"Sigi" <rp0000000013@127.0.0.1:7501> wrote in message 
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> I wonder if some of you are watching DVDs in other formats than the ones 
> used
> on commercially available DVDs.
> A friend gave me a coule of self-burned videos of older sitcoms that are
> hard to get nowadays. They are either in AVI or MPEG format. I can watch
> them on my computer (good quality), but not on the DVD player via the big
> TV screen in my living room.


I make these kinds of discs all the time. There are lots of DVD players that 
can play home-made discs. Check to see that it lists DVD-R and DVD+R among 
the formats. I would just bring in one or two of your home-made discs to an 
electronics shop and try a few machines.

-Marc