Burning tv shows on to blank dvd-r

i have the whole first season of Lost on my itunes and i want to back it up (and be able to watch on the big screen) by burning it onto a dvd-r disc. i am havin gtrouble. Has anyone else been able to do this? my comp does have a dvd burner.

I've burned/finalized it to both a DVD-R and DVD+R; both play just fine on my Mac Pro.
How? To play this on domestic DVD player you'll need to send that slideshow to iDVD for burning.
Regards
TD

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Yea I know you probley can't since its probley protected somehow but when you buy a a tv show can you burn it to a blank dvd&watch it on a regular dvd player

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@mianka
weakhead wrote:[...] Thunar successfully mounts DVD [...]
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