Dvd Player Won't Play Copies Of Or Self-Made DVDS

Macbook Pro 2.5Ghz with 10.5.5, and DVD player 5.0.1. Dvd player will play commercial dvds, but not any that I or anyone else has made. The same ones will play in my Mac Pro with the same settings. I tried many, but the common denominator is that it will not play anything but commercial DVD's, when other computers and players will play the same disc. Wanted to check here before updating to 10.5.7. Any help is appreciated.

I have been able to
1. burn data and movie DVDs and CDs
3. read CDs and DVDs rented from Netflix or Blockbuster, purchased DVDs,
4. and read DVDs burned by a 2007 Quad G5 running the same OS!
But the DVDs I burn with the drive DO NOT WORK in the same drive. The DVDs I burn DO work on a different a 1999 mac laptop. And on a 2007 Quad G5. The drive can read discs burned by the Quad G5.
Also, when the DVD I burn finishes, and I'm prompted to "Mount" or "Eject" the finished disc, if I mount the disc, it works. It plays. The drive reads the disc. And if I choose "Eject" - if I re-insert the disc, the computer cannot read it and spits it out.
Why should it be able to burn but not read the discs it burns??
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:
Firmware Revision: A606
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

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