DVD is Skipping After Burning

John,
If you can give some hints possibly to the cause of this I know many people will appreciate your time. I will write down and stick the hints on my drafting lamp. This was very scary.
Cheri

Generally the -R discs are the most compatible with older DVD players, and Apple's original Superdrives only burned DVD-R. Even though Verbatim has the reputation, I think the evidence is pointing at problems with that batch of Verbatims, or possibly something different that Verbatim did with their archival discs.
John

Gentlemen,
John thank you very very much your information was completely helpful for me. Thank you. And TSilverX5 thank you for the invaluable information your post supplied us. And ComputerWhiz, thank you for the descriptions of how you were ferreting out this awful problem, thank you. I'm sticking the entire page to the side of my drafting lamp! ComputerWhiz I sure hope you can track down and solve your problem.
Cheri

You're welcome.

Just to add to this discussion, generally Memorex disks have not been recommended because they have thinner layers and may produce some skipping or poor playback,and may not last as long as other brands. However, when I was looking for cases at Office Depot, I noticed that the newer Memorex disks looked completely different. Maybe the newer ones are made better.
If you had not noticed a difference in the burns of the different brands, I would have suspected your DVD player, since the playback of DVD players is so variable, depending on the age, brand and type of player.

Maybe you just got a bad batch of Verbatim disks. I always use Verbatim archival gold disks, DVD-R, burn at 4x or less and have never had a burn issue with them.....well, except for something I did.....or the problem with iDVD not recognizing changes to iMovie after iMovie is already in an iDVD project and messing up chapter markers. (But that is another thread!).

Hi Beverly!
Thanks for the additional information! For me, I think I bought a bad batch of Verbatims even though I got them to burn successfully on my PPC G5 and play perfectly on the year old Sony DVD Player/Recorder on the 3 year old Bravia Sony TV. I was SO taken with the quality of the images, nice clean colors with really nice depth -- especially the very dark areas where pixels can pop up when least expected. ugh Anyway, I'm sold on Verbatim now and will go hunt down some Verbatim archival gold disks and very much appreciate the info on what type Verbatims you use. I've been reading that John uses Sony, and TSilverX5 recommends Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden. Thanks much Lady.
Cheri

You are very welcome. I order Verbatim disks (Ultra LIfe Gold Archival Grade, DVD-R) from a company I found online CDW (CDW Mac Warehouse) http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1029616

They are more expensive, but supposed to last longer. You may be able to find them elsewhere for less.

Those other brands--Sony, Taiyo Yuden and Maxell-- are also good and give good burns.