Question about DVD brands

I am trying to copy my film onto Memorex VD - R.  I have a MacBook Pro.  I am using Adobe Premiere 11.  I bought a box of 10.  Two of the discs gave me an error message.  The third told me no media present.  Is there a brand that would work with Macs? 

I should also say I updated my operating system to 10.9.4.  Would this affect the copying ability to DVD?  Would it affect using Premiere 11?  Is there a free upgrade to 11?

Thanks.

barb