anyone using an usb dvd rw ?

[A Mennucc <mennucc1@debian.org>]

hi

I would like to buy an external  DVD writer

(for example, the  Lite-on Ldw851SX - Dvd+-R 8x
that I find at
http://www.computershop.pisa.it/Catalogo/dettagli.asp?id=1177
for a very good price)

before wasting my money, I would love to hear a
word from a fellow Debian user: is there anyone
succesfully using an USB  external DVD writer with Debian ?

(I tried googling around ;
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ 
<http://fy.chalmers.se/%7Eappro/linux/DVD+RW/>
claims that USB drives should work, but
"not from personal experience": not very comforting )

thanks in advance

a.