[gentoo-user] Re: DVD RW (recommendations

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

James wrote:
> Hello 
> 
> SATA or Eide on DVD rw choices (internal unit).
> 
> Any cheap DVD rw that have success writing to
> the many forms of rw DVDS, that one
> would recommend?
> 
> Any bands (plextor?) to avoid on gentoo?

Instead of recommending what I have, I'll recommend what disc burning 
lunatics recommend (the folks from cdfreaks.com for example): The LG LS 
GH20LS15 is an excellent burner with very good write quality (read: your 
discs will live longer).  It's a CD/DVD+R/DVD-R/Dual Layer combo burner. 
  It's also very cheap (16 bucks here; that is Euros).  It's a SATA drive.

If you can't find the exact model, any LG model with "GH20" in the name 
will do.  Make sure NOT to get a "GH22" model (like GH22LS30).  Those 
have poor write quality due to a different chipset that doesn't perform 
well.