bit the bullet and bought the lightscribe liteON 165H6S to replace my half dead NEC 3540, i need to burn some CD-R's so the purchase was justified and i couldnt be more happy..
Make sure you download the newest LS host software (or i guess it's on this disc that came with it, the one I threw aside :/). I had a pisser trying to figure out why it wouldn't let me do anything until I rtfm.. :/
From what I've been reading the newest Surething software has a nice setup.