Need a new DL Burner - Recomendations?

Hey All,
Been a while since I've posted anything...
I'm finally fed-up with my Lacie d2 DL DVD burner, as it has now cost me more money in failed discs than the entire cost of the darn drive.
I'm gonna need to get a new one, and FAST! I have some major work to get out the door, clients are growing restless, and I need to get them their check discs!! Aaaarrrgghhhh!!!
Can anyone here recommend a good DL burner that works well with DSP 4?
Thanks in advance!!!!
Danny
G5 Dual 1.8, 4 Gigs RAM, Laser Guided Potato Launcher. Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Thanks for the replies guys.
OK, here's an update.
First off, I don't believe it was the media. I've been using the same media for some time with out any problems on my work computers (all have internal DL burners). It wasn't my project settings either... all audio was AC3 .192, etc... all vide was properly encoded using BitVice (don't' remember the bit rate at the moment), anyway.... moving on.
I solved the problem by just buying an internal Pioneer DL burner, which I just swapped with the single layer DVD burner in my Mac (Dual G5 1.8 ghz) and whalla! Project is done, in the client's hands and they're happy... so now I'm happy.
My Lacie is now a nice, decorative, wall ornament. I have no idea what went wrong with it, only that it seemed to get progressively worse as time went on. I wasn't too surprised to read about all the other complaints regarding these drives, however, I wanted to kick my own arse for not researching it better a year ago! Oh well, live and learn.
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