Which Writing program to use?

[Grumpy]

I am wondering what program other people use to copy data from their Hardrives?
I have been using Nti CD-DVD maker for quite a few years now but its now time to look for another. I recently purchased the Pioneer 107 DVD writer and use ‘Princo 4x blank DVD’s but for some reason it takes 4-5 hrs to copy data! All works fine if I use a TDK 4x DVD-RW and it only takes 9 minutes to copy the same data to the RW.
The Princo’s burn OK using Alcohol 120%. Ive updated the firmware to v1.16 and can now burn at 6x and 8x but still not working with NTI. Im sure it’s a NTI related problem and not the writer or the Discs! Could just be that NTI doesn’t like the Princo’s but this is unlikely I feel! My NTI is version 6.7.0.2315.
I presume most people use Nero but is there another program anyone would like to recommend as I am not real keen on Nero!
Thanx for your time.