[shortbusjonnie]

I just got an NEC-3520a from Newegg and I couldn't be happier. The drive has burned without fail for me right out of the box, and there's a ton of reliable modded firmware out there for it. In the last 4 weeks, I've burned just south of 100 discs (CD's and DVD's) without failure. And I think Newegg lists them for about $55-ish. It doesn't do lightscribe, but it burns +/- DL at up to 4x (I haven't tested that yet, and can be faster with modded firmware), and burns single layer at up to 16x (I've done that).

In short, it good. Me likey.

-!SB!-