Question on Ritek media

[briandugas]

Has anyone using Ritek ever made a DVD that will play in someo DVD players but not all? I have this issue, but I am currently using up some Memorex media I bough (CMC's). Since I hear so many good things about Ritek, I was thinking of ordering some online. I was thinking this may fix my problems of some DVD players not liking my movies.

[hrmanju1]

Got 100 Pack Ritek - R02 and burnt them.Good burn but will not play in my SONY standalone DVD player. Plays in my Laptop . Gonna test in some other player.

What should i do ?? Got the Ritek for 40$s and feel bad to return them to the store. Even if i return them, will OM accept the opened DVD +R??

[Viper10000]

hrmanju1,

Lots of DVDs does not play on Sony. I have a Sony myself. It did frustrate me until I bought some chinese-made DVD players. Just go out and buy some cheap Chinese-made DVD player like JWIN ($39) or Apex. I'm pretty sure they will play your Ritek. I just bought a dirt cheap JWIN 120 for $39 (it even have a $10 rebate and so it would be $29 + tax), and it plays everything (-R +R Vcd SVCD MP3). I tried 6 different -R brand and 4 different +R brand, and they all play.

Don't return your 100-pack. For a Ritek and at $40, you got had a very good deal. Really.

Cheers

[hrmanju1]

I am going to try this tonite but just thought of asking the gurus of burning. Since my standalone player is not recognizing Ritek media- and i have a LiteOn, what will happen if i burn them as DVD-ROM using Booktype utilit available for LDI-851S???

Will let you know tommorow of the results.

[lenti_75]

what the f... is wrong with Sony.....
i know that they have a lot of problems with burners, but even with the players ???
change the player, the ricoh made dvd's are the best, so that is not the problem.
and something else, do you have a SONY burner ??? just wondering....cause that might be the problem too

[briandugas]

My mom's Sony won't play anything I make unless I put it on a RW. My friend's Pioneer won't play anything unless it's a direct DVD-->DVD backup using something like DVDxCopy to make it. These two quality brand names (Pioneer & Sony) seem to be a little more fussy.

[sunderland]

my sony will play anything and so does my mothers and my sisters and they are all different models so sonys arent that picky

[briandugas]

My dad's sony has been no problem at all, just my mom's sony. Now, I haven't tried my mom's sony since I started using DVD