000 lumen will require a fairly dark room for best movie results)

--inputs (DVI, VGA, etc)
--noise rating in dB...try to get low 30's or under (won't matter so much if you have the movie volume cranked...hehe )
--bulb cost (expensive to replace...~$400 for most standard models)

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