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Riteks not perfect
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mastersak
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12. April 2004 @ 10:49 |
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I got the matte ritek g04's and the first 20 dvd-r's were 100%. But recently, my last 5 burns with these dvd's have resulted in failures. Nero cd/dvd speed surface test indicates at huge unreadable sector from 70% - 100%. First I thought it was the dvd I was trying to copy but I popped one of my maxell discs (which I only save for the most precious backups) and it was 100% readable.
So just to let you all know, Riteks are not perfect and I must agree with www.lordsmurf.com ratings of these discs as second class (maxell as first).
Oh yeah, all burnt with LG 4040B
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edgex
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12. April 2004 @ 12:11 |
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I have just burned my first 100 ritek DVD+ 4x and I had only 1 bad disk. shrink would not burn on to it. But Decrypter burned on to it with out a problem. I just bought my 2nd 100 pack because of the performance of the first 100. I use the TDK 880 as my burner of choice at 4x speed. all good. maybe some compatibilty issues between your burner mfg. and ritek? firmware update maybe?
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mastersak
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12. April 2004 @ 16:37 |
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Firmware updated. I must have got a bad spindle because I now have 8 coasters.
All average about 70% readable and 30% unreadable in nero's scandisc.
The 30% unreadable all comes at the end of the disc.
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pa104inf
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17. April 2004 @ 17:37 |
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I bought a 100-pack of RITEK from supermedia and I am having similar problems. I used DVDINFO and noticed that the last 10% on a lot of the disks come up with problems.
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17. April 2004 @ 19:47 |
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Hi guys, I remember reading a thread where someone stated the Supermedia store sold seconds. I didn't know there was possibly Ritek seconds, but your post seems to point that way. I wish I could remember the thread but it was about a month ago. I buy my Ritek from Meritline.com. I'm about 1/4 into my second 100 with not 1 coaster yet.(knock on wood) Makes you start to worry about buying anything.
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17. April 2004 @ 20:34 |
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It DOES depend on where you buy from & also if they come in spindles/cake tubs rather than shrink wrapped...
The Datasafe (Ritek G04) & orange overprint (Ritek G04) are troublesome media , but all the others I've tried are 99% successful [nothing's ever 100% eh].
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pieman
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19. April 2004 @ 14:58 |
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Im beginning to believe that that when it comes to blank dvds, even branded stuff is inconsistant...someones having a laugh somewhere.Real strange about those datasafe riteks...never had a problem with them (except when burning with Nero, but hey, Nero buggered most of my discs up including clonedisc,ritek, ridata((using clone to burn now)).I ve recently got a 107 and found some datasafes to test it with using a patched firmware.They burn at 8x absolutely perfect.My head hurts!!
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19. April 2004 @ 23:46 |
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Hi, Just recieved my order of 50 ritek 4x tango in spindles from disccity.co.uk, And there are about a dozen discs with really bad blemishes or scratches on them,Which i will send back to them,However i have burned about a dozen of my discs and got perfect burns,
Hi herbs, What's the best ritek or do you use something else?
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mastersak
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20. April 2004 @ 00:07 |
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Just to let you all know, I got the red shrink wrapped ones. Ritek G04's.
15 coasters and counting
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20. April 2004 @ 06:35 |
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@ dougal58 , I trust the top lot that I have tried & tested myself mate...
Ritek Grade A printables
Ritek Ridisc A Grade 4x DVD-R
Ritek Branded A Grade 4x DVD-R
Ritek Unbranded A Grade 4x DVD-R
I STAY AWAY FROM THESE:
Ritek (G04 dye) Landscape 4x DVD-R (they are overprints) !!
Datasafe Ritek A Grade 4x DVD-R
(I never trust Datawrite/Datasafe , through experience)
P.S mastersak I have not seen any red Ritek G04s , what brand name did they have on them ? And also ... who ever said Ritek G04 was perfect (?)
Perfection is an impossibilty !!
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20. April 2004 @ 07:46 |
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In my personal experience the "Ridisc" & "Ritek branded" as indicated above (In herbsman's post) are near faultless. On the other hand (i have 4 fingers and a thumb!) those "landscape" Riteks are a real hit & miss affair, avoid at all costs. Also any disk associated with "Datasafe" should be treated with the utmost suspicion.
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20. April 2004 @ 07:57 |
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Cheers herbs thanks a lot mate,Everybody keeps saying ritek,But there's so many ritek out there.
Thanx.
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20. April 2004 @ 10:49 |
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no problem my friend , best of luck w/ future burns ...
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20. April 2004 @ 13:22 |
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I got the red shrink wrapped ones. Ritek G04's.
Do you mean RiDATA? Where did you get them? My last two spindles of RiDATA came from newegg with nary a coaster.
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20. April 2004 @ 15:30 |
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The ones above are good discs. Better to get them in Tubs/Spindles, rather than in Shrink wrap. However, that said, as long as they were shipped by Ritek and not another company, into your home country, then grenerally they will be packaged well enough to avoid any problems with the media. However, shrink wrap discs, although virtually identicle to their spindle/case/tub brothers, are cheaper for that fact...
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22. April 2004 @ 08:28 |
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The shrink wrapped discs above are the one's that I'm using and I'm about half way through my second 50 pk. with only 2 coasters...can't complain.
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22. April 2004 @ 08:50 |
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I recntly purchased a 50 pak of Go4 4x OEM Ritek from Newegg.com for $40.00 and only 1 coaster and that was my fault.
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22. April 2004 @ 13:03 |
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Hi Herbsman,
Are you in the uk?,Which website do you normally order from?.
Thanx Mate.
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mastersak
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22. April 2004 @ 13:38 |
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Funny thing herbsman, is that the top printable ones are the ones i have....
I've pretty much given up on the ones I have and will use it for dvd's around 3.6gb since the bad section is usually the last 20%.
I'll go get myself 50 maxell's for 70 bucks (canadian)
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22. April 2004 @ 16:45 |
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Hm! Canada Eh mastersak! From what part?
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22. April 2004 @ 17:02 |
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[ edited for falsities in the truth ]
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22. April 2004 @ 23:39 |
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Thanx oriphus.
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23. April 2004 @ 00:15 |
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Herbsman is in UK and uses www.digitalpromo.co.uk
I most certainly do NOT use that site & cannot verify anything that comes from them. I wouldn't order from a company that is at the other end of the counrty to me...for starters !
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23. April 2004 @ 01:10 |
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HeHe - Digitalpromo, SVP, they're all the bloody same to me boycie ;-)
I cant remember what day of the week, or what i had for breakfast, let alone where u get your DVD's from :-D
For seconds whats a "counrty"? Is that like a country, only different? Feck im off to bed - 3 hours sleep is a nightmare....
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23. April 2004 @ 01:19 |
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I've had none (sleep that is) so typo's can be forgiven I'm sure...
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