[spooky]

From reading all the posts, then most people are mentioning well known brand names like Sony, Plextor, Yamaha or Pioneer.... and i would agree with them all.....

But know one has mentioned Hewlett Packard..... i have an older HP8100 plus and have never had an ounce of trouble within the 5 years i have owned it.... it writes to any media i chuck in it, even the cheap ones you get in the bulk packs...... Given that HP have the lowest returns rate in the industry then they have to be doing something right.....

So in a nutshell, stick to a well known branded burner, like the ones that have been mentioned, and its always worth paying that little bit extra..... but steer well clear of Phillips units, they arnt much cop for PSX backups (i'll probably get slatted now from loads of Phillips owners), and in my opinion LG can be a bit fussy with the media you use but are till a good choice.

Liteon seem to be a good choice as well as Ricoh if you are stuck to a budget.

And as dust2dust mentioned, check its compatability first with CloneCD and even CDRWin.