DVDs / CDs Won't Mount

Recently after burning DVDs - via DiskUtility and iDVD - burned DVDs will not mount: Instead after inserting and waiting the DVD simply is spit back out. Yes, I've run Disk Warrior; did fsck -y; Onyx.
What can I do now?

I've had the same problem. My SD will spit out the DVD-RW
from Staples. The drive does not show up in the HW section
of Disk Utility. This same DVD-RW works fine in my iMac G5.
(Only burns at 2x though)
I can use the drive to update/grade software using the CD
function. I can also play DVDs without issue too.
Arrrrggh!
800mhz G4, 256MB, 60G, 15"

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