can anyone give me some good advice about what is the best internal dvd rewriter to get as there are so many out there and rather confusing to someone like me who dont know that much about pcs

thanks your mate the grinch...)

Personally I use Pioneer DVD-RW. I don't think I should be recommending but just stick to the better known brands. And get an RW so you can trial dvd's out before burning to dvd-r. Also speed is not important. Reliability of the burning & of the reading of the disk are most important. I use a mac personally! Good dvd media is also important. Google it. Research any brands & models that might take your interest. Look for both magazine reviews & customer reviews/feedback. Here's an example: http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/com...bestintDVD.htm (but I wouldn't go for Lite-on.) & http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...e+Search&meta=

Don't get confused with disk sizes! Unlike CD's, 4.7 GB disk does not hold 4.7 GB of files but around 4.37 GB. That's b/c for dvd's they use the same tech as they use for measuring hard disk size. eg: a 120 GB HDD in practice only holds about 115 GB of files.