MEDIUM ERROR Burning a DVD-R

Hi, I'm trying to burn a DVD for several times with Roxio Toast Titanium 6.
I used to do it like this always but now it seems impossible.
I'm trying to record a DATA DVD and this is the error I get:
The drive reported and error:
Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR
Sense Code = 0x73, 0x03
My DVD´s are DVD-R 4.7gb.
The recorder is a Matshita DVD-R UJ-816.
Can you help me find the problem for this?

First welcome to the discussions.
With your drive and optical burner it will only qaccept DVD-R Media. There is such a wide range of problems with cheaper Media I suggest you find Maxell 8X DVD-R media it comes in a pack of 3 Read the back panel on it and if it says it burns at 1X 2X 4X 8X then you have the right one.
I have had 100% burn rate with this media in my Computer with the same drive. There seems to be a big difference in the different types and manufactures of media.
Cheers Don

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