DVD as a recordable medium?

Just wanted to get a feeling from others on using DVD as a recordable medium. On
first glance it seems like a terrible choice, since one little burp can render a
DVD disk into a $2,000 to $10,000) coaster  (or WAY more, depending on the loss,
since that's what one day of production might cost, and be lost due to the burp.

Crease a tape and lose a few seconds, maybe one take.
Blow  a DVD, say Adios to whatever is on the disk.

Hell, I've had tapes break off the reel and still salvage all the tape.

How about gyro errors? If I rise/turn at a rate faster than 1.75 G's, will my
DVD recorder lose track and burn a 5" unusable track? What if, in my haste, I
drop or scratch the disk before it gets archived? Am I ganked?

Sony and others seem to be in a rush to optical media, but it scares the hell
out of me.

Watt dew U think?