Go with the Yamaha. TDK seems to have forgotten how to even simply put out a reliable blank media for the format. I had a Yahmaha 4/4/16 Scsi burner and it did quite well. However, once I decided to go IDE I got the Hewlitt Packard 10/8/32 or something like that and it rocks properly. For me choices are limited because I need a burner that reads/writes CD+G format, which only a few types of drive do. -Darth