The truth is the drive is extremely picky with the media availiable.
After two months of usage i can tell you that i use only TAIYO YUDEN -R media (2X MID:TAIYOYUDEN or 4X MID:TYG01),all others had oneway or the other failed me.So, if you have access to such media in areasonable price you can go for this drive and will do your job,otherwise skip it.You can find usefull infos about MID codes and media brands in this site:
http://www.instantinfo.de/index.php
Cheers
Nikos