Ritek RIDATA??? Ritek now offically launching 2X disc?

[jnk76]

I decided to go check out Meritline and found they will be selling a new line of Ritek discs called Ridata. They are branded and are 2X. They are slightly more than there regular 1X discs. Anyone have any more info?
I am curious how these are different from there current high seller.

[cykosis]

It says that they are not available until tomorrow the 27th.

I'm curious myself to see how good these discs are.

[txpharoah]

Branded Riteks? Hmmm... I'm interested. The dyes were always nice, but the uncoated discs were just made badly. See! These companies are learning: we want good stuff too, not just cheap junk! As soon as I see a picture, I may buy some.

[cykosis]

for $1.40 or less, they might just have another winner on their hands

*edit* gotta pay better attention when i type prices

[jnk76]

I guess someone is going to have to give em a try and let us know.
I have a feeling that they are identical to there silver/ purples expect now branded. Some will agreee that makes a big difference and some will say nay. Time may be the determining factor for that argument. As for quality of recording surface....at a guess. I think they will the same.

[cykosis]

Well, as it turns out, Merit Line changed the page on the Ridata's. Now they are saying they are just branded G03's and there is no more official 2x as was originally claimed. Oh well.

But in any case, now we have branded G03's!

[jnk76]

I think they are the same as the original silver/ purple but branded. That was my guess from beginning and with the official 2X being removed makes me believe it even more. The branded side should make txpharoah happy finally or at least not bash Ritek anymore

[Faustus]

Considering I'm ordering 125 Riteks tomarrow to replace my Maxells I might just give these a chance.

[cykosis]

I might buy some of these myself seeing as how my BeAll supply is dwindling.

[txpharoah]

The branded side should make txpharoah happy finally or at least not bash Ritek anymore

Absolutely. No problems shutting up now. The burn side has always been okay, it was just the top that needed the work. But they need to make them 2x/4x if they want them to sell. Not many people hack drives.

[zeram1]

Media Information

Media code/Mfr ID RITEKG03
Media type V2.0 DVD-R
Media Id Code Speed 1.0x 1385KBs
Write Srategy Speed 1.0x 1385KBs
Write Rotation Control CLV
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
No of Layers 1

00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 37 0E 0B .B...@....P..7..
FE FF 80 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 47 00 04 30 33 00 .....RITEKG..03.

Data 4.7GB/Video 120min General - Version 2.0
Purple dye layer

Advertised orignally as 2x-certified but label clearly states "1X" - now Meritline has pulled this reference.

Just arrived - wanted to let others know about it, even before I had the chance to burn - will burn and comment later.

Scan of the disc: http://www.geocities.com/zeram1/RITEK2xDVD-R.html

Posted review (as this page) at: https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?selectmedia=308

[LanEvo7]

Absolutely. No problems shutting up now. The burn side has always been okay, it was just the top that needed the work. But they need to make them 2x/4x if they want them to sell. Not many people ". hack drives.

You claimed that your Riteks "degraded". So what is a coating going to do? Oh right, uncoated discs dyes evaporate...

[txpharoah]

Absolutely. No problems shutting up now. The burn side has always been okay, it was just the top that needed the work. But they need to make them 2x/4x if they want them to sell. Not many people ". hack drives.

You claimed that your Riteks "degraded". So what is a coating going to do? Oh right, uncoated discs dyes evaporate...

My -RW Riteks degraded and are completely useless crap. My LeadData -R and Accu -R have the issues with bad burns or discs that refuse to be copied. Never claimed anything bad about the current Ritek -R discs except for the lack of a coating that make them easy to scratch. I treat my discs with utmost care, yet crappy-made media that are SO EASY to scratch will undoubtly have a scratch at some point, even with the most gentle and careful of use. I think that mere use in a DVD player (from the mechanical devices inside) are able to scratch the uncoated ultra-cheap discs. Riteks earliest -R discs were crap too, but the newer ones are okay - however still as useless because they have no longevity on them due to a lack of protective coating. Ritek is in the same boat as Princo in terms of media quality, and I gladly buy Princo (because they are coated yet unbranded) when I want less expensive discs where quality of the burn doesn't matter entirely.

