Camron W. Fox wrote:
DVD hyper multidrive, capable of reading and writing DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R for DL, and DVD+R DL.
I've used an Optiarc to burn all that in Linux, some with cdrecord some with NeroLinux. Optiarc is a joint NEC/Sony company. DVD drives/burners are commodity these days with standard interfaces.