my 2 cents, Do disks matter yes they do. There are 3 major disk manufactuing plans in the world last i knew. 2 of them make the general disks that you buy cheap and the other makes the more expensive disks but are the ones you must use for masters or Higher profile clients.

Verbatim 93964 DataLifePlus DVD-R 4.7GB for Authoring is the King of dye type, selling for around 10 bucks a disk.

Next up i would say on the cheaper and still solid side Anything ritech.

Ritech disks are produced at the same plant as the verbatims so they do meet a similar standard.
Just what i have researched, If you go online you can get various peices of software that will analize your blank dvd'r disks and tell you there coding information with that coding information you can go onlike and see what region then come from and manufactuing plane it was made at.

As for printing, well it depends on what type of printing you plan on doing, If its simple text then go black and white thermal printer. It uses a ribon u buy one cheap for like 60 bucks. U can get around 50 yo 100 disks printed for around 5 bucks per ribbon. Its the bomb for text.


As for fullcolor well u gotta either go inkjet printable or thermal color, which both is expensive on ink.

Last but not least, NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER USE STICKER LABLES, They where not created for DVD Disks, They where made for Music CD's Which spin at 1x when playing with a larger surface data area.

DVD's data is much more compact. The lables actually offset the weight enough most of the time to caust a jitter on the rotation. which because of the tighter data on the disk will cause jumpyness and sometimes the disks will just stop.

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