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Bad media coming out of Supermediastore.com....
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dusty107
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25. January 2005 @ 23:41 |
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This is kind of a warning to buyers who might be thinking of getting blank DVDs from Supermediastore.com. Generally I would consider them the best store online, but over the last few months my purchases have been full of faulty batches. A batch of prodisc were so bad they actually "damaged" my burner, forcing me to purchase a new one. This has also happened to a couple of orders of Ritek -R's (though not as bad as the prodisc). I tested burning with them on friends burners to see if results were the same and they were -freezing & picture break-up during playback.
So be careful you guys out there looking to buy supplies anytime soon.
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Preyzuess
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26. January 2005 @ 05:24 |
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I also have gotten a few bad batches of Ritek 4x -r printable over the last 4 months. From both Meritline and Supermediastore. Same product I have bought for over a year with now issues. I am getting a complete failure on 1 to 2 disc's out of 200 and a few with pixels showing up throughout the movie.
6 PIONEER A07 / 107 8x ± hacked firmware
RITEK RULES !!!!
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Kingd
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26. January 2005 @ 17:08 |
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I haven't had any problems with Taiyo from Supermediastore.
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26. January 2005 @ 17:28 |
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It would be much more useful if you would post the manufactuer id of the disc's also. The type of burner you are using that these are not working on would be nice too.
Thanks
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up4daz
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26. January 2005 @ 17:35 |
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If you are buying the Ritek dvd-r G05's than yes I have the same problem with those stores and I looked this issue up and there are some bootleg brand Ritek out there and I have heard this from many other people including the TDK company.
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llongtheD
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26. January 2005 @ 17:59 |
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Like kingd said, thats the same reason I stick with taiyo yuden, or verbatim. They cost just slightly more, but have never had a bad batch from these two brands from any store including supermedia store.
If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.
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flx2000
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27. January 2005 @ 06:04 |
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i had the same problem with only there 8x prodisc
the label's started pealing off in my dvd player
i now use princo's from the african's(local store).no problems yet.
i only wish they where no hubs.
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2ExTReme
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27. January 2005 @ 14:32 |
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my personal experience has been horrific from supermediastore, i'd stay far away from them. About a year and a half ago I started purchasing from shop4tech and newegg and both stores are 5 star. If I were you i'd start looking directly at shop4tech for media, especially ritek and Prodisc, and newegg for PC parts and other misc electronics items.
Supermediastore and meritline get the overall worst reviews from all the sites on the web i've read, do your own search, it ain't pretty for those two stores and they're the shadiest of them all.
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222333444
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27. January 2005 @ 19:18 |
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To me they seem to be all the same. I haven't had any trouble with any seller and they ship them imediatley.
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llongtheD
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27. January 2005 @ 19:28 |
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There seems to be a common theme. From time to time you seem to hear about a bad batch of ritek, or prodisc. I don't think its the seller, but the manufacturer. Spend a nickel or so extra a disc and get a good brand like taiyo, or verbatim.
If your fish seems sick, put it back in the water.
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CG_Gurl80
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27. January 2005 @ 20:18 |
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Recently bought some Taiyo Yuden's from supermediastore.com and have had no problem at all. They shipped on time and the product was delivered as scheduled. With every company out there, you are going to have people who have problems and those who do not. But it's good for people to share their experiences regardless of their level of satisfaction so that others can accumulate data as well as personal opinions.
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gigabite
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28. January 2005 @ 00:32 |
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Purchased 50 ritek go4's 4x from meritline last week...had 3 coasters in a row..returned them all..first time I had a problem with ritek's...don't blame meritline..they are only a distributor.
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Preyzuess
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28. January 2005 @ 11:20 |
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I wan't blaming Meritline or Supermedia. They just happen to be were I got the disc's from. I was saying however that it is weird Ritek a pretty reliable brand. has seamed recently to have gone down in quality.
6 PIONEER A07 / 107 8x ± hacked firmware
RITEK RULES !!!!
Best way to backup that movie
1 DVD Decrypter 3.5.2.0
2 DVD2One 1.5.2
3 Nero 6.3
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kenneth1
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29. January 2005 @ 16:32 |
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Thats cause Ritek has been fooling around with the dye process, myself I buy Taiyo Yuden and never have a problem with them no matter where I buy them
Ken
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