[lug] Cd burner recommendations

[Rob Judd]

> I like the Yamaha drives in terms of functionality and performance, but
> I've had two out of three of them crap out on me (on different
> systems).  Maybe I've just been unlucky, but I think they have some
> reliability issues.
>
> I'd like to hear some opinions of non-Yamaha drives, since I'm ready to
> try something else on the new system I'm configuring now (a dual Athlon,
> probably).

I have an 18 month old Yamaha CD-RW (CRW4416S) that just died and a three
year old Teac CD-R (CD-R55S) that is still going strong - not as fast as
the new burners, of course, but it is a workhorse.

Cheers, Rob