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lannigan
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_ 		22. August 2003 @ 18:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I bought a little over a month ago 100 princo 1X non-printable disks. Burned fine, played fine, for about a month. Then, one after the other, major, major problems. I mean, the surface is mint, but they will not read, ni matter what i try, dvd-reader in my pc or in my standalone. Yikes!

Be Warned! I bought these from
canadacomputers.com and were told they were great disks. No! Watch Out!

I should have listened when all you guys suggested ritek. Just got a 50 spindle of those 2 days ago.
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Oriphus
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_ 		23. August 2003 @ 06:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
After a month they went?? Thats pretty poor, even for Princo standards. They should easily last a good number of years. They may have supplied you with re-labelled or dodgy discs (grade B). Im glad you have changed to the Ritek side ;-)
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lannigan
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_ 		23. August 2003 @ 08:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey Oriphus,

Is this a good media code for Ritek?

00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 35 0E 0B .B...@....P..5..
FE FF 80 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 47 00 04 30 33 00 .....RITEKG..03.

I am not sure, I checked a couple of posts, and it seemed you know a bit about it.

Yah, these princos are somehtin else. Just pooped right out. I am going to try to get my money back (good luck). I know that some show up as tdk discs in DVD Decrypter and others show up as princo. Mighty wierd that they would go that fast.


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Oriphus
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_ 		23. August 2003 @ 18:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thats not the normal batch code. The normal batch code should start with H. Anything that is H4 or H6 is usually ok, as long as it is grade A material
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lannigan
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_ 		23. August 2003 @ 18:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Really? They came in a red ridata package and they burn nice and play nice too, maybe they are the new batch. Where would I find disks like you describe?
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Oriphus
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_ 		24. August 2003 @ 11:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What does it say around the centre of teh discs?? H# #### #### #### #### or something like that?
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lannigan
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_ 		24. August 2003 @ 13:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
H5-4L16307187522B09 / and can I write on these silver top shinies with a sharpie or will that wreck the disk?
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Oriphus
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_ 		24. August 2003 @ 14:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not sure what a sharpie is, but you can use labelling pens no problem. Those are H5 discs, the best Princos are H4 and H6, with H5 comnig in third out of the 8 factories. This is a 3 month old bit of info, it oculdve changed bby now i suppose.
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lannigan
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_ 		24. August 2003 @ 14:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no no, i meant that is the code for the riteks. The princos are H0 - blah blah blah. Must be bad or a really old batch, but is that ok for riteks, the above number from my earlier post?

A sharpie is a fine point permanent marker, major popular.
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Ahh The Postman.....
Nothin Beats The Smell Of A Freshly Cracked Spindle.....
I Close My Eyes And Smile......

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Oriphus
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_ 		24. August 2003 @ 14:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ah right, sorry. H5 is fine for Riteks, though it still cant guarantee a grade A disc.
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