NEC ND3500A 16x DVD burner hitting the shelves

Actually, you can. NEC a 16x dual-layer DVD burner, of their own out. Not as nice as that Pioneer we just mentioned, but the ND3500A can burn DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R discs rather quickly, with 1 hour taking less than 4 minutes, as well as 48x CD burning. The kicker is the use of NEC's Active OPC (optimized power control) software, which determines what the best laser power is for each media and adjusts it in real-time. It comes in beige, black and silver (how boring), with no word on price.

P.S. – And in case that isn't enough for you,
Iomagic has a new dual-format 16x DVD burner on the way,
too.