I haven't had the chance to buy verbatims yet, but what I've noticed is that the burning will work fine as long as I don't try to burn more than 2 consecutively. Once I try to burn a 3rd, that message pops up. If it was entirely a media issue, shouldn't it not burn at all? I've tested this 3 times so far with similar results. Also note, all these burns have been from within the same PC uptime. So basically, I burned 2 successfully, waited the next day (with PC still on overnight, cause I rarely turn off my PC at all), and burned again successfully. I'll still try to get my hands on some verbatims when I get a chance, but DVDs aren't exactly cheap now-a-days where I would want to spend unnecessarily. Once I get them, I will update once more. Thanks for advices so far and in the near future.