Macbook pro super drive failure???

Hello All,
I appear to have a failed disc drive as every time I try to burn a disc I receive many error messages such as;
1/. Burning the disc failed because communication to the disc drive failed. (error code 0x80020022).
2/. The drive reported an error; sense key = hardware error; sense code = 0x03.
3/. " " " " : ; sense key = medium error; sense code = 0x10; Invalid block size for command.
I see from these forums that many people have had similar issues, some successful others not so lucky.
With this in mind should I pay for a replacement on a machine only about 19 months old (no Apple care protection
plan) or purchase a separate DVD burner and if so what are the recommendations?
Any suggestions will be more than welcome
Alan

Unless being able to burn in the built in burner is critical , buy an external firewire (not USB) DVD burner. Even on a new MBP they make sense as they are not as pokey and have more features. I have a LaCie Porsche which I wore out but replaced its drive with a LG 20X and I have a LaCie D2 that is still going strong. The D2 should come with a full version of Toast which is a good deal vs. the cost of the two things separately.
You will get lightscribe and 16-20X speeds plus the bonus of it actually working.
For portability the Porsche is a lot smaller and lighter.

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