New styryl dyes for the recording layer of digital versatile disc-recordable (DVD-R) were synthesized and analyzed by UV-vis spectroscopy and thermal analyzer. Using these dyes, we prepared two-type DVD-R discs, with/without metallic thin film between substrate and organic buffer layer. The metal-polymer deformation 4.7 GB DVD-R discs were recorded by high-power 658nm-wavelength laser diode and their recording characteristics were evaluated at 650nm wavelength. The optimum writing power and jitter value was in the range of 10 mW and 12∽13 %, respectively.