Advice on BD-R burners, software

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Apologies if there's already a recent thread on this, but I wanted to reach out to the Blu Ray Forum community for some HELP!

Just when I thought my combo of a (admittedly cheap) Wbacon BD-R burner/drive, Cyberlink Power2Go 13 software and Smartbuy 25GB discs was getting the job done for me.... it's once again crapped the bed!

Any advice on whether I can solve the problem with an upgrade on either (if not all three) components? Can the problem be the lesser-brand discs? Or do I need to upgrade my burner? (And what do folks think of the LD BDXL, about which I've heard some positive things?) Or is the problem with Power2Go?

I'm not a frequent burner so don't need a massive $400 drive.... I'd just like to be able to burn a movie to blu in less than 2 hours.

Any guidance or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!