Trouble burning DVD-R on my combo drive

Hi !!
I have a problem burning dvd's on my mac mini combo drive - it keeps giving me a burning error. I've tried several, but cheap, discs and the latest is Datawrite DVD-R 4.7 GB 120 min 16x.
When I get lucky, that means one of five, and have a successfull burned dvd in my hand ... then the quality is very poor ... My friends use the same discs on an external dvd burner also on the mac mini without any problems.
Hope you can understand my poor english.. . :-P

Are you sure you have a Combo Drive? The combo drive only supports CD burning, not DVD burning. You need a Superdrive to burn DVD's.

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