i suggest the new sony dual format drive. it will burn both DVD+R and DVD-R, the best of both world at 4x on -R and 2.4x on +R. who will win the format war, who cares when you are covered? if FCP or DVDSP does not support the drive directly, get a copy of roxio toast. it supports all formats and drives, and you just export you project to a file, instead of using the drivers directly from FCP or other tools. my bet is the DVD+R/DVD+RW camp is going to win over pioneer. i’ll know more after comdex in vegas. the model is the 500A.