towne32 said:
Also, I find BD-Rs to be more reliable than DL DVD-Rs. Fewer write fails for me with BD. DVD-R tech is known for using shitty dye (I believe they are not expected to have the lifespan of even CD-Rs). It’s worth considering saving up for a BD burner, which can be as cheap as $65-80 bucks. But compared to spending cash on software for DVD-R burning, I think it’s a no brainer.

Another alternate would be purchasing a media player that plays ISO Disc Image files. I own this KDLinks model.

It has USB ports for sticks and external hard drives and an HDMI port to hook up to your TV.

You just download the ISO Image file to your stick or external hard drive. Plug either one to the media player. If I turn the player’s BD Menu feature to ON, I can select the ISO image file from the USB storage device and the player automatically displays the ISO image file’s menu and I can access the file’s features through the menu, just like a physical disc. For $160 at amazon.com, it’s not bad.

It saves me the hassle of waiting for a disc to finish burning only to find out that there is some flaw either in the download or in the creation of the original file ,or what ever, and you have to redo the burning on a another disc.

I do understand that people want to have a physical disc to hold and to display the artwork and if it is worth the wait and the wasted discs, so be it. I just want to have the product, now and not go through all that.

EDIT:
Maybe somewhere down the line, I may want to have a program burned to a disc and put artwork on the cover to match my Blu Ray collection, but, at least, by playing the content on a USB device, I can review the material and see if it is worth transferring to a disk.