Agreed - I'm pretty much Verbatim only at this point, although I've read that if you see some Fuji or Sony with "Made in Japan" on them, they're good. Taiyo Yuden perhaps? If I were to buy online it would be Verbatim/Taiyo Yuden I guess, but I stick mainly to the local Officemax/Staples/Office Depot.
Strange phenomena with my Liteon SHM165H6S and dual layer dvds.
DVDFAB Express started for 1:1 dvd copy onto DL discs...Image created in Temp file OK...asks for blank media...DL inserted...Liteon drive reads it as a cd...and DVDFab keeps telling me I haven't inserted any blank media yet!
Ended up canceling the DVDFab process (Temp file still on HD), opened up
Nero (6.6.1.4) and Nero immediately recognized the dual layer disc?!?! Did the whole "write video files to disc" thing in Nero and BAM - I've got my Pink Floyd copies. Very strange

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Alls well that ends well I guess.