DVD burning - lessons learned

• Bulkpaq discs are crap, even when they come from a reputable manufacturer (e.g. Ritek or TDK). I reckon they buy from reject bins.
• CMC Magnetics may have a bad reputation, but I don't believe I've made coasters out of any of their +R discs.
• Sony discs are also good, and not too expensive in bulk.
• A drive may be able to record on all kinds of recordable DVD, but that doesn't mean they'll all be readable in anything else. My Lite-on +/-R[W] drive doesn't seem to be able to make usable recordings on -R media.
• +R discs can be highly compatible, especially if you use dvd+rw-booktype to make them look like DVD-ROMs.
• dvdauthor and mkisofs have overlapping functionality and ought to be better integrated.