DVD+R discs

Even though my iMac says in the screen "About this Mac", that I can burn DVD+R discs, I can only get DVD-R discs to burn. Anyone know why or what I can do to solve this? Thanks

I am not sure that tis is your issue, but many Optical Drives require Firmware Updates to bring them to there full potential.
I try to always check every so often with the Drive manufactures web site and make sure everything is up to date.
Next I find that the use of the cheaper Media (On Sale) or bargin basement always seem to be problematic.
Personal Observation. I find that if I am going to take the time to do any type of burning I try to follow a couple of simple steps. 1. I always try to follow the following DVD Media Guide when purchasing.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
2nd Even though your drive proports to be able to read and write other Formats that is fine for you and your computer, However I always use DVD-R Media. Reason almost all Players and all Computers won't have a problem reading what you have burned. The Newer Computers and Players are not the problem generally, but this isn't true of the older ones they simply won't read the newer Media and the Faster Speed's.
This is another reason I try to read the packaging to make sure that the Media I buy will burn on 1X 2X 4X 8X and 16X buners this will also guarntee that the older machines can read and write to it as well as the newer ones, that will naturally read and write at the higher speed.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
Some portion of this might or should help.
Don
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