If you record sometime from a dvd recorder on your tv and watch it on another dvd player (not computer)?

Question

Will it still be compatible to record on the same recorder and others?

Answer 1

You usually have to finalize the DVD before it becomes playable in standard DVD players. Once you do this you cannot record onto the DVD anymore. If you use a rewritable DVD you can, but not all DVD players will read DVD-RW's, particularly older players.

Answer 2

Also note that there are two formats currently being used in DVD burners R+ and R -. Most older DVD players can only read a R- . Most current DVD (a few years old) will read either. But in almost all cases for a DVD to be read on Mom's player it must be finalized (closed).