Re: DVD burned on DVDSP won't play on dvd player.

It's really always best to test out a workflow BEFORE doing deadline/client/important work, especially a workflow you're new to. The Cow has alot of tutorials, podcasts and postings in general that would've helped you out if you researched before you started.

If you do exactly what Michael says and FORGET ABOUT ANYTHING HD, you will be good. I routinely watch SD DVDs for film festivals and right off the bat I can tell you which ones were shot in SD and which ones were shot in HD. HDV, maybe, sometimes, just because of picture clarity.

If you want to do an HD DVD, you've got to do a Blu-Ray disc with Encore, and getting those to playback reliably is rolling the dice unless you know the client has a PS3, and even then.... And those discs are much much more expensive than the dozen DVD-Rs you burned.