Which External USB DVD/CD Re-Writer?

[chouglez]

Hi,

I am in the process of buying a resonably priced External USB DVD/CD Re-Writer and was wondering if anyone of you out there may have some useful advise?

Cheers

 

[Chappers]

You can pick up a decent model from around £30. I've a Freecom version which I think cost £35 from PC world

 

[CReid]

Bought this bad boy about a year ago for back-ups at work:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Samsung-SE-T084M-RSBD-8x-External-Slim-Slot-DVDWriter-Lightscribe-plus-TRU-DIRECT

Metal casing, bus or external powered, Lightscribe etc. Has yet to fail on me and has worked with every PC / laptop / netbook / Mac we've used it on..

Carl

Edit: It's dead slim as well...