Got mine today. Nice shipment packing. My drive was also manufactured in July 00. Installed and configured no problem.
Using PowerDVD software to watch movies. Nice. Accessing files on DVD is crisp, this drive is FAST! Much needed upgrade from the 8x
Having problems with RIPing movies from the drive, but then again I'm new to the realm so tweaking and troubleshooting is in order.
I LIKE it!
Linc.