At 14:03 14/11/2006, you wrote:
When you replace your drive, you may want to consider whether or not it can be reflashed under linux and whether there is alternate firmware that lets you change regions freely and/or disable macrovision. Updates for burners are common to provide the burner with information about new media (blanks) that were developed since the drive was first produced.
Do you have any particular manufactureres/models in mind? Dave