Maybe I got a bad batch, or am doing something wrong when buring but I have had bad luck with these exact dvd's. I bought them from Newegg about a month ago. I have burned 5 discs and each one of them has given me trouble.
I have 2 stand alone dvd players, in one of them, a cheap Cyberhome model, these discs play fine. In my other dvd player, a cheap Apex model, these dvd's aren't recognized. Normally the Apex will play anything. I have experienced the same result taking the dvd's over to a friends house to test. Out of about 5 different make DVD players I tried, only the Cyberhome would play these Verbatim's
The previous batch of printable dvd's I purchased were memorex, I got from a local Staples. I had no problems with them. I used them for a video yearbook for my son's kindergarten class, gave away 20 copies, one to each parent, and didn't get a single complaint that they wouldn't play.
The "DataLife Plus" discs are indeed made by Verbatim and they are very good. The "Sam's Club" variety of Verbatim discs are made by several manufacturers to Verbatim specs, however, they may not be of the same high quality as the "DataLife Plus" discs.