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I have recently archived some shows off my TiVo onto DVD+R using my DVDR-75 without any problems. Playback on my recorder is OK.

However, playback on my Wharfedale 750 is bizarre. The whole picture is squashed into the left half of the screen, with the right half remaining black and blank. The disk menu is OK though, as is navigation, sound and the picture quality (albeit squashed!).

Am I missing a trick here when recording, or would the "region 2 Jaws" DVD firmware upgrade on the Wharfedale fix it? I am of course assuming the Whafedale is able to play DVD+Rs........(my old Philips doesn`t!).

Wharfedale is one of the few players,along with LG that will not play any recordable dvd properly,although posts on here from people with later models,not versions,say theirs are ok.Time for a new machine.Toshiba early models also display the picture as you have described

I`m able to play back DVD+Rs on my Toshiba 2109, which is now getting on in years a bit.

Strange.I think the 6 year old machine was a 2109 or 3109,and +R would not play

I can play back +R on my Toshiba SD220e no probs

Can`t play any DVD+ or - in our Wharfdale 750. Doesn`t even recognise there`s even a disc in it >:(

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The whole picture is squashed into the left half of the screen, with the right half remaining black and blank.

That means you`re recording Half D1 instead of Full D1. Full D1 is how prerecorded DVDs are encoded - 720x576 resolution at up to 9.72Mbps. Half D1 is 360x576 resolution. Some players can`t handle that resolution, displaying it as a squashed half-frame rather than expanding it to fill the screen.

Try recording in higher than LP (180min) mode in future. You`ll get fewer programmes to your disc but the quality will be higher.

J Mark Oates

The 220 is not an old Toshiba machine-which is what I said had problems.