Burning BluRay DVD on a Mac

I just installed PRE 9.0. Is it possible to burn a BluRay DVD on a DVD-R media using PRE 9? In other words, can you burn AVCHD discs using PRE 9? This would be an attractive feature to have rather than investing in a BD burner. Apparently Toast 10 can do this.

Thank you all - this has been helpful.
Reading the DVD FAQ to look for the answer to my question would have been like trying to kill an ant with a cannon. It's a great FAQ, so thanks for the pointer, but I'll have to save that for later.
Here's what I am taking away:
- DVD players can not play Hi-Def video (not surprising, and I wasn't expecting that to be the case)
- Consumer set-top Blu-Ray players can play AVCHD discs (I don't know if all of them do, but I know my Samsung does)
- It is possible to create AVCHD disc on DVD-R media (~20 minute play time) and that disc will play on set-top Blu-Ray player
- PRE-9 can not create such a disc
- Encore CS5 can create such a disc
One last question, in case anyone knows: can I use DVD+R DL media and get double the play time? Would a DL AVCHD disc work?
I would have preferred to create the disc in PRE9 -- much easier to use. I'll now turn my attention to learning Encore instead.

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