Imac G5/PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K04L - suddenly spitting DVDs? Help!

Hello,
I have looked at the other threads on this and nothing really matches this:
1. It used to work about month ago.
2. CDs are ok.
3. DVDs go in, about 10 secs, come back out.
4. Same DVDs work fine on my PowerBook.
I've tried resetting PRAM in case that worked.
Any ideas gratefully received.
Bought in May 2005 so well out of warranty.
Many thanks for your help,
John
IMAC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
IMAC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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