Disk Utility is ruining my DVD+R DL Disks

I am trying to burn my backup image of Retail OS X Leopard 10.5.6 onto a DVD+R DL so that I can re-format my macbook because I have been experiencing some issues lately. The image is verified but about half way through the disk writing process, it says that it is finishing the burn, closing the disk, and than I get an error.
I have tried to burn the image on 2 different brands of disks wondering if that may be the issue (Verbatim and Memorex), but I am still having problems. My macbook is about a year old so I'm hoping that its not a hardware issue because the drive works for everything else.
I'm hoping that someone can help me figure out how to get the leopard image on a dvd since disk utility is not working properly. I also have an external usb hard drive, but I'm not sure if I can use that to boot my macbook with??
Here is the disk utility log excerpt:
2009-08-31 19:25:53 -0700: Disk Utility started.
2009-08-31 19:31:50 -0700: Burning Image “Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg”
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700: Image name: “Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg”
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700: Burn disc in: “HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N”
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700: Erase disc before burning: No
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700: Leave disc appendable: No
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700: Verify burned data after burning: Yes
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700: Eject disc after burning
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700:
2009-08-31 19:31:57 -0700: Preparing data for burn
2009-08-31 19:33:23 -0700: Opening session
2009-08-31 19:33:31 -0700: Opening track
2009-08-31 19:33:31 -0700: Writing track
2009-08-31 19:46:35 -0700: Finishing burn
2009-08-31 19:47:35 -0700: Closing session
2009-08-31 20:03:20 -0700: Finishing burn
2009-08-31 20:03:26 -0700: Burn failed
2009-08-31 20:03:26 -0700: The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.
2009-08-31 20:03:26 -0700: Additional information can be found in the ~/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log log file.
2009-08-31 20:03:26 -0700: Unable to burn “Mac OS X Install DVD.dmg”. (The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.)
2009-08-31 20:03:26 -0700:
Thanks!!!

did you read the ~/Library/Logs/DiscRecording.log file? does the disk image open & verify?
where is your original DVD?
try Burn: http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html

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