Preferred DVD-R brand?

I realized that I hadn't actually burned any DVDs, although I had burned CDs, since I got this iMac. So I had DVDs that the iMac G5 liked just before I backed up everything on DVD and the G5 bit the dust, and I replaced it. I'm wondering if this Intel one just doesn't like the brand I am using, Sony. I got this error message: "The disc can't be burned, because the device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media."
This is the drive I have:
Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-875
Revision: DB09
What brand of DVD-R works for you all?

iMac Superdrives are known to be very finicky (my own opinion is that the vertical installation does not help); I always use either Verbatim or Imation and have not had a problem with those. I only tried Sony and Memorex once and neither worked well (or at all). The best thing to do is to get only a small package first to try.

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Is there a brand or type that works best.
A question which cannot be answered.
Here's why. Optical discs are manufactured at only a handful of facilities around the world. But, when they are sold, they are retailed under many different brand names. There does not need to be any connection between the brand name on the label and the facility where they were manufactured, or the quality of the materials used. Two discs manufactured in the same place on the same day may be sold under completely different brand names; two discs bearing the same brand name may come from completely different places; and these places may differ depending on the market.
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