Does it matter what brand of DVD+R I buy?

I'm going to buy some blank DVD+R discs. Does it matter whether I buy Sony, Memorex, HP, etc? Is one brand better than the others?

Apparently Verbatim are the best but TBH no rewriteable disk is going to last for ever, i think they have about a 10 year life span.markop2003

The unfortunate part about buying blank DVDs is you don't know what you've bought until you've bought it.

Memorex, Sony, Maxell... doesn't matter. When you insert the blank into your computer, use Nero to scan it. You will find out who manufactuered the disc.

Taiyo Yuden is probabaly the best. Fuji used to be Taiyo Yuden but now they use cheap Prodisc. Sony used TY for a short peroid, but switched to cheap discs as well.

Go to supermediastore.com and cut out the middle man. Get Taiyo Yuden.

I have seen cheap Prodiscs fail in 3 years. They were stored properly.

I buy my stuff based on the DISC-ID and not the brand. I have been using MKM and MCC labeled Verbatim media for about a year now exclusively and after several hundred burns i can count the coasters on one hand. Most recently i ordered 5 100disc spindles from Amazon and emptied them with zero failed burns.

TYD stamped stuff is really good too. Both ID's are up in the 95% plus success range.

I got 300DVD+r disks that cant be written at all (atleast with the sony DVD drive i have)

So yes, the brand does matter a whole lot, sony/verbaltim/Traxxdata or other bigger vendors/make should be the best options.

Taiyo Yuden is by far the best DVD brand out there. Unfortunately, they are more expensive than your standard Memorex/Sony brands.freesafety13

[QUOTE="markop2003"]Apparently Verbatim are the best but TBH no rewriteable disk is going to last for ever, i think they have about a 10 year life span.04dcarraher

I'm using a program called iskysoft video converter for the burn process. The problem seems to be that even though the file is 2.6GB, when I go to burn it to a disc, the program says the file will take up 6.4GB. Anyone have an idea of what would cause a problem like this?

The strangest part is that no matter what format I convert the video file to and no matter how large it is, the program still says it will take up 6.4GB.