Sense Error burning DVD disc in Toast

HI there,
I'm trying to burn an ISO (DVD R disc) using Roxio's Toast Titanium and no matter what brand of disc I use, I keep getting "The drive reported an error: Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR Sense Code = 0x73, 0x03.
I'm using a 2008 15inch MacBook Pro, running OSX 10.8.5
Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 128 MB
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857E Optical Drive
hope this is enough info
thanks in advance

This reply is late, and I hope your issue was solved, but here is what I did when getting the error "Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR Sense Code = 0x73, 0x03" repeatedly when trying to burn a DVD in Toast:
Researched the web for help.
Ran Disc Utility off of system installer CD to no avail.
Deleted Toast pref file from library – no luck with this.
Wrapped credit card in eyeglass cleaning cloth and inserted several times into SuperDrive (iMac Intel Core Duo machine) – voilà! Successful burning!

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