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Well i do not have a DVD RW Drive but i am about to buy one. Im stcuk on what to choose, help me!?

Product 1)
Philips 16x Double Layer DVD±RW bare (black)
* Record at amazing speeds
* 16x top writing speed on DVD+R
* Fast recording of your (re-)writable discs
* Superior Performance
* 8.5 GB storage capacity on a single sided double layer disc

Reading speeds 16x on DVD-ROM, 10x on DVD+R DL, 10x on DVD+R, 10x on DVD+RW,10x on DVD-R, 10x on DVD-RW, 40x on CD-R, 32x on CD-RW
Recording speeds: 16x on DVD+R, 2.4x on DVD+R DL, 8x on DVD-R, 40x CD-R
Rewriting speeds 4x on DVD+RW, 4x on DVD-RW, 24x CD-RW

Product 2)
Sony DW-Q30AB2 16x DVD-R/RW 8.4GB 4X Dual-Layer IDE Optical Burner Drive Black

* Model No. DW-Q30AB2
* DVD-R 16x
* DVD-RW 6x
* DVD+R 16x
* DVD+RW 8x
* CD-ROM 48x
* CD-R 48x
* CD-RW 24x
* DVD-ROM 16x
* Buffer Size 2MB
* Interface ATAPI/E-IDE

DW-Q30AB2 is a versatile optical disk drive. For CD write function, it is capable to write data, which conforms to Orange Book: Part 2 CD-R Volume 1 / Part 2 CD-R Volume 2 Multi Speed / Part 3 CD-RW Volume 1 (known as Low Speed) / Part 3 CD-RW Volume2: High Speed / Part3 CD-RW Volume 3: Ultra Speed, into CD-R/RW disk in combination with write application software. For DVD write function, this drive confirms to DVD+R Version 1.3 / DVD+R9 Version 1.0 / DVD-R9 Version 3.0.... DVD+RW Version 1.3 / DVD-R Version 2.1 / DVD-RW Version 1.2 . For read function, it is capable to read all of the following media: DVD single/dual layer (PTP, OPT), DVD-R,.. DVD-R9, DVD+R, DVD+R9, DVD-RW, DVD+RW. Besides, it reads all of CD formats and media: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, Photo-CD, Multi-session, Karaoke-CD, Video CD, CD Extra, CD Plus, CD-R, and CD-RW. The drive supports a DVD-ROM data read transfer rate of 16X in the outer track, 6X in the inner track, and achieves 11X speed in average for a 12cm (4.7Gbyte, single layer or layer 0 of dual layer) disc. For CD-ROM data transfer rate, it supports 48X in the outer track, 16X in the inner track, and achieves 30X speed in average for a 74 min disc. Besides, SMART-X function smartly adjusts CD-DA / VCD / DVD data extraction to a fastest allowable speed according to both data request rate from host and disk quality. Regarding to CD write speed, it supports 48X (Max.) writing and 24X re-writing. For writing/ rewriting, SMART-BURN® function can avoid buffer under run as well as get the best writing quality by smartly adjusting writing strategy.
How much do they cost?
I have always had good luck with Sony DVD-Burners. They look good and preform well. Also, LiteOn drives are good aswell, and always come with Nero(The god burning software). Choose whichever you want, but I would choose the Sony.
I like my Pioneer DVR-A09
In response to Smoko
I have a pioneer DVR-A10 Duel Burner :)