My uMBP won't recognize recordable DVDs, can't burn

I have a early 2009 uMBP that won't recognize burnable DVDs. I originally had heard that it might have been a problem with cheap media disks, so I purchased another brand and have not had any success. My computer won't even recognize them when I insert them into the drive. I am getting errors from Toast as well as iDVD. The finder window also doesn't open asking me what I want to do when I stick the burnable DVD into the drive like it normally does. But I am able to play CDs and DVDs without any problems. Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks for the help so far guys. Here are answers to the questions that have been asked so far:
I have tried using Sony DVD+R, Windata DVD+R and TDK DVD+R.
I looked in Sys Prefs and they weren't set to ignore.
Here are the specs from system profiler:
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868:
Firmware Revision: KB19
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 0 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
I tried the Windata disk again, and low and behold, it actually burned. But why didn't it recognize it the countless other times that I tried previously? I also just noticed this, but the system profiler says that it only will burn DVD-R and DVD-RW, not R/RWs. That's crap. My old MBP used to burn them all. Could the reason that it hasn't been working be because I have been using +Rs, not realizing that my computer says that it will only burn -Rs? And if so, how did it just burn on the +R if it only says it will burn -R?
I am definitely taking it to the Genius bar, but I definitely want to make sure that I have an idea of what is going on before I go in there. I have a history of not being able to replicate problems once I get to the genius bar...

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