<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by monahos:
No idea if the Ricoh 5120 is flawed or not, but its mechanism was used by (nearly?) every first-generation DVD+RW writer, including the HP100i and Philips units.</font>
Though I think HP took them all back and exchanged them for newer units while Philips said "no way!"