I look for a replacement for my old Verbatim (ricoh 5125A) DVD writer. At first, I was tempted by the plextor 716a, but I keep reading about bad issue with them. I was looking too at the 3520 from NEC. I've found 1 review of this drive ..well more a preview than a review ... and the only downside was with -R media, which seem to be more problematics as speed goes higher than +R media. And it could not yet write -R DL media, but that should be in the next firmware realease. It seem to be a good reader and burner, so I'll probably get one.
My old drive never give me a coaster..the only problem, it write a 2.4X max...which is slow. My sister want it so it will get a nice retirement...
One of my friend has the BenQ and he is satisfied with. He as to update the firmware to have is computer to recognized it properly, but once done, it is working good.
-Always put the blame on you first, then on the hardware !!!