I agree with Swoosh. I have just bought a Sony box that will read write and rewrite all current DVD formats and CDs as well. It was comparatively expensive, but I thought it worthwhile because it handles the different DVDs.

I do not believe that a regular CD burner will work at all

Several of my friends have held off buying a DVD burner because of the different formats. We remember when video recorders first started to get popular...there was VHS, Betamax and Philips 2000....VHS "won" and people who bought the others found themselves with expensive "junk" on their hands