I like my lite-on, but have only had it a year, so the reliabilty is a ???? , I've never heard of anybody having issues . It's just a known fact that Sony's laser eyes and trackers are garbage in everything they make from in dash cd players, DVDs, Discmans, CD-drives and PS-2s. The only other brand I've heard of as having poor reliabilty is Thomson/RCA/GE. Not banging on Sony either, everything Sony makes that DOES NOT have a laser-eye in it is great stuff.