POLL..........Best DVD player and software for SVCD

I recently created some SVCD's with Roxio to play on my Pioneer dv434 (vcdhelp.com says its SVCD compatible). I converted Premiere AVI file to an SVCD file in Roxio VideoPack. I recorded the files to both cdr and cd-rw. The Pioneer player recognizes the cd's as Video cd's but will not play them. If I put in a regular cd with data or whatever the Pioneer player identifies it as just a cd. Why is this not working for me?? I want to buy a dvd player for my niece that will play both dvd+r as well as SVCD. Can anyone recommend a dvd player and SVCD software that works well for them?? Thanks.