[KiNGME]

I'm looking for an external DVD D/L writer that...

1. Works with Macs
2. Works with iTunes (not just Toast)
3. Works with iDVD (not just Toast)
4. (Preferrably) Has Firewire Support (not just USB)

I was just about to get the Sony DRX830UL/T because it claims to be compatible with Macintosh but it ain't:

Sony Electronics - External 18x max DVD Multi-Format Burner - DRX830UL/T - Data Storage - DVD Drives - MacMall

I have a Sony DRX800U and it kicks ass in a PC but when I hooked it up to my MBP tonight, Toast doesn't see it. Funny though, I started up XP inside Parallels and XP saw it and added it to its system!

XP, it just works.

Anyway, any ideas? I looked around Apple.com, Buy.com, NewEgg.com, MacMall.com and couldn't find jack dot com.

Help!

[cms]

This most certainly should work. I have one hooked up to my G5 tower and it works flawlessly. Toast sees your internal drive as the "default"; you just need to select your Sony burner as the "read from" or "burn to" device. When burning in Toast, you select the device in the bottom right hand corner, to the immediate left of the big burn "button". If you click on the little asterisk symbol, you'll get a device selector menu, no matter which mode you're in.

[KiNGME]

What should work?

My existing Sony drive is not seen by Toast. At all. Windows sees it but OSX does not.

I need a new drive that will do everything I posted above.

[mfbernstein]

The MCE Lucid 8X claims to do all of the above.

[KiNGME]

I'm not familar with MCE. What's their reputation?