I burned a movie using a Maxell DVD-R. I can watch it on my PC but it will not play in my DVD player? Do I need a special DVD player for them to work?
No it will be your player. There are a few things... 1) Your disk is a DVD-r which can't be booktyped to DVD-ROM (like a dvd you would buy.) so your player won't recognise it as well. 2) Are you sure your player can read burnt disks, eg, DVD-/+r? 3) How old is your player? If quite old, it may not be compatible (kind of like point 2.)