Best DVD Media for Burning

Hey guys,
I just bought a new macbook. Any recommendations on a specific brand of dvd I should buy. Please post a link based on your recommendations of the specific product you are referring too. Thanks for your help.

Go to cdfreaks.com "Blank Media" forum and have a read:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=33
Here's a poll for the best DVD+ media:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=1655
DVD+R Taiyo Yuden are rated the best for long term storage. With DVD+R Mitsubishi / Verbatim recommended second.
Here' a poll for the best DVD- media for long term storage:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=1654
Results are the same as DVD+.
It's a very interesting forum...basically users looking for the perfect burn. I've replaced my old Apple 2X DVD burner in my QuickSilver with a $30.00 LiteON (Sony) 16X burner and flashed it with CD Freaks firmware for perfect and faster burns...or close to it anyway. But you'll need to use Windows machine to update firmware...pain in the butt!
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