DVD

[Magnum]

I have a Liteon CD writer that I have that has been problem free.

I think one problem with DVD writers is that they are not built to good standards like things used to be.

[GregL]

While you are at it get a Blu-ray, BD-R (25 GB) or BD-R DL (50 GB). I have been using them lately for large files.  I guess the reliability is pretty much unknown at this point though. So far so good for me.