What DVDs do I need to burn movies?

My computer has a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D Drive.
Does that mean that I need DVD-RWs to write to them, because it won't even recognize DVD-R's...
Is there such a thing as an external DVD-R burner that I could plug into my USB drive or something?
Advice is appriciated. Thankyou.

Well I tried just putting a DVD-R into the drive, and it won't even register that there is one in it. Not sure if that is because of an incomaptible disc type or not. Haven't looked up the specs yet, at school now, so I can't get to the computer atm.

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