External Drive to Burn DL

I have an IDVD6 project which is at the 4.2 GB max and want to get an external DL optical drive. Which is a good one to get and what extra software will I need, if any. I'd like to be able to continue to save project with IDVD as a Disk Image. Is this possible. I know Apple says burning a DL from Disk Image can cause playback problems..but is this true if the drive is external, or do they mean it only if you have the internal DL drive??
Thanks for any help.

Well I've made several DL disk images and they work fine for me using my internal Pioneer 108 DL. See one example here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2339008&#2339008
I'm happy with LaCie products.
I'm not sure iDVD will allow you to make a DL disk image if it doesn't see your burner.
I think you'll run into speed selection problems using Disk Utility with 10.3.9. I think it may burn DL, but I'm not sure...
If you have Toast 6 or 7, it will allow you to select speed and DL in the Record pop-up button.
Bottom line: Not sure this will work for you...

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