DVD Information

It’s the Player that’s incompatible, not your disc.

Will my disc work on my player?
The easy answer is that over 95% of the DVD players on the market today will play your AVCA DVD -R disc. These players are generally produced by the major manufacturers and are 100% DVD compliant. So what about the other 5%? Well, some manufacturers, in a rush to get products to market, build their machines to work on most discs, realizing that some features of DVD may not work. Many of these machines have problems playing certain Hollywood titles as well as DVD-R discs which are the only reasonable media option when creating “short run” or “one off” DVD production. Replicated DVD’s (Like the ones you rent in the video stores) are 100% compatible but most manufactures have a 1000 disc production minimum.

I have a “first generation” player. Will my ACVA DVD -R disc work?
First generation DVD players are defined as those introduced in 1997, the year DVD was introduced to the world. Many of the players that first hit the streets are not 100% compliant with the entire DVD specification. The number of these players that are incompatible is substantially higher than 5%.

What if my disc won’t work in my player?
If you have purchased an incompatible player, here are some possible solutions:

Return Your Player: If you bought the player recently, you may be able to return it for a new, compliant player.

Buy A New Player: Although this seems like a bit of a drastic solution, with the cost of a good, compatible player as little as $25, many people simply get a new player. They may keep the other player for another room in the house or give it to a family member as a gift. In general a very expensive player is LESS likely to play a "burned" DVD and a cheap one is more likely to work well with "burned" DVDs.