what kind of burner do you have hornian and what are you burning? i'm thinking it's about time to get one of my own since i've ruined about 10 dvd's in the last year.
Have you already stumbled upon videohelp.com? If not, it's a great resource. Did your DVD burner already come with burning software? If so, you may not need to purchase anything else if you end up using the free tools that are available.
If you're talking about burning movies then DVD X Copy was the best in my opinion, hence why they were sued and lost. They had to pull the software off the shelves but it was by far the best DVD burning software(again for movies) out their strictly for copying/burning movies.