[saltman]

Originally Posted by shopkin

That is a myth perpetuated by people that need to research quality drives and media. Search here for people with trouble burning and you will see that it is common (people noted above) for both DVD5 and DVD9. I have burned two dual layer coasters and it was due to a bad drive that I had to replace. I have burned maybe 200 successful ones. I have never had a problem with playback. The computer than burned the majority of my duals (99 percent) was built in 2002. I consider it very outdated.

If you have a bad drive it will show up quicker with dual layer media for the reasons Wolf mentions above. It will eventually show it's head with DVD5 also if it is bad.