[Scottish] DVDrw drives - advice?

[neil sinclair]

Hi folks,

I'm in the happy position of being able to buy a DVD writer - weyhey!!! But...

I need it to work with Win ME  and SuSE 8.2 on a dual boot system. **  It will 
be used mainly for video writing and file system backups.

Can anyone give advice or recommend known good drives out there which would 
fit the bill? As far as I can see, the lists suggest that any ATAPI DVDwriter 
should work, so I should be OK. 

My shortlist is:
  Sony DWU 14A
  Asus DRW0402P 
  Optorite DD0401
  Liteon  LDW-401S

Of these, the Sony gives the greatest heartache - great reputation for build 
and reliability, shocking reputation for compliance to standards. 

Open to suggestions!

TIA,
Neil.


**
Duron 1000 MHz
256 Mb ram
Gigabyte 7zmmh motherboard
Intel graphics
120 Gb WD drive
Liteon DVD reader
Philips CDRW (to be swapped out)