why would you want to play back up's dvd's anyway? with the great choices of usb loaders. the negatives out way the positive. yea you can play burned games an things, but it also burns out the laser. alot faster, or the drive completely dies. with usb loaders you don't have to worry, plus you can rip the game to hd. then still back the game to the computer. as far as dvd movies go, the same follows, i have my entire movie collection on my hd (689 + ) an still buying an ripping to hd. an use wiimc to watch. so unless you change out you drive for the wii, no you'll not be able to run burned anything, or dvd movies.