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RITEK DVD-R with Sony dvd +/- drive
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DarkmanX
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18. August 2003 @ 16:51 |
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I, like everyone else here am looking for the fastest dvd's for the cheapest price. I keep reading about Ritek in this forum. I have purchased 25 TDK's 2x for a little over $55.00, (Best Buy)but have not had any bad experience with these. I have not been able to find a 4x for TDK's and if I did, I'm sure the price would be a lot more. The ? I have is that I've read that you can't get 4x for the Sony drives. I have the Sony DW-U12A internal +/- burner. I have read that for the pioneers you have to download the latest firmware, is there a download for the Sony drives to achieve the 4X. What 4x brand is recommended for Sony and where?
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Gaetano
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19. August 2003 @ 15:07 |
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Depending most on your drive and on the batch of discs, you may or may be not able to get 4x speed with Ritek G04 -R discs. However, there are some positive experiences obtaining 4x speed with Riteks on the net. For ppl with problems, it seems that updating the firmware didn't help, so if I were you I wouldn't go for that.
These discs are not on the list of certified media for Sony drives.
I think you could try 4x +R discs with Ricoh dye (the vast majority of +R discs on the market today). Ricoh discs are on the certified media list for Sony drives.
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DarkmanX
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19. August 2003 @ 15:41 |
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I've been happy with the -R disks. I have seen a price difference between + disks and the - disks. Especially at Besy buy and Sams clubs. Why the difference?
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19. August 2003 @ 16:53 |
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The difference is not as vast as it used to be..
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20. August 2003 @ 02:39 |
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I'll always be -R until the HD DVD comes out.
Anyway, Firmware upgrades are usually a good thing if they are RPC 1. THis means the DVD Writer will be region free allowing unlimited rips of regioned DVD's, different to its original settings.
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DarkmanX
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20. August 2003 @ 05:13 |
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"Firmware upgrades are usually a good thing if they are RPC 1", Where do I find the upgrade for the Sony DVD burner (mine came with my Sony Vaio (DW-U12A). The links you sent were for a pioneer.
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Gaetano
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20. August 2003 @ 06:51 |
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DarkmanX
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20. August 2003 @ 16:43 |
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OK, so no firmware upgrade for Sony DVD burners. What is the best -R for the price and where do I get it.
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20. August 2003 @ 17:01 |
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DarkmanX
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22. August 2003 @ 05:48 |
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Thanks. Think I'll stick to maritime being in the US and all- don't know the exchange rate betwen the UK to US dollars
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22. August 2003 @ 06:47 |
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People say that meritline have a bad customer service. There are others in the US, there is a thred on it in this forum i think.
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flanman
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27. August 2003 @ 12:42 |
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I have not had a lot luck with any of the ritek DVD-R. I have had the G03 and G04. Used with Pioneer A04 and Sony 500 drives. Just about everytime I burn a movie the last 10 minutes get really distorted. I have used Apple (2 and 4X), Princo 1x both with very little issue. I personally will stay away from the Riteks.
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27. August 2003 @ 18:17 |
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flanman:
I used to get the outer edge error when using the Ritek G03 at X2 on f/w 1.31[2xritek4all] burning w/ Nero Burning Rom 5.5.10.20 so finally took up the reigns of RecordNow DX (no matter how much I loathed to)
Even tho I have RecordNow DX set to burn speed of X1 it burns at X2 cos it takes 30 mins for a full 4.36Gb [4450mb]
Strangely enough , even tho RecordNow DX forces my burner to go at max (cos I have the Pioneer DVR-104 too) it still comes out as a successful burn.
90% of Ritek G03 have behaved so far , so I'm well pleased. The 10% failure is cos I've only done about 25 or so with RecordNow Deluxe and the 3 that have failed where 3hr laserdisc copies...hhmmm ;-)
I duuno what your burning with cos you didnt state it , but there's my experience
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28. August 2003 @ 04:05 |
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LOL - what does that tell you about Laser disc copie :D
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28. August 2003 @ 11:41 |
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Yeah but the 3 LaserDiscs reffered to are :
Star Wars (Special Edition) 3 Disc Set
(apparently not yet available & perhaps not so until 2005-2007)
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29. August 2003 @ 03:04 |
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Whats the extras on it that arent on the buy it seperate DVD's
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29. August 2003 @ 06:45 |
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