The new Ridata discs are because some CONSUMERS DEMAND QUALITY in addition to consumers like yourself that DO NOT demand the highest quality. For you, they make the uncoated discs. You demanded cheap, and you've gotten it. So be happy. I'm glad you found a disc you like. However, I don't like them at all, and I gladly make it known, backed up with solid reasons. So in order for Ritek to gain back customers like myself, they must make higher quality product. That's all this is.

I see no reason you constantly attack my posts. We each have an opinion. You like uncoated discs. Great. I don't. I think they suck and that they will NOT stand the test of time, as was shown by my uncoated CD-R from the early 1990s. You have admitted before that the Ritek are easier to scratch. These arguments you start are entirely pointless.

[LanEvo7]

Ritek in the same boat as Princo. Thats a good one.

[Faustus]

All I can say is alot of time has passed since I started using Ritek media, and I'm pretty hard on disk usually, though a little better with DVDs as opposed to Cds. Zero problems here. I love Riteks. If the coating thing bothers you get the branded ones Meritline seems to be selling now. The uncoated ones are like that for 2 reason 1) cheaper 2) thermal printable. Assuming a disk is bad because it has not top coat is kinda silly I think. Some of the best disk I've ever used as CDs are Taiyo Yuden and they had no top coating either. Neither did the unbranded Verbatiums we used way back in the day as the first affordable CD-R.

[energy80s]

The top coating is the most important thing in a CDR/DVDR disc, more so than the dye used. I thought that everyone knew this. Now I'm confused!!

[dspax1]

I ordered 100 Ridata's from Meritline.

Attempted 10 burns with my Sony DRU500A. Results 5 good disk and 5 coasters.

What the 5 coasters have in common is that they all falied near the end of the burn with a write error first and then a close error. In addition, the source for each attempt was more than 4gb but under the limit.

What the 5 good disks all have in common is that the sources were all under 3.9gb.

For each failure I reran the burn using the same exact source files onto a -RW media and all burned clean.

My previous history with Ritek G03's was one bad disk in 150. These Ridata's are not making a good first impression!

YMMV

[Metaluna]

The top coating is the most important thing in a CDR/DVDR disc, more so than the dye used. I thought that everyone knew this. Now I'm confused!!

I thought that, by the spec, DVD-R's are required to have a thick top coat, whereas CD-R makers can get away with just a thin coating of lacquer. This is why it's supposed to be unsafe to use a Sharpie or other oil-based pen to mark uncoated CD-R's. The solvent in the ink can go right through the lacquer and eat at the reflective layer, shortening its life...in theory.

[jnk76]

Any one else have results like dspax1?
That is horrible if they are performing that poorly. I have burned easily over 100 disks of the non-ridata silver and white top with no problems like that.

Where did you buy it dspax1?

[fakerbaker]

dvd r discs have their data layer squeezed in the centre and so to damage the layer you'd have to cut either right through the top or bottom layer of plastic. so unbranded riteks should nearly be as tough to damage as branded ones!.

[HyperYagami]

What the 5 coasters have in common is that they all falied near the end of the burn with a write error first and then a close error. In addition, the source for each attempt was more than 4gb but under the limit.

yup. exact same here. didn't happen with old G03.

[Faustus]

Very odd since I've burned about 50 so far with no issues... maybe you got a bad batch? I honestly have no clue, don't take that as offical or anything cause I'm using a Pioneer.

[HyperYagami]

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well I have a Sony, and everything seem to be OK until the last disc-at-once operation with nero or just flat-out error with recordnow. like the other guy, as long as I have less than 4.2GB of data (don't know the exact amount, so give or take 0.1GB) everything is ok.