Not recognising blank dvds

Hi,
my iMac won't recognise blank dvds at all, it recognises blank cds and my Macbook recognises the same dvds. I'm sure I used it to burn dvds from the same pack before.

Welcome to Apple discussions.
There have been discussions on this board before that indicate that some have experienced there DVD lens gets dirty or stops functioning.
Try this link
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=42186690
for information on cleaning/checking/problem solving/replacing DVD drives.
Mine never stopped working, but I replaced it for speed purposes with a 16x drive for a reasonable price.
Tim

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