My finished DVD-R doesn't look right on TV

[DarcMetal]

I don't know how to quite put this, and I don't know for sure if this is the right place to post, so any positive help would be appreciated.

Anyway, I have been having a problem with the finished product of a burned DVD. When I complete a project, I can play the finished DVD on my computer with no problems. I can see all of the screen. Now, when I take that same DVD over to my home player, when I play it, it has a "zoomed in look" and cannot be adjusted. The sides are "missing" off the screen. I don't have another DVD player that supports DVD-R/RW to test out on, so I am wondering if I need to buy another DVD player, or try to fix some sort of settings in my program or what. I'm confused. I have tried 2 different DVD burners and 4 different programs with the same result. Right now I have Vegas 6

If anyone can help me, I thank you in advance.

If you require any extra info to help me, just ask, and I'll post back.

- Chris

 

[Matthias99]

Sounds vaguely like maybe some sort of problem with the aspect ratio (like maybe you mastered the DVD as 4:3 but it's widescreen material, so your standalone player cuts off the sides, but the computer player is smart enough to not do that). I'm not a DVD authoring expert, but I'd check out doom9.org and see if you can find more info on what the problem could be.

 

[DarcMetal]

Thanks for the response, but doom9 seems very inactive, and it would take a while to even get a response.