Ah, Beags, the Panasonic Superdrive - used them at work in the 90's when they were v. expensive - and I've still got one in the studio for dubs. Must must have done the equivalent of 200,000 mles with just head cleans, great piece of kit.
HDD DVD recorder? I've a couple of Pioneers (not popular I know) which have been fine...
Thread drift, but I also have one of these..