Sometimes the best deal is not the best option you can have. After years of trying to save money on blank CDs and DVDs and having an annoying failure rate on many of the discs, we found this guide to the quality of media.
To summarize the results, the best media is manufactured by Pioneer, Mitsubishi, Taiyo Yuden, Hitachi Maxwell, Sony, and TDK. Our advice, consult the guide, and take the advice, and don’t buy something that is likely to fail.
Also keep in mind that manufacturers will change what factories they use to produce their media, making it important to recheck what is and isn’t good over time. Unless you’re buying Taiyo Yuden, which is pretty consistent in its quality.
We just took advantage of a Staples sale to get 100 Sony DVDs for $24.99. Of course, we hope like their batteries, they don’t fail violently.