im beginning to think that dvds might be a bad idea for storing anime.. guess maybe i should drop this topic and ask what recomendations in choosing hdds.. 1 terra is a bit too much.. mayber less than 500gb is fine... ill use the recomended dvds for temporary storage for the mean time until i save up some money. 
again thanks for advice 
If you pick the right discs and store them properly, they'll have long, uneventful life. I have hundreds of discs burned 5 years ago and they still work.
You do if you have a HD the size of mine. In some areas more than others, size does matter. 
Verbatim is highly recommended, and on the other end of the scale people will tell you to avoid Memorex, especially the spindles. When I can't find Verbatim, I use Sony.
As I've posted before, don't base your purchases on the brand. Verbatim Value Series looks similar to the non-value ones (you can separate the two only by looking at a few lines on the printed side). Guess who makes the value series discs: CMC Magnetics, which is the same manufacturer of the Memorex brand you mentioned. CMC Magnetics manufactures discs for Imation, TDK, Memorex, Philips among the popular brands.
