Did you upgrade the firmware yet?
There was an upgrade just released on December 13th to [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Version 1.02 and I imagine anything in stores still has older firmware.[/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Improved write quality on DVD media[/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Improved write quality at 12X on some 8X rated media[/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Improved performance to execute AutoStratagy[/font]
[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fixed a bug where a format might fail while be performed[/font]