My Mac Pro won't read any dvd-r discs

It reads regular dvd movies, and  dvd +r fine. any suggestions? I'm running os 10.6.8 on a Quad care 2.8 gig machine. Thanks.

I had same issue with the Sony DW-D150A drive in my Mac Pro.  Burned DVD with iDVD, then it would not read it.  Based on looking at other threads on this, I tried the "Laser Lens Cleaner" from Target ($5.69).
Now it reads the DVD's burned with iDVD.  However, it still has some issues with DVD +RW recorded by my DVD Recorder (Magnavox).  My PC's and old G5 can read those fine, but they are not in the best shape (scratches).
I would definitely start with the Lens Cleaner.

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