Hey there! I’ve tried many brands on different computers, and the best drive that responded the Best on all situations was a “Plextor PX-760A”, while other Top on the line drives from Sony, Pioneer, Samsung, where around $80.00 US Dollars, this baby was $120.00, but let me tell you guys, it was worth the money. I do DVD Authoring using DVD Architect 4.0, and I burn my DVD’s within that application, and I’ve been Authoring DVD’s (for Replication of 10 to 50 Thousand) for over 6 months now with out a single problem.
Of course one VERY but VERY important thing that most people don’t even know it’s keeping your computer WELL maintained and by that I mean Defragmenting your drives, cleaning/fixing your registry, emptying out your recycle bin, checking disk for errors, getting rid of clutter and junk files, organizing your folders in a very neat way, etc, etc, etc, etc. I know folks it’s tedious and it takes time, but you know what? IT’S WORTH IT!. Hope this helps.