Is RICOHJPNR01 media reliable??

Super Warrior · Member Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Location: United States

Looking through my remaining fresh media pile and found that i still had some Ritek's left! I've long since ceased using Ritek because the media they started using a while back was garbage along the likes of Princo.

This however was some of the media sold under the Ritek brand back when Ritek was still considered GOOD. From the media I.D thingy in DVDinfopro these appear to be Ricoh japan, specifically "RICOHJPNR01".

I actually have a few back-ups using these discs and decided to do a full-scan(DVDinfopro) for errors. So far they look perfectly fine and held up well over the years.

So is Ricoh reliable? Any input would be appreciated.

Edit: By the way, i've run out of TYs. That is why i'm considering using these.

träskmannen · DisMember Joined: 24 May 2005 Location: Belgium

I have no experience with those myself but there seems to be a lot of comments on them, read more here.
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jman98 · Member Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Location: Freedonia

Ricoh is considered a low quality manufacturer. We don't recommend them.
If you want to use them, use them sooner rather than later. Some websites suggest that unburned discs do have a finite shelf life that is much lower than when data is burned to them. If this is correct, it would not be in your best interest to delay using this media if you just want to use it up.

[_chef_] · Member Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Location: Germany

They could be okay if they werent from Ritek!!!
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Shocker Milwaukee · Posted: May 11, 2008 13:05

Used a ton of them a couple years back. Was a very reliable media code for me, across several brand names, including Ritek.
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blizno · Member Joined: 19 Jan 2005

I used lots of Ricoh disks back in the day when they were good, as you describe. I don't remember the media code but the one you quote looks familiar. I remember that the ones from Japan were prized and the ones from Taiwan were shunned. I think the Japanese Ricohs were rebranded TYs, but I could be wrong. I never had a coaster with any of mine unless I did something wrong. Years ago Ricoh got lousy and I stopped buying their disks. The old stuff was excellent though.
Every once in a while I play a DVD I backed up on those disks many years ago and they always work perfectly.
If your blanks were a year of so old I'd say you were fine but I'd worry a little because of their age.
If I was in your shoes, I'd get a pack of TYs for the stuff I can't afford to lose and use up the old Ricohs on the rest.

piano632 · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: U.S.A.

Ricoh is one of the few media listed on Plextor's recommended media list along with Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim. Though this may be older slower speed media that is recommended. Their CD-R discs are some of the best I've used.

ROBERT BLACK · Member Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Toronto,Canada