Need advice on external optical drives.

[Bear]

I'm looking for an external optical drive to use on my iMac. What I want is:

• Must be tray loading, I have some discs with labels on them.
• Must work with iTunes for importing and burning.
• Must be able to burn CD and DVDs through finder.
• Bonus would be one that works with DVD Player.
• Inexpensive would be nice.
• External power supply is fine,
• Must only use one USB or firewire port.

Size isn't an really an issue since it's for my iMac. Reliability is. Inexpensive would be nice.

 

[snberk103]

I don't have a specific suggestion, but I will add that I got a LaCie with Lightscribe. I don't use the Lightscribe feature all the time, but when I do it is really nice to have....

(If you don't know - Lightscribe, by using specially made CDs/DVDs, can create etched labels on the discs. Much more professional than handwritten discs, and no issues with paper labels in slots).