We have to admit that it?s the first drive to support 8x DVD-R and 4x DVD-RW, this in itself makes the drive stand stronger than most competitors. We did get impressed by the writing quality of this drive, for CD-R discs it?s only beaten by the Lite-On LDW-411S that we reviewed a while ago. But for DVD-R and DVD+R discs it simply outclasses all the other drives we have reviewed. Yes writing quality is important for you, in our opinion this is the most important thing to consider when getting a new drive as you do want your discs to work and last after you have written them, don?t you? The drive is also very quiet in operation and the build quality seems good