But I've been enjoying my 1655 for quite a few months now, so I already knew it kicked butt

Oh, I should note that the Memorex 16x DVD+R (RICOHJPN) quality can be improved by using SolidBurn...at least on mine, it seems to help alot.
Edit: Argh!! Sorry about the multi-post...the forum is being 2400 baud slow for me right now, and I got click-happy
