Upgrade to superdrive on MDD FW 800 DP 1.25

Further to my last post - am looking to upgrade the DVD/CD Combo drive on the MDD FW 800 DP 1.25/ATAPI to a DVD burner. Can anyone recommend a good economical upgrade drive available in UK?
Thanks....BC

Hi Bill...
http://www.dabs.com/products/samsung-22x-dvd-rw-ide-lightscribe-drive-retail-box -77KW.html
http://www.pcupgrade.co.uk/productdetails.asp?ProductID=4657&categoryid=84
Same as this one in the USA...
http://eshop.macsales.com/staticpages/Framework.cfm?page=superdrive/sdl_powermac_g4_mirrordd.html
If the MDD is running 10.4.x, you'll need PatchBurn for full support...
http://www.patchburn.de/
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