Hi Everyone!

I am running Windows XP home edition and have a AMD Athlon 3200+ processor with an 8X Double Layer DVD +/- RW burner. _NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A
The Door to the DVD says DVD R/RW

I have been buying Memorex 8X DVD-R blank discs for a long time and have had great luck burning with them. Now I notice the stores are going to the 16X and my burner isn't made for this type. I bought a package of Sony's that are DVD-R but the only difference is that they say 1X - 16X. I had used a small package of Sony's DVD+R that said the same thing, 1X - 16X and they worked good, but I wanted the larger spool of 50 and also I had wanted the minus, so I had bought the Sony DVD-R 1X -16X. But after getting it home and opening it and trying to burn one, they will not work.
I do see on the Sony DVD+R it says RW down below and these only say R, but my burner shows R/RW so shouldn't it burn these as well?

My Memorex only show the R and they always burned, but now I can only get these in a 5 pack and it is not cost effective to buy them this way.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I know I need to probably get a new burner to take advantage of the changing technology of 16X and I see several brands out there. Is there a particular one anyone has had good luck with and any I should stay away from? One more question. I found some that are external. What are your thoughts on these? Better to go ahead and just buy an internal one or go with an external one for the ease of connecting it?

Thanks so much for your time. I do appreciate it!!!