The Nu Tech DDW-082 DVD Burner Drive.

The DDW-082 is a half-height internal type and an IDE/ATAPI interface DVD Dual recordable drive. The drive is able to write DVD+-R/+-RW discs as well CD-R/RW discs and can perform as a regular DVD-ROM drive. The DDW-082 has 8X speed DVD+-R disc writing, 4X speed DVD+-RW disc writing, 12X speed DVD-ROM disc reading, 40X speed CD-R disc writing, 24X speed CD-RW disc writing and 40X speed CD-ROM disc reading capabilities. Furthermore, the DDW-082 supports all writing methods specified in industry standards and the functions of writing conform to them.

Very good retail package that includes both media and software.
Impressive CD-R writing quality with supported media.
One of the faster 8x DVD-Writers.
Impressive DVD+R/RW writing quality with most types DVD+R/RW media.
Supports many types of 4x DVD+R media at 8x speed.
Good DVD-R/RW writing quality on most supported media.
Running OPC technology

Great reading performance with almost every type of CD/DVD media.
Very good seek times.
Quickly recognizes all types of media after inserted.
Good packet writing performance.
Supports DAO-RAW writing.
Supports reading and writing of full SubChannel Data.
Supports reading and writing 8cm CD-R discs.
Perfect and fast audio extracting.
Excellent performance with protected audio discs.
Supports reading and writing for 99 minutes discs.
Fully supports bitsetting for all types of DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW media.

Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier, also known as EasyWrite, is a format specified by Microsoft, Sony, Philips and Hewlett-Packard to allow an optical disc to be used exactly like a floppy disk. That is, being able to read from and write to the disc from within any application you use, without the need for special burning software. Mt. Rainier differs from traditional packet writing software in that it performs most of the tasks (such as background formatting and handling defect management) in the hardware of the drive itself, making the system far more robust, and relieving the operating system from these tasks. Mt. Rainier will be a standard part of the forthcoming Microsoft Windows version, called Longhorn. Mt. Rainier capability is available for CD-RW and DVD+RW only. Look for the EasyWrite logo on the front of the drive to determine if it is Mt. Rainier compliant.

Two-way Compatibility
Two-way compatibility is the basic philosophy for DVD+R and DVD+RW. It means that existing DVD-Video discs can be played on a DVD+RW recorder (or that existing DVD-ROM discs can be read on a DVD+RW drive), and that the recordings you make on DVD+R and DVD+RW discs can be played on existing DVD-Video players and DVD-ROM drives.

Basic system requirements:
PIII 450 CPU and higher, 128MB memory and higher.
Windows 98SE/ windows ME/ Windows 2000/ Windows XP
Recommended system requirements:
PIII700 CPU, 256 MB memory.
Windows 98SE/ Windows ME/ Windows 2000/ Windows XP