DVD Media for my G4?

Hi,
I'm trying to burn some home movies to DVD...found out the hard way that the spindle of DVD+R's that I had wasn't going to work. I found the one Apple branded DVD-R that came with the computer back in the day (can't believe I still had it 7 years later!), but have a lot more that I need to burn. I want to buy some more discs, but after some googling, I am completely lost as to what to buy. Some of what I've read makes it sound like I should only be buying 2x discs, which seem to be impossible to find...this is an area I know NOTHING about. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
Judy

It's not that I'm having "burning issues" actually the disc I burnt using the 2x Apple blank that I had turned out fine, though it did take a good 3 hours to burn. I am concerned that the 16x blank discs that I have will not work in the 2x drive, or that they will work but will not really be good quality or something. I just discovered last night that 2x media basically doesn't exist anymore:
http://www.appleinsider.com/print/04/07/06/applebails_on_2x_superdrive_mediasupport.html
And the spindle of 16x DVD-R's I have here says on the label:
"Caution: Damage to hardware and media could occur if the disc is used with some 1x/2x DVD-R drives. For optimal performance, check your drive manufacturer's website and apply the latest firmware."
Also if other speed discs have to burn at 1x, that means that each one I burn is going to take 6 hours instead of 3!!
I just don't want to break anything

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