Go with a known brand when doing something considered important, like a backup. Verbatim is one of the highest rated for reliable disks, especially the DL DVD's. I would not use "band X" for anything important until I used them for something not so important first to see how they preform.
I have a 50-pack of SpeedX DVD-R disks, bought at Sam's. I want to use them as recovery disks, and didn't have time to research them before buying if I wanted to get them today, but now I can't find anything on them. The package only says:
SpeedX DVD-R 16X 4.7 GB Data/120 MIN Video
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Item NO.
SX-016
Made in Taiwan

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