Dual layer media recommendations?

[dastott]

I have 2 dual layer DVD burners (NEC-3520A & Pioneer DVR-109). What are the best media (DVD-R) to use to burn dual layer? I will be using the Pioneer as the main writer and the NEC as a backup and want to burn avi files onto dual layer DVD-R to watch on my standalone player.

By the way, I live in Japan and foreign brands can be difficult to get sometimes. Thanks...

[suppafreak]

Not sure what is in Japan. In the U.S. there are not that many available yet. Only Verbatim and RITEK are worth mentioning. See if you can get those. I would try Verbatim first.

[ROF]

I'll second verbatim. I use Verbatim discs almost exclusively because it's the cheapest and most prolific media available in my area.

[dastott]

Verbatim is Mitsubishi, right? Of course, that is a big name in Japan...

[Gen-An]

Verbatim is Mitsubishi, right? Of course, that is a big name in Japan...

Usually Verbatim = Mitsubishi unless we're talking CD-R media, in which case Verbatim could = Mitsubishi, or Ritek, or Prodisc, or Moser Baer, or CMC

[SCDVD]

Taiyo Yuden now has Dual Layer media. These are manufactured in Japan so I assume that it is available there. It's hard to go wrong with Taiyo Yuden.