Help me make a DVD Burner selection!

I have the DW1640. It got great reviews. I have a batch of crappy DVD-R's I'm still trying to get through so I can't give much of a review myself.

I would recommend LG. Lite-On is another good one.

Don't be fooled by all these fancy name brand DVD burners. They suck. I know from experience. I bought a Pioneer DVD burner and eventually got rid of it... traded it in for a Lite-On. The Pioneer was so damn picky about media.

Recently I bought an NEC 16X DVD DL burner... I got rid of that one because the damned thing wouldn't read burned CD's from other manufacturers. Bought a Lite-On (same speeds and all) and it read/writes to everything.

It seems that the cheapest DVD/CD burners are the best. They may not last long, but they'll read/write to anything. And when burners cost $50, who the hell cares if it doesn't last 3 years. In 3 years we'll all be using HD-DVD or Bluray burners anyways.

-mpjesse