[jdawson]

I have a sony, mine came with a pioneer dvd burner. We've been looking for a pc for the boys so they don't load mine up with games, after talking with the guys at BB they seemed to think it was a great selling point that sony has gone to using lite-on's. I know others have not had any problems with them but after our first experience with them (two drives) giving out at close to the same time, I don't trust them. But that is me. I would suggest talking with DDStree or maybe stephen (raindawg) and see if they can help. SIBLY, keep an eye on newegg.com. they had a plextor on sale about 2 or 3 weeks ago for $90 and I think there was an additional mail in rebate to bring it down even cheaper. I'm monitoring because I want to upgrade ours, only burns 2x (not all the time), they do have a NEC on there for around $65 right now.