Which Media? Sony vs. Fuji
 

Staples has 50 Sony dvd-r for 14.94
K-mart has 50 Fuji for 17.99

which brand is better?

I've had good luck with both, as long as they're "Made in Japan". My local Staples only had a few spindles of the MIJ, lots of MIT.

Current good media sold in stores in the USA:

Sony brand DVD+R (made in Japan) = YUDEN media
Sony brand DVD+R (made in Taiwan) = SONY media
Sony brand DVD-R (made in Japan) = TY or SONY media
Fuji brand DVD+R (made in Japan) = YUDEN media
Fuji brand DVD-R (made in Japan) = TY media
Verbatim brand DVD-R (made in Taiwan) = MCC media
Verbatim brand DVD+R (made in Taiwan) = MCC media
Maxell brand DVD-R (made in Japan) = MXL media
Maxell brand DVD+R (made in Japan) = MAXELL media
TDK brand DVD-R (made in Taiwain) = TDK media