I don't have a DVD burner...but I thought the disc ecurbh had at Entmoot were video CDs of some sort.
In any case, it sure would be nice to be able to play these things on the TV rather than having to rig up the laptop to hook to the computer...not to mention if the fan on the computer comes on, I'm done. Can't watch video after that.
That's got to be annoying! My computer gets way too warm after about two hours of playing videos, so I usually don't watch more than that. But shutting off completely is just weird. Did you ever find what the exact problem is?
Correct, they were Video CDs (VCDs) that were burned from MPG files. Many DVD players, but not all, can play VCDs.