Dvd disc not ejecting.

When I try to eject the disc it starts to eject and seems to get stuck before the disc gets out and then gets sent back inside. I have tried ejecting the disc from the Finder window, by dragging the disc icon to the trash, direct from disc utilities and by a forced eject by holding down the mouse button on restart.
This is not the first time this has happened and has happened with different types disc's.
It seems to me that it's a mechanical problem, not software but any suggestions would be helpful.

Hi Christopher
{quote:}This is not the first time this has happened and has happened with different types disc's.
It seems to me that it's a mechanical problem, {quote}
Take it in to be checked out, that sounds like either a bad eject mechanism or the drive is slightly out of line with the case and making for a hard eject.
Dennis

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