Each kind of machine burns DVD's that play in most recent DVD players, which is good.

Movies in Toshiba's format won't play in DVD players from Sony's side, and vice versa.

A disc of either format must be "finalized" (a 2-to 15-minute electronic shrink-wrapping) before it will play in other DVD players.

A MiniDVD can be played back in most Blu-ray and DVD players that are tray loaded.

Its three-inch discs will play in standard DVD players.

But it's not much more for a DVD writer, which burns DVDs that can be played back in other DVD players.

DVD cards may also be played in standard DVD players.

The defect causes the disks to "grind", shake or freeze when played in DVD players.

Discs recorded on it can be played in most DVD players.

Unfortunately, these discs don't play back in standard DVD players, apart from a few Panasonic and Hitachi models.