DVD Burner

[DaveBrawl]

Question for all of you tech savvy gentlemen (and ladies) out there. What would be the best dvd burner I can buy for a reasonable amount of money (ie not a fortune)?

My mom wants to convert the old video she and dad used to take of my brother and I every year before the first day of school over to dvd because the tapes are so old and she doesn't want to lose the footage.

She's already bought the VHS conversion device and wanted me to convert it to DVD, so I started to do it here recently and found my computer apparently didn't come with a dvd burner. She was going to take it to Walgreens or some other joint to get it done instead of putting more money into an expensive burner, but the prices for that are ridiculous as well so I'm just gonna get the burner and do it....I just need to know which to get. I'm guessing external would be the way to go even if it is a little more pricey. That way I won't have to hack up my case, and I can just unplug it when I'm done with it, because I doubt I will be using it all that often.

So tell me TPWW, what is the best choice?