# Will the new dual layer burnable DVDs work with most home console DVD players?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-dual-layer-burnable-dvds-work-with-most-home-console-dvd-players/352272 "2006-04-11T21:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-dual-layer-burnable-dvds-work-with-most-home-console-dvd-players/352272/1 "2006-04-11T21:00:24Z")

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Just curious. Will most home console DVD players play a burned dual layer DVD or not?

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**Author:** ![daffyduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@daffyduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daffyduck)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-dual-layer-burnable-dvds-work-with-most-home-console-dvd-players/352272/2 "2006-04-11T21:41:50Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> Just curious. Will most home console DVD players play a burned dual layer DVD or not?

That’s hard to say. I suspect _most_ home DVD players aren’t that new and the older the player, the more likely it is that it won’t play them.

Here is a list of compatible players:

[http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=&dvdrdl=1&dvdplusrdl=1&Search=Search&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&orderby=Name&hits=25&Submit2=Search](http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=&dvdrdl=1&dvdplusrdl=1&Search=Search&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&orderby=Name&hits=25&Submit2=Search)

Have fun!

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**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-dual-layer-burnable-dvds-work-with-most-home-console-dvd-players/352272/3 "2006-04-12T01:45:26Z")

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Dual-layer compatibility, even among drives capable of reading DL, is still a big problem.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-new-dual-layer-burnable-dvds-work-with-most-home-console-dvd-players/352272/4 "2006-04-12T02:06:02Z")

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> [@daffyduck](#):
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> Here is a list of compatible players:
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> [DVD Player and Blu-ray Player List- VideoHelp](http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=&dvdrdl=1&dvdplusrdl=1&Search=Search&dvdportable=&dvdchanger=&dvdtv=&chipset=&orderby=Name&hits=25&Submit2=Search)

A bit of a nitpick: You’ve set the search terms for players that are compatible with DVD+R DL _and_ DVD-R DL, which is a little restrictive. (124 returns.)

If you just search for DVD+R DL, you’ll get 582 models that are verified as compatible – that’s 70% of those tested. 47% of those tested for it support DVD-R DL, although only 300 were even tested with DVD-R DL.