Comments: Bought this drive 4 months ago. No problems burning DVD-/+R drives, upgraded firmware, used several different DVD buring software. Unable to now burn dual-layer DVD and continuiously get coasters. Started to periodically not burn dual-layer to always. Recommend a better dirve unless you don't need duel-layer support.

Comments: Very great burner. Was cheap. Burns fast. The only problem I've had so far is burning to Memorex dvd's. The only successful burns have been with the 5 AEOpen blank dvd's that came with my burner.

Comments: Its good for the price. My only concern is that the drive opens and closes slower than most other drives, and if you dont put the disk in carefully, it might not get seated right and the disk could possibly get damaged by getting scraped as it closes (I personally havn't had a problem with this but when I watch other people put disks in I often see them mess it up because either they arn't careful when they put the disk in, or they dont know better). Other than that, I ran a disk performance check and it ran at the speeds it said it could.

Comments: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827152035 With the face plates and oem software bundle, I rate this a better value then the NEC 16x DL drive I got from New Egg

Comments: Jumped on the deal for $xx.xx plus with a pack of 5 16x AOpen media. great burner i would have to say especially for the money.. great job newegg and fedex for shipping it out to me in 2 days!

Comments: this drive didnt work at first w/ Nero. So I changed the burning software I used and it worked fine for a couple months now it burns nothing but coasters. Go with another drive

Comments: bought this drive months ago, and it rocks! havent had any problems with it at all, and burns all the media with no prob. It also got here fast, thanks newegg!

Comments: Had no problems flashing the firmware to the DUW 1616 to get 16x -R and 4x DL. Works great.