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[benm]

RiData (same with RiMedia) is a sub-company of RiTek. They are lower quality than genuine Ritek G04/G05.

I was at the markets today and asked a guy what the best quality media was that he had, he pointed at genuine RitekG05's. I laughed and asked for something better, he handed me a 50pk of Princo's, I laughed again. Than 5mins later when I was just about to leave he says "Oh you could try out these OEM TDK TY02's" haha finally he pulls out something decent...

[BigDatto]

Wow ! So many differing opinions. I have always used genuine Ritek media, reported by Alcohol 120% as RITEKG05. I have not had a failure in over 600 burns. As someone else mentioned they rock with game consoles.

Hippy has a very valid point: hardware is the key factor. I also have a Pioneer unit (DVR108). I choose Ritek G05 media because Pioneer recommend it, which means they test & develop with Ritek media. As a bonus the Pioneer will burn 8x rated Riteks at 12x with factory firmware. I have never had an issue duplicating any DVDR using UltraISO to make an image then burning the .ISO with Nero/Alcohol/DVDDecrypter.

So... use the discs the hardware manufacturer recommends. The best media is the one they test & develop with.

Riteks cost me $23 per 50 from MSY. I always use -R for max compatibility with all devices.

M'kay ?

[AlphA]

M'kay

[benm]

My brother-inlaw has been complaining the last week about his audio cd's jumping in his new CD Player in his work vehicle. I suggested it was probably just a dodgy CD Player until I realised he was using Ritek CD-R 80min/700mb CD's and burning with a Pioneer DVR106.

So we did a CRC check in Nero CD/DVD Speed to find that more than 65% of the CD was damaged.

Whilst I certainly agree that hardware plays a big part in this i'd put money on it that the quality control team at Ritek must have gone on holidays all at once over the past 6mths or so.

[inark]

im never going back to riteks cause they suck arse!

cheap yum cha brand DVDs.

Ive used 4 different burners now and all of them burn fine not a problem... but they can NEVER be copied again because of all the errors every program i use picks up.

3 different brand burners and one burner in a brand new MAC laptop.

im definately enjoying the TDK DVDs tho... never going back to yum cha... all those hundreds of DVDs i have now are useless because i cant copy them again.

[AlphA]

Just tested a Princo 4 x -R and came back with an error

Tried to copy it with clone dvd from the burnt disc 2 the new princo 4x -r and it wouldnt go..

Nero didnt like it much at all..

Arghhh..

Getting some TDKs, Ritek and Princos in within the next week so Im going to test them all on a Pioneer drive, LG drive, Samsung drive and Toshiba Laptop drive.

[forkart]

you can use magiciso to make iso image from DVDR and burn it back to DVDR. It works great for me.

http://www.magiciso.com/

[Anakha]

thatd be great Alpha.... cheers!