DVD Drive Checking

Is there any way to check whether the DVD drive that comes with my iMac is a DVD-R or a double layer supported type? I was using Toast 6, intending to burn a double layer DVD, and it didn't work. So is it the problem of Toast 6 (it being not supported to double layered DVDs)? Do I need Toast 7 to do the job? Or is it that my drive isn't a double layer writer (Which is impossible unless Apple made a huge mistake)? Or something else? Thanks.

Toast has a 6.1.1 update that improved +DL support.
Also your System Profiler will tell you your disk burning support. If it says DVD+R DL then it supports dual layer.
The System Profiler is here:
Apple menu -> About This Mac -> More Info
Intel Macs may need the newest version of Toast Titanium to be compatible with all its features, as only the newest versions are Intel native.
I'm assuming since you posted in the Intel Mac section, you have an Intel iMac. If yours is PowerPC, you posted on the wrong board. The correct board for PowerPC for future reference is here:
For iMac G5 (About This Mac tells you if it is a G5 versus Intel, they otherwise look identical and like this image )
For iMac G4 (looks like )

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    I have taken some of the earlier suggestions to people with similar problems. I tried Matz_Run.dvd.exe and it told me I had a problem. It said I can read HD-ROM but it would not recognize the disc in the drive. I dried some Cyberlink software to detect BD and BD-3D technology (I forget what it was called) and it said that everything except "software" was functioning. I have loaded the latest HP Quickplay and that did not work. Then I saw that Mediasmart's latest version was actually the replacement. I downloaded Mediasmart from the HP website (as I did not have it before this), then I installed it and upgraded it to the latest edition directly within the software. My computer still refuses to acknowledge there is a disc in the drive when I put an HD disc in. The discs I am trying to read is a 4-part series from BBC vvideo called PLANET EARTH. I have no other BluRay discs currently at my disposal. I even tried changing the country code just in case and this did not work.
    Then I tried Cyberlink PowerDVD 10 Ultra Mark II as this also seems to have BD capability, but same thing, total failure. With the Cyberlink detection program, I get the idea that it works, but perhaps it does not. Is it possible that my BD laser is malfunctioning? Is there any way to check? Or perhaps the issue is something else (other than frustrating). I am running Windows 7 Home 64-bit. I am using MS Security Essentials for protection and Spybot S&D. I cannot think of any other specs to give you at this time, so feel free to ask if I left something out.
    Please help.
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    Hi,
    Does the drive still recognise and play DVDs and CDs?  If so, I'm afraid it does look like this may be a hardware issue with the BD laser.
    One further thing to try is to open the drive and carefully clean both lenses and check again, but if this doesn't help, you may want to start considering replacing the Drive.
    Regards,
    DP-K
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