Sorceror said:

Doctor M said:
Verbatim is the best way to go.

I've found Verbatim writable optical media to be reliably crap. The dyes are too dark for most players.

I've never heard of that problem. The dyes are as dark as the Taiyo Yuden DVD-R's that are said to be the most compatible media on the market and i've never found a player that refuses to play discs i have burned using either one of those media. I've never had any problem with compatibility ever with a correctly burned Verbatim or TY. The only times i've ever heard anyone saying that the verbatim discs won't play is either when they have burned a DL on too high a speed, which you should never do or the ones that are manufactured in India, and that is a problem with the quality of the dye and not the darkness. PLus some people don't bother to update the firmware on their DVD-RW drives so when a new version of the dye comes out the burner craps out with the discs