Look around at newegg.com and read the reviews.. They have burners as cheap as $30-40 bucks if I'm not mistaken. Obviously the higher quality burners with better reputations are going to cost more (ie plextor). I don't think $62 bucks is expensive at all, especially for a DVD burner. I mean if you're main goal is reliability, I would definietly be prepared to spend at least $60 bucks.