Delkin Archival Gold DVD's not reliable

I'm burning Delkin Archival Gold DVD's on my IMAC G5. All the pictures burn but the DVD pops out at the end and I get a message that the DVD is unreliable and unable to verify. But when I actually put the DVD in to read it, all of the pictures are there. This is not happening with any other DVD or CD products. Any ideas what is going on and should I be worried about the reliability of those I've already burned? Thanks. Lisa Kyle

Lisa, here is a good guide at present to follow when purchasing quality DVD's.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Good luck.
Don

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    *.log_archive_dest_state_2='ENABLE'
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    With kind regards,
    Martin Schaap

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