How do I know if my inbuilt Superdrive can write DVDs or not[MBP]?

Details about the superdrive:
MATSHITA DVD-R   UJ-868:
Firmware Revision:          KB19
Interconnect:          ATAPI
Burn Support:          Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache:          2048 KB
Reads DVD:          Yes
CD-Write:          -R, -RW
DVD-Write:          -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies:          CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Problems I am having with my superdrive(not so super):
1) It just ejects 8 out of 10 discs I insert aftew few seconds of trying when my other Macbook Black or my wife's old Dell laptop can do it in few secs. Discs arenot so scratched either.
2) I am confused if it can write DVDs or not because when I check the info about my superdrive on it says I can as you can see above but idk I also have Windows 7 installed on my MBP using Parallels and inside My Computer my superdrive is tagged as "DVD-ROM drive". What is it?
3) When I insert a already burned DVDs or CDs containing data, my Superdrive thinks its a blank disc and asks me what do I want to do with it for eg: burn.
What do you think about this? What is happening? Is my superdrive being dead? Is there any thing I can do as a last resort before thinking I have a MBP without an optical drive?
Oh btw I was also searching on Google for the solution of this problem and I saw few people talking about their region locked superdrive or something like that? Do you think my superdrive is refusing to read discs because it is region locked or something?
Thank you so much for your time

brobama2 wrote:
It just ejects 8 out of 10 discs I insert aftew few seconds of trying
The lens may be dusty. Try using a lens cleaning disc.
inside My Computer my superdrive is tagged as "DVD-ROM drive"
Ignore it.
Do you think my superdrive is refusing to read discs because it is region locked or something?
No. That concerns only commercial entertainment DVDs (movies).

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