Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Saturday 2.8.2025 / 10:49
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   Pĺ svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > dvd±r discussion > dvd±r media > verbatim datalife plus ...
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Verbatim DataLife Plus ...
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
Pony321
Member
_ 		30. June 2004 @ 15:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've spent coutless hours reading threads about the Ritek Go4 blank DVD discs. It's definately difficult to determine what's the truth. I've also read a while back that the Verbatim DataLife Plus blank DVDs were possible the best media to purchase. I'd like to hear the pros and cons of this media from those who used it.

A little more expensive than Ritek and btw I've searched the net for a 50 pack but the best I could locate was a printable 20 pack.
[ + quote]
Advertisement
_ 		__
mrman
Member
_ 		30. June 2004 @ 21:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well Verbatim in my opinion are the better disc...They are a bit more fingerprint and scratch resistant and also all the discs will be perfect.
With ritek if you buy a 50 spindle 1or2 might have ink blemishes or smudges which still isnt that bad because ritek are a lot cheaper than Verbatim.
Bottom line is ritek is very good media at a very affordable price. Verbatim is a little better but you will pay for it.
So what i do is use ritek ridatas for most of my backups and i use verbatim for my precious ones.
hope this helps you out and here are some sites that ritek is sold at
http://www.supermediastore.com
http://www.newegg.com
by the way buy the if your buying ritek get the RED shrink wraped ridatas NOT anytheng else...these are the best ones.
[ + quote]
Prisoner
Suspended due to non-functional email address
_ 		3. July 2004 @ 10:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Much agreed, Verbatim are the best discs I have used. However they are the most expensive. Ritek are now much cheaper and are faily consistant among batchs. Utimately that is the most important thing. Lots of the cheap stuff is only really good in one or two batch and hunting it down (the good ones) can be a pain. Ritek and Verbatim are consistant and are worth the money.

What country are you in, looking for Ritek?
[ + quote]
I am not a number
I am a Free Man

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 3. July 2004 @ 10:45
Pony321
Member
_ 		6. July 2004 @ 10:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I live in the USA. I have already ordered the following a week back:

RITEK G04 DVD-R 4x 4.7GB Media (50 Discs $.77 per disc)
from BUY.COM.

BTW I'm in the process of building a new computer in which I'll be backing up my DVD collection. I just ordered DVDFab and should be here soon.

I've been monitoring this forum for the past few week so I could become knowledged on various topics. Moment of truth will be when I power up the new system. Thanks!
[ + quote]
pablo69
Newbie
_ 		6. July 2004 @ 12:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yea,i agree with what you've all said.i use ritek and they have never let me down,stay away from bulkpaq
[ + quote]
Pony321
Member
_ 		6. July 2004 @ 12:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just received the RITEK blank DVD (50 pack shiny silver, actually two 25 packs). Strange since I ordered a 50 pack of RITEK branded dvds. I need to first decide if I'm going to try them or return them.

How do I verify that this media is actually RITEK ?
[ + quote]
Pony321
Member
_ 		6. July 2004 @ 13:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
By the way this Blank media has the serial starting with J6. In the event this is RITEK, is this an indicator of good or not so good media?


Ritek G04 (Serial: J6)
[ + quote]
pieman
Senior Member

2 product reviews
_ 		6. July 2004 @ 14:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
pony..you can find out what the disc is by downloading a program called dvdinfopro.This will tell you what dye is used on the disc, with other tools like file checking and speed tests etc(not massivly reliable but about the best youll get).Just cos the dye used is RITEK means buggerall...loads of brands use that dye....some crap and some ok.Dont ask me which is ok cos im still finding out for my self!!Ive crowed about traxdata only to get a duff batc.Ive recently crowed about piodata 4x(ritek G04 dye) when my first batch was great, and the last batch shyte cos theyve been mixing a b and c grades together.This is happening with most brands im sure.Or am i the only one??!!
[ + quote]
pork pie,fish pie,cherry pie,hairy pie.Ill eat em all
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
Pony321
Member
_ 		6. July 2004 @ 14:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for the reply. This is a concern. At this location:

http://store.yahoo.com/meritline/verbatim-4x-dvd-plus-r-dvdplusr-blank-media-disc-discs-jewel-case.html

I can't locaate any info telling me if this media is branded. I write a lot of info on my discs and would rather not use the shiny silver media. Anyone know if this Verbatim media is branded ?

From what I read so far it appears that the Verbatim Datalife Plus is the way to go. Only time will tell.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > dvd±r discussion > dvd±r media > verbatim datalife plus ...
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork