Super reliable DVD media for professional use

See dark streaky areas in the the bad media when holding it up to the light post-burn.

You cannot go wrong with anything Taiyo Yuden, the best of the best Japanese quality recordable media

That's not good media, not even average media.

Even though this brand is more expensive, I will probably stay with it and avoid the other more "common" brands simply because I prefer to have the best quality storage media possible when transfering any DVD I want to back up or certainly when copying my home movies to a DVD, and so far this is the better choice I have found.