What DVD-R to Use with Superdrive?

I'm attempting to burn a DVD master and send it off to the replication house. Upon the first attempt, the replication house called and said the disc failed and asked what brand of DVD-R I was using. I told him "Office Depot" and he said they were not acceptable and that I should use Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden instead. I got my hands on some Verbatim discs, but my Superdrive won't recognize them. Do I need to get specific burn speed discs to work on my Superdrive (SONY DVD RW DW-U21A)?
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From what I can tell, that drive may have problems reading 16X discs. It would need a firmware update to fix the problem. This is not the easiest thing to do for Sony drives (yours is a rebadged Lite-On), as it generally means putting the drive in a PC to do the flashing of the firmware. The latest version of DVRFlash (http://lasvegas.rpc1.org) purports to support OEM Sony drives, but I don't have a Sony drive and have not tried it. It works wonderfully with Pioneers, though.
So, you might see if you can find some older 8X (or slower) discs. This might not be easy, however.
Another alternative would be to replace the Sony with a newer drive, such as the Pioneer DVR-112. They can be found for around $40. IIRC, you'll also need new standoffs for the drive. Most Mac repair shops should be able to get them for you if you go this route.

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