Excellent answers, I haven't done much cd or DVD recording so it's not a strong topic for me.
But I did find a Burning program the was easiest for me to use.
Ashampoo burning {free}
http://download.cnet.com/Ashampoo-Bu...=dl&tag=button
I tried quite a few and some were just too complicated, or too involved this one seems pretty basic and easy to use.
I did some photo DVDs to play on TV .