I was wondering if anyone here has a such drive? and yes i tried the search function. There hasn't been many reviews about the capturing part.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/shopper/reviews/84054/lg-gsa5169d.html

It surely beats my current DVD burner, and price is only 70euros/90dollars and the bundled software is ok. I would only use it for capturing TV/DVD sources. I want to buy some extra time, before buying a DVB-C/DVD device with a hard drive.