According to: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

Verbatims are 1st class media (out of 4 classes), whether they are made in Taiwan, Singapore, or India.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=129850

I read that the ones made in Singapore are better than the ones made in Taiwan and India. I also read that Verbatim makes the best DVD+R Dual Layer discs of any company (the ones I got were made in Singapore).

I used to buy Japanese made Fujis, and these discs identify as Taiyo Yuden in DVD Identifier in my drive. But the Taiwanese Fujis I bought identify as Prodisc (2nd class). The Taiwanese Verbatims identified as MCC004 (1st class).

So I guess I'll stick with Verbatim DVD+R DL and try to find some Japanese Fujis (Taiyo Yuden TYG-01, TYG-02, or YUDEN000T02) or Taiyo Yuden branded DVD+R discs.

Last thing, I read this about some TY discs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817294007

"Pros: The "Taiyo-Yuden" reputation

Cons: Most decidedly junk! Expensive for such garbage with PI errors on NEC3650A of > 3000 and PI failures >200 and burn quality of 0 as per Nero 7.0. Consistently poor burn quality.

Other Thoughts: I have had reasonably good results on TYG-01 and have heard only good things about TYG-02. TYG-03 is relatively new on the block and is thriving on the Taiyo Yuden name alone. I don't think for long though. The 16x media is garbage and is certainly not worth the expense. I would suggest Verbatim (MCC) media that has given me very high quality burns consistently. If you are a hard core Taiyo fan, go with the 8x (TYG-02) media that seems to have an established track record. Don't touch these wtih a 10 foot pole."