External DVD +DL drives and DVD Studio Pro

Just looking for some advice. I need to Burn a DVD+DL for a project I am working on. There will only be 5 copies so this is not for replication. I am running DVDSP 3 on the Powerbook G4 and DVDSP 4 on the G5 (neither equipped with a DL burner) and I want the boss to buy me an external firewire DVD burner. I hear Plextor is the best, so I just want to check it will be compatible with DVD SP. Plextor are unsure and I can find no mention from Apple... If it isnt compatible what external drive is? Help!!
G5, Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Many people use Pioneers also.
I am not sure how well Plextor does, but it seems to come up here as causing isssues a bit more, but could be wrong. Also Lacies cause a good deal of problems it seems.
I have been real lucky with my Pioneer burners over the years and have been solid for me. Have hooked it up to G4 Tower, G5 Tower and G4 Powerbook (have not tried on my MacBook Pro yet) and runs well. (Some others may not likee them as much though)
Take a look here for some other thoughts on DL burning
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3016532&#3016532

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