I ran into a similar issue. The DVD would hang their DVD player that sat on top of their TV. To test a theory I loaned out my Philips DVD player and no hang. They wanted to get their DVD player fixed but you know where that leads.
Bob
Going crazy - have new Vista upgrade, DVD burner, HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA-4166B ATA Device.
When I try to burn a DVD file in Windows DVD Maker it creates an issue where it inserts the first scene mark. The disc will play perfectly except will stop and hang when it gets to the end of the first scene. I can actually see a thin ring on the disk where it creates the hang.
Tried to burn on high, medium, slow, etc and using HP Lightscribe DVD+R - still doing it.
Help - can't figure it out.

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