hey guys! i know this is quite possibly the completely wrong forum but i came here cos it said advanced users come here and i need some serious help!!!

basically, i've downloaded films...great!!... but i want to watch them from the comfort of my sofa therefore i'd like to burn them to a blank dvd. this is within my 'expertise' on computers but unfortunately no dvds i use work with my dvd player. i've used dvd rw etc and recently dvd ram cos that's what it says on my player but even that won't work. is there a trick/unlock thing i could use or would the cd writer i bought ages ago help me in any way? (i don't know how to use the cd writer so if i need that could you plz give a couple of simple instructions for it!)

i'm getting kind of desperate now as you can see cos i've spent a lot of money on these blank dvds that don't work...and i'm even posting random threads in places that have nothing to do with it.

PLEASE HELP!!!