I am!
Every time I go away to work (I do work away a fair bit) I take at least 50 copies of Loose Change 2nd Edition with me - object of the exercise it to pass them all on by the time I return - & also try to hold mini-screenings, if at all possible. I always take a load of paper & a small inkjet printer with me, & sometimes I can take a projector in the back of my car, too. However, I have never yet been staying in a hotel that had a room for me to use, LOL. I'll keep trying!
Regarding brands of DVDs for burning - I believe that you'll find that this really does depend very much on the "native" format of your hardware.
Traditionally, there are the two opposing camps: the DVD-R proponents (Pioneer, Toshiba & Panasonic were the early R&D guys, IIRC) & the opposing DVD+R camp of Sony (& others who I'd need to look up again now - 10 years is a long time, lol).
Most DVD burners will therefore have a preference for one type of disc over another - even although they are capable of using both types of media, their early R&D was based on one format or the other. It has also been said on techie sites like Anandtech that your best overall bet regarding hardware is with a Pioneer burner, as all media manufacturers test their discs on Pioneer drives. Certainly, they're cheaper than many drives, and my original proved to be very durable over 4 years of use before I gave it away recently. It's still going strong in its new home abroad, I'm told.
I also copy the VOBs, & random tests & feedback report that standalone DVD players have no problem reading even the discs I've written at full speed - I have heard some people say that the write speed is a factor in whether their discs will play back or not, but this has not been my experience at all.
I just use the cheapest fast discs I can lay my mitts on locally, which at the moment happen to be 16x Titanium printable DVD-Rs, at £19.95 for a spindle of 100. I use two different PCs for burning, although I should really sort myself out & get both drives into the one box, as it would mean much less jumping about for me before I rush off for work, lol.
While I'm away, I make the effort to get out somewhere I'll meet people - travelling en-route, I take discs with me when I stop at motorway services - or else drive into town for a pub meal some evenings (I never drink & drive), so that I'm able to meet more people that way. Much of the time I find that strangers will approach me first anyway, I've never yet had a problem getting interested people to take DVDs. On the rare occasions that I do have a couple of discs left when I arrive back, I simply accost some of the locals from around here on my way round the corner to the shop
Living in the UK, I avoid the subject of Icke entirely, as I'm afraid his name is rather more likely to provoke a negative response in people. My usual topics would be simply the erosion of freedoms, speed cameras - the sort of things that affect me most directly & I feel most passionate about, because I find that's most likely to pull people into deeper conversation.
Sometimes I simply approach people sitting talking about politics or whatnot & hand them a couple of DVDs & say something like "I apologise for overhearing your conversation, but I believe these may be of interest to you", smile nicely , hand over the disks, and retreat to let them talk about it. It really depends on the sort of hotel / bar I'm in as to how I approach people, but I find people far more willing to take DVDs in that sort of environment than, say, out on the street. I find that's a far harder sell to get people interested when they're out of doors, & much easier when they're relaxed in a comfortable environment.
