After I burn a DVD I am unable to read it again

I have archived some files onto DVD's and after the disk is burned the icon comes up on the desktop. If I double click on the icon the disk seems to open and show it contains all the data I burned to it. However once I eject the DVD, when I reinsert it my computer just spits it back out after about 30 seconds. Did I burn the DVD incorrectly? Why am I unable to remount my DVD's after I have burned them?

"What brand of DVD media did you use?"
Memorex. Is there a superior media I should try?
Almost any brand is superior to Memorex when it comes to DVD and CD recordables. I'd recommend TDK, Maxell, Verbatim, or Taiyo Yuden.
That being said, this issue has been reported by many users and I don't recall anyone coming up with a definite solution for it. I think the issue is more prevalent with the DVR-106 drives, but obviously users with other models are experiencing it as well.

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