I had the same problem and solved it by getting the exact name of my DVD player and putting it into Google. The result of the search gave the type of media it would play as well in the specs of the machine. Roger Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Hill To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: [access-uk] DVD format Hi all How can I tell what format my DVD player is? I bought some blank DVD's but they don't work. I guess they are the wrong format. Thanks Barry