Anakha Posted August 6, 2005 Author Share Posted August 6, 2005 Not working on my pc aswell, might need a different version of NERO benm what version do you have? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> just download the latest one from the net.... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1504586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inark Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 most people who are recommending ritek have u actually tried copying one of the riteks again from the ritek media??? this is where the problems with them arise as i stated... burning to them isnt an issue and neither is playing them... ive been using princos for years now even their CDs before i got a burner but started having issues with them however at least i was able to copy from them again. that test u did was interesting.... im guessing the higher the rating the better? i know the TDKs i was using were awesome... no issues at all... but they werent printable which makes my printer redundant Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1505354 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphA Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 just download the latest one from the net.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> As the owner of a Computer shop I can not and do not download software from the net. If you ment a demo version then yeah I will download a demo version. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1505490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 inark: I had a neighbour just drop over 2 Ritek's that he was trying to watch/copy that were both skipping (didn't skip for me on 2 different DVD Players 2wks ago when I first burnt them) and he couldn't copy them either. I'm re-doing them right now with these Verbatims. Yes the higher the rating the better. The spikes on the graphs are where you get skips, pauses, etc when watching the movies (or could be the parts that stop them from being duplicated again). Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1505513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 i use tdk dvds Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1505523 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaserV Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Yeh, no troubles with TDK... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1505574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABuSD Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 most people who are recommending ritek have u actually tried copying one of the riteks again from the ritek media??? I must have used different RiTEK's maybe?? I burn all of my stuff @ 4x (I have an 8x burner) All my masters are RiTEK's and ive burnt off them 100s of times Could the burner have anything to do with it? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1505626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Yes the burner plays a part in how successful the burn is. Some burners perform well on media that other burners hate. The firmware plays a bigger part in it though as firmware revisions are generally only released as new media becomes available (brand, speed and dye content). Ie v1 of a firmware might be really good at 4x Ritek's but bad at 8x Riteks so they release a v2 to cover that problem. But then Ritek could change the dye chemical content midway through production and v2 could be worse than v1. You just have to find a media (and model of that media) and stick to it until either you buy a new dvd burner or they stop making that particular media. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1505660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anakha Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 cheers guys, shall take some good info away from dis. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I've thrown out 20+ Ritek's in the last 48hrs that all had CRC Errors after a successful burn Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphA Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I've thrown out 20+ Ritek's in the last 48hrs that all had CRC Errors after a successful burn <{POST_SNAPBACK}> P R I N C O My choice! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippy Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 PR I N C O My choice! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I used to sell these things, I mean alot of them probably about 50000 peices a month easily I can tell u that princo's are not as good a disk as ritek. If you actually analyse the write quality, the riteks will win easily. Make sure you have the latest firmware on your dvd writer. Also note that each writer has different issues with different branded disks. Eg Sony/Liteon (they are the same drive) will be different than NEC/Pioneer (they also are pretty much the same) . Im not too sure which is the best drive right now but 3 months ago I bought a pioneer cause it was the best at that stage. After selling princos, I myself wouldn't use them. I only use riteks cause they are the cheapest high quality stuff out. Also be careful with dodgy media, ie branded riteks that aren't really riteks, grey imports etc. just my opinion. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippy Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 also about 6 months ago, apparent' princo weren't allowed to be imported anymore cause they were illegal. this was because they weren't paying any royalties to the dvd patent holders ie phillips. I'm not sure how they are being sold still ... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507789 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I believe only 'current stock' is being sold with no more being ordered until the legal stuff is over. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphA Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I believe only 'current stock' is being sold with no more being ordered until the legal stuff is over. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Very interesting, I just ordered 5000 princo 8x -R media. Will look into Riteks but at this point I have had very little problems with them and all my customers seem very happy. We are selling the Pioneer, LG and Samsung DVD Writers. (must say Im very happy with the samsung drives! Cheap and seem to do the job very well.) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benm Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I'd skip straight past the Ritek (G05's) and go straight to something like TDK/Verbatim/Fuji. I believe Ritek has gone out of business anyhow, not sure how long stock will last (or of another company has bought them out). Hearing very bad reports about Ritek's (both A grade genuine and other Ritek branded disc's). Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphA Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I'd skip straight past the Ritek (G05's) and go straight to something like TDK/Verbatim/Fuji. I believe Ritek has gone out of business anyhow, not sure how long stock will last (or of another company has bought them out).Hearing very bad reports about Ritek's (both A grade genuine and other Ritek branded disc's). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ive had TDK in the past ( DVD+R RW and DVD-R RW and both have failed after about 4 - 5 burns. Havent used the non RW form so will probably give them a try. Stay clear of LASER I got 500 in ( 10 x 50 pcks ) and had 4 customers complain about more than half not working at all. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1507860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inark Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 hmmmm i use 2 different burners and the riteks all do the same thing... ive just ordered 300 blank TDK printables.... f*k the yum cha brands im getting sick of their dodginess... like everything i spose u get what u pay for Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1509104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABuSD Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Where are u guys getting RiTEKs from? Ive tried numerous shops in the west side of Melbourne an no more RiTEKS for months, dunno how u guys can still get them now!?!?! In the meantime, im using RiDATA, probably burnt off a good 5-600 none have failed me yet on 4x Even though i can i dont burn faster than that, just to be safe. Isnt a good way of telling a good blank from a bad one is the colour of it? The darker the better? Thats what u mean by dye content isnt it Hippy? They did the test for PS2 laser compatibility!?! Princos hurt ur PS2 people! Whats a cake of 50 TDK worth Narky? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1512801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphA Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Where are u guys getting RiTEKs from? Ive tried numerous shops in the west side of Melbourne an no more RiTEKS for months, dunno how u guys can still get them now!?!?!In the meantime, im using RiDATA, probably burnt off a good 5-600 none have failed me yet on 4x Even though i can i dont burn faster than that, just to be safe. Isnt a good way of telling a good blank from a bad one is the colour of it? The darker the better? Thats what u mean by dye content isnt it Hippy? They did the test for PS2 laser compatibility!?! Princos hurt ur PS2 people! Whats a cake of 50 TDK worth Narky? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 50 Spindle DVD+R 8x = $35 INC GST 50 Spindle DVD-R 8x = $35 INC GST Can get both for you however Im in Perth W.A. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/82839-blank-dvds/page/2/#findComment-1512916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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