IDVD '04 will not burn disk

I've done a second install of iDVD on my 2nd HD. When I tried to burn a DVD-R disc from imovie, it went through all the motions then gave me this error:
The recording device reported the media error: Power calibration area error (0x73, 0x0.3)
I've gotten the same message after 3 attempts, and the disk says blank when I try to play it from a different deck.
Thanks for any help and advice!
Gary

I did a search for the error message I was rec'g, and ended up burning a disc image from iDVD, then burning my disk in Disk Utility. I also changed DVD to Verbatim disks.
Thanks to Len Goff for all the previous posts he made regarding this subject. I found his advice to be spot on!
Thanks-

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