URGENT INFO NEEDED  - DVD's not burning on macbook - 4 brands now tried

Hi. I've been trying to burn photos onto DVD's all week and I've now tried 4 different brands inc sony - my mac has a superdrive and is supposed to take -R, -RW, +R and +RW. I've tried all of these and they are either not being read/ ejected as not being blank when they are/ or burning a few, ejecting and then unreadable when you put them in again. I've heard thatthere are particular brands that will work, does anyone know what it is so I can get them.
thanks

Exactly the same problem here. The worst thing is, before the firmware update it worked fine for me. A HUGE THUMBS DOWN to Apple, we people are having this problem for months now and still no fix. Is it so hard to check if your updates work before releasing them???
I have been a true customer to Apple for over 20 years but it seems like the quality of your products is just going down and down and down and down. Instead of bringing out all this new fancy stuff like MacBook Airs and iPhones, you should first try to make your current product line work properly. I bought the most expensive laptop on this planet and I can't even play or burn a freaking DVD!!! Thanks a lot, Apple.
An angry customer

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