Which DVD media to buy - or + DVD

Hi all. Not sure which blank DVD's I should be buying. Have a new iMac, and I think the specs are that it will burn both + and - DVD's. Am just making home movies, captured from mini-DV camcorder, putting onto DVD to watch in the DVD player on our home theatre. I think the write speed for - and + DVD on the iMac is 8X, so is there any benefit to buying new DVD's that are 16X? Or just buy the 8X -R DVD's? I'm looking at Verbatim, heard a lot of good things about their blank DVD's. Can buy a 25 spindle of 8X -R for $5, thought thats a good deal, but thought I'd better check that I'm getting the right thing. Thanks!

The DVD-R format is slightly more compatible than DVD+R disks, and there is no benefit to using 16x disks in an 8x burner.
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