DVD-RW Storage Media

My cdrom manugacturer recommended JVC DVD-RW 4X for re-writable media. I've tried several on line stores, and they say the product is no longer available, and point me to Taiyo Yuden, which I have never heard of. One dealer remarked that JVC was no longer manufacturing re-writable media.
Having lost valuable files to "unpronounceable" media in the past, I am curious to know if someone can shed some light on this development. Like you, my work demands reliable storage.

If you're really into backing up your photos on a lasting medium, it's best to use gold CDs, which are not rewriteable. Because such a disk's surface is coated with a thin layer of gold, instead of aluminum, and because gold is virtually immune to anything in breathable air that could corrode it, real backup freaks use gold CDs. The downside, of course, is that CDs don't hold nearly as much information as DVDs, so you wind up having to store rooms full of CDs somewhere in a relatively safe locale. And, at about 4 bucks a pop, they ain't all that cheap. Unfortunately, for a technical reason that's virtually impossible for idiots like me to understand, manufacturers can't make gold coated DVDs; so, we're stuck with CDs.
As for brands of DVDs, in my experience, any of the name brands, such as TDK, Memorex, etc. work fine. I've been backing up my photos since 2002 on normal non-rewriteable DVDs and CDs and, so far (knock on wood), I can still access the photos on them. However, I also back up my shots on a 1 TB external hard drive, which, so far (knock on wood) has not exhibited any problems. Hard drives do crash, so it pays to have an alternate backup.
Interesting note: the Library of Congress in its never ending quest to archive everything it collects as permanently as possible, uses lacquer disks and needles to record and preserve all its audio works. They don't trust CDs, DVDs, or, god forbid, magnetic tape.

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"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

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There are 2 major DVD formats, and 6 within those. DVD+ and DVD-. The DVD+ standard has advantages when it comes to video recording on TV DVD recorders. They can start recording faster, so it's much easier to put the disc in and hit record to write your favorite show to disc immediately. For PC data, there is very little difference between DVD+ and DVD-. DVD+ will most likely win the format 'war'.
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DVD-R - Write-once media conforming to the DVD- standard. 4.7Gb, up to 8X speed.
DVD+RW - Rewriteable media from the DVD+ standard. 4.7Gb, up to 4X speed.
DVD-RW - Rewriteable media from the DVD- standard. 4.7Gb, up to 2.4X speed.
DVD+R DL - Dual-layer write-once media from the DVD+ standdard. 8.5Gb, up to 2.4X speed.
DVD-RAM - ReWriteable media from a subset of the DVD- standard. NOT common, and very expensive, but EXCELLENT for use as a large floppy disk drive. Only a few consumer drives write to DVD-RAM discs, mainly those made by LG.
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