Sorry to revive a dead thread, but I wanted to let you all know this worked out great.

I was getting a 50-75% failure rate on Memorex blanks.

I've burned a half dozen or more Verbatims so far without a single bad disc.

Verbatims may cost more up front, but they are cheaper in what you don't throw away. I can't believe Memorex hasn't been sued over this.

Thanks again for the advice. (Btw, I had a bunch of Office Depot store credit and a coupon and used it to buy more Verbatims recently. OD's were from the Singapore plant as well.)