I like Ashampoo Burning Studio
version 5 is $20 and version 6 is $30
They rank among the top,regardless of the fact Nero or Roxio (Sonic) have their followers.
http://www.ashampoo.com/frontend/pro...&idstring=0510

Here's a list of free "burners"
DeepBurner
http://www.deepburner.com/
Comparison free vs Pro
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=product...&prr=provsfree

Others:
http://www.burn4free.com/

http://www.binartisan.com/

http://www.burnatonce.com/

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Lots of different burning software by this author.
http://cdr.dpaehl.de/

Same here
http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd/

That's only a sample of what's out there.
A Google search for "free DVD Burner" will give you lots
of links.
Have fun.

Pete.