What blank media works with Sony DRX-500UL?

[bpua]

Newbie here so please be gentle

I have the ff setup:
• Sony DRX-500UL
• Dell desktop running DVD X Copy ver. 1.3
• Apple iBook with DVD-ROM and Panasonic DVD LV-75 portable DVD player (my target DVD players)

My goal is to be able to back up my DVD collection so I can play the backup on my target DVD players. I have been playing with DVD X Copy on my Dell desktop using Sony DVD+RM and Memorex DVD-R. Here are the results:

1. Backup to Sony DVD+RW media

DVD X Copy backed up my Monster, Inc. DVD with no error to a Sony DVD+RW blank media. I have however not been able to play the DVD+RW copy on either my iBook nor the Panasonic (neither recognizes the DVD+RW that I created). I understand from various compatibility lists that the iBook and Panasonic do not support DVD+RW or DVD-RW.

Question: Is it basically hopeless to be able to back up to a *rewritable* format (either +RW or -RW) to play on the iBook or the Panasonic? Anybody have had success making an iBook read a DVD+RW or DVD-RW?

2. Backup to Memorex DVD-R

Next I tried to backup to a Memorex DVD-R blank media. Midway through the burn process, DVD X Copy gives me an error message ("bad sector") and essentially I end up with very expensive coasters. I tried doing this twice with exactly the same result.

Question: Did I just have bad luck with the batch of DVD-Rs that I bought? Are there any other brands of DVD-R (or DVD+R) that other people have successfully used with the Sony DRX-500UL?

Thanks for your help!

[caulnguyen]

Try this link
http://sony.storagesupport.com/cgi-bin/sonysupport.cgi/1BZO3L2OCLpag8CQkRj-OADt3XHCgv3i/faq/list/44

[JasonK]

Check the DVD writer forum. There are some threads there about media compatibility. See DRU500A media threads.