Best DVD Brand?

[old skool tom]

fisrtly,thanks for helping me getting this newbie started and understanding how to burn my own dvds!

secondly,my dvds are sticking every 30 seconds or so and ive been told its most probably the brand im using?

ive heard that verbatin & taiyo yuden are the best brand out there.......would you guys agree?

and does the dvd writer (already installed) in my pc have anything too do with it?

 

cheers

[hamstrung]

My CD writer spits out Asda own brand cd's, but seems to like Tesco.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Verbatim are probably the best that I've used. I don't think they are necessary, though. Check out the branded ones on ebay. As long as you get something that is a recognisable name, you'll be fine.

[Uncle_Meat]

Don't forget to update the firmware on your DVD writer so it recognises and updates the writing strategy for newer media codes.

[The Dude Abides]

I use Datawrite when i can. Much cheaper than the top brands but superb reliability in my experience. Even for the Xbox 360, which can be a bit choosy, i've had very few problems.

[J-V]

Tayo Yuden's are the best. If you go for Verbatim make sure you get the ones made in Japan.

 

If the above are too expensive look for disc's with TYG03 dye. This is the same dye Tayo Yuden use. SVP did have some cheap silver topped DVD-R withTYG03 a while ago so have a look there.

[DJLJ]

Perhaps we should start by asking why you need to burn to DVD in the first place? Buying an external drive is going to be much cheaper in the long run than buying DVD's and it will also sort out your problem with DVD's "sticking" as you call it.

[old skool tom]

thanks for ya help (again!) folks! just out of interest.......whats the TYG03 dye do thats so good? does that protect the disc or something?