Does my imac 17 burn dvds

i have searched the web for so much time allready it apears that my computer harware does not burn dvds but my real question is i pull up my system specs and look at my system serial number i go to apple manuals and put my serial number in and it says it burns dvds double layer and everything help what do you guys think

i go to about this mac go to more info and go to disk burning and it says
Firmware Revision:          DACH
Interconnect:          ATAPI
Burn Support:          Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache:          2048 KB
Reads DVD:          Yes
CD-Write:          -R, -RW
Write Strategies:          CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw
Media:          Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
my operating system is leopard 10.5.8 updated
ram 512
intel core 2 duo 1.83
the drives name is
MATSHITA CD- RW CW - 8124
I KNOW IT APPEARS TO SAY ITS ONLY CD RE WRITABLE NOT DVDS
but i see cases that people computer specs says exacly what my imac says and they do acually burn dvds
because of the system or something like that
doesnt the serial number say it all it says it has a optical drive that burns DL dvds and everything so whats
the problem they might of change the drive when i bought it?????

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