I don't seem to see this issue anymore. Not sure what was up. Here's a snippet from lshw if it's interesting:
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVDRAM GH24NS50
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High cpu usage after upgrade to 141-1.1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/379780
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