GEAR HEAD 24x DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R Black SATA Model 24XDVDINT

Pros: Fast and quiet at all operating speeds. Has handled everything without any hitches. Door, when ejected, pops right out at you without much delay.

Bundled with OEM version of Nero 12 Essentials.

Cons: Tray feels cheap when out...be careful not to bump into when open. Tray also sounds delicate when opening but so far no issues.

Nero 12 Essentials is OEM version and has limited functionality.

Pros: Quietest DVD drive I have ever owned.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I bought this to replace a $17.99 drive that I have owned for about 2 years because I was sick of the loud noises that it would make while reading. A good choice.

Pros: This was a great drive for around 2 years.

Cons: Unfortunately, the door belt broke after 2 years. No apparent cause, just wouldn't open one day and some investigation revealed the cause. I don't think I've ever had this happen, and it may be a fluke for this brand also; or it may be a part that they went a bit TOO cheap on. No way to tell.

This drive was also just a bit harder than most to get the faceplate off. In this case it didn't matter, but if you're planning on painting it, it may be a consideration.

Pros: Speed is good
No problems with any media so far

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Very good drive for the price point
I bought two and they're both working well.

Pros: I wanted a super quiet DVD burner. It is exactly what I got. Comes with Nero 9 but I'm not going to use it.

Cons: Build in 2010, so in computer terms it's old tech. Not advertised to burn CDR but i haven't tried it yet. That's fine, I already expected that.

Other Thoughts: Works fine, I hope it lasts a long time, I use my drive alot.

Pros: quiet

Cons: none

Pros: Quiet Drive, Reads anything, Burns quickly

Cons: Does NOT last...
Drive acts like it has a timer built into it for when to die on you

Other Thoughts: I bought two of these from a major chain retail store and put one in each of my two desktops. One desktop I use heavily for burning, while the other has seen almost no disc burning at all. Almost at the exact same time, suddenly neither one will burn a disc (errors every time).
I always burn my discs at the lowest speed, and use name brand disks (mostly Sony DVD-R's). Burn failures started when trying to burn a game onto a dual layer DVD+R (after having burned a whole spindle of the same disks in the past). So I tried it on the system that never burns anything. Error after error no mater what I'm trying to burn and what disc I am using. I have wasted too much money on these drives...
Checked, cannot find a firmware update. Uninstalled Nero, tried using every program out there, even trolled the forums for an answer. Nothing works.
Not exactly sure, but i swear the problems started right after a windows update a while ago.. but cant remember when it started exactly.

Pros: throw anything and it will work. I have one pretty old movie DVD which didnt work on my other 4 drives but works great on this one.
pretty silent.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: i just made htpc and i used this drive. i wish it didnt have anything in front of it such as logo and other stuff but it's not a big deal.

Pros: I bought this to replace noisy burner that went into a htpc.
Works just fine. Is quiet!

Cons: The front plate was 148 mm wide, whereas the old one was only 147 mm. I needed to FILE the front plate to get it into the case.

Pros: Does what it is suppose to do. It also feels to be a higher quality metal than the majority of other drives.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: When my next build comes up, I will definitely buy again.