Disk Drive wont burn

Everything will set up fine, and then i go to burn. And 5 out of 6 times ive tried the disk will not burn on my iMac 27" 2.8 Quad. It comes up with the error code 0x8002006E. Anyone else have this problem and what do I do? Will i have to send this whole thing off to Apple to ge. hmmmmm
I've tried burning from DVD Studio Pro as well as Finder.. neither works...

Hello?? Please help......

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I don't know why it would start giving you trouble all of a sudden.
But, I have seen quality changes in media that could affect that. So, I would try some different disks.
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