Just to add to this...
Get Taiyo Yuden if you possibly can; but Verbatim is an excellent second choice. They're probably a lot easier to find.
** Watch out for fakes. **
It may have Verbatim written on the packet; it may even have it printed on the discs themselves... but they may be cheap Chinese knockoffs. Get them from a reputable retailer. Buying discs off eBay, or from your local dodgy "fell off the back of a lorry" computer store will bring you nothing but pain. Try to find out where they're made; Verbatim have a number of factories around the world and some of their discs are made by other companies and Verbatim badged. If memory serves, the good ones come from Singapore, Japan, and Taiwan. If they're from China or India, they're probably crap or fake.
Don't worry about labels. They only cause problems if they're improperly attached, causing the disc to shudder and shake when rotated at high speed. (Rotation speed is many hundreds of RPM; a crooked or creased label on a disc can in the worst cases cause the disc to shatter inside the drive.)
Also, don't worry about printable surfaces.
Do worry about where you're going to store the discs - and worry about the quality of the burns (verify their quality with Opti Drive Control website (
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/)).
When the disc pops out of the drive and your burning program says "All done!" that is not any kind of guarantee. It merely says that the program has sent the data to the disc; it hasn't checked to see if it's actually there! And even if it is, perhaps it won't be tomorrow or next week or next year.
Some types of media produce decent burns that you can read - you put it in the cupboard, take it out six months later when your HDD blows up - oh dear, the data is gone.
And, in general, be wary; DVD backups are not anywhere approaching safe.
People reporting that DVD backups are trustworthy and reliable a) have been very lucky so far, b) have never actually tried to use their backups, or c) are liars.
Do not ever, ever, EVER rely on them for something that is important to you. Give yourself a head start; use good quality media, verify your burns, make sure your drive is working properly, and store the discs in a sensible, dry, location in jewel cases or in specially designed storage cases. Keep them dry, keep them cool. :)
