Nero Surface Scan of Ritek G04 DVD-R media Question

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Mohawk3

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17. March 2004 @ 12:11

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Starting surface scan
Good: 61.63 %
Damaged: 0.00 %
Unreadable: 38.37 %
Surface scan completed

I have a 2.0 Ghz Pentium 4, Windows XP, 1024 MB Ram, NEC ND-2500A 8X +/- burner (Mad Dog Dominator 6-in-1 drive), and am using DVD Shrink 3.1.7.6 with Ritek G04 DVD-R media. I backed up a movie on said media and it plays in my stand alone player well. I used Nero CD-DVD speed surface scan test after I checked on my player and the above results are what I got. The scan was done in my burner drive. Is this result bad or normal after backing up movies? I have also used Verbatim Digital Movie DVD-R and the scan was 100% good after backing up another movie.

This is my first post. I hope that I have provided enough information and that my question was clear.

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drchips

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17. March 2004 @ 12:28

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Hiya Mohawk3,

Welcome to our "QUIET" little neighbourhood ;)

Good to see you are taking the testing route.

Some questions that have bearing on the meaning/validity of your results:

1 - Does the surface scan cover the WHOLE disk area?
Or just the burned area?

2 - Did you burn the SAME IMAGE to the Ritek and Verbatim?

One thing to note: NEC drives can be problematic at times (the 1300 series was pretty good, but the 2500 can be fussy).

Have Fun...

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Mohawk3

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17. March 2004 @ 13:27

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Dr. Chips,

Thank you for responding quickly and the welcome. The material on both disks are different, so the answer to question 2 is a no. For Question 1, I am not sure if the scan covers the whole disk area. I know that used all available space on the disk when creating the backup, but I am afraid that I just ran the scanning test without knowing fully well what it is scanning. I am sorry that I can not give you a bettter answer. I ran out of Verbatim media because I only bought a 3 pack to test out the burner. I have some Maxell 4X DVD+Rs left from a ten pack that I got on sale. I can probably back up the same movie on both types of media and run the test again. Mainly I wanted to know if I should worry about the longevity of the media or possible quality issues. I have read many glowing reviews of Ritek G04 media and was excited to get some from Meritline's website.

I have been pretty happy with my drive so far. I have made a cd without any problems and every movie backup that I have made plays without problems on my Denon DVD-900A player. I got the burner for $99.99 after rebate at CompUSA 3-5-04.

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drchips

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17. March 2004 @ 14:10

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Hiya,

Any meaningful comparative test would have to take those two questions into account..

Be VERY careful with Memorex (there seems to be a fair bit of rubbish media out there with Memorex printed on it).

Also be aware, there is genuine Ritek, and not-quite-so-genuine Ritek (think RiData etc), watch out for pass-off names ;)

Verbatim, I agree with (I use Verbatim Advanced Metal AZO dye for my archiving).

Long-term storage without data loss is another thing altogether, as no-one has been able to test that yet...

Have Fun...

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Mohawk3

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17. March 2004 @ 17:02

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Dr. Chips,

The Ritek DVD-Rs are RiData. Is RiData bad? I thought that they were supposed to be good. Do you know if there is an online merchant in the US that sells Ritek that are in an acceptable form. I got the RiData from Meritline. The RiData discs that I got are unbranded silver matte style. The RiData says RITEKG04 on Nero DVD Info The memorex disks that I have are made by Ricoh (RICOHJPN R01 on Nero Disc Info). Thanks for all your insight so far.

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