You made the right decision. Most of the DVDs on sale on black Friday are the cheap store brand. Those DVDs are usually made with inferior materials resulting in a high ratio of bad burns. Another problem with those DVDs which isn’t as readily apparent as discs simply failing to burn, is that on the discs that do burn, there are issues with reflectivity and/or multiple errors on the disc. That can cause undue strain on the DVD reading laser. Which will shorten the lifespan of the DVD drive or DVD player that you use to play the discs. Stay away from the Cheap store brands such as - Teon, Dynex, Playo ect. Also, Memorex has a very bad rep. Brands that are pretty good - Verbatim, Sony, TDK, & Fuji.