Originally Posted by CPRich

After quite a bit of research, I ended up buying the Samsung SH-S203B. The fanatics at cdfreaks (the FT of the CD/DVD world) concur with it as the top pick.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/devices/

Using TY media, I've yet to create a coaster, have anything but superb error rates, or had any problems at all.

cdfreaks is also the place to learn about media, disc verification tools, etc.