DVD for AMD64

I would like to get a DVD R/RW drive for my AMD64/SLES8 system, for the primary purpose of backups, although playing/writing video DVDs seems mildly entertaining as well. Are there any success reports for specific drives with this configuration? Thanks, -- Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. steve at XXXXXXXXXX But I have promises to keep, http://www.XXXXXXXXXX and lines to code before I sleep, http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep."