Need to replace my Optical Drive, which one should I get?

I have a Dual 2gig power G5 with 1.5gig ram. The Optical Drive is a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D Revision A606. The drive is going bad and needs to be replaced. I use FCE to make my projects then use i-DVD. Once done with i-DVD I create a disc image and use disk utilities to burn using an Imation, or Sony disc media. The last couple of times I tried burning a disc I got errors. I beleive it is the drive. Can someone tell me what kind of replacement Optical Drive I should get.

I use the following Pioneer burners both internally as well as external via FW 400 enclosures and I know they work well for reading or writing to dual and single layer DVD-R using either Verbatim, Maxell, Tiayo Yuden, or RiData:
Pioneer DVR-115D, and Pioneer DVR-110U.
There are other models that work from Pioneer as well as Sony. (Pioneer Burners are normally a safe bet on most macs).
If you want something external / preconfigured then consider LaCie Burners.
All of the above recommendations work well with iDvd as well as Roxio Toast and FCS2 / DVDSP.
Good Luck.
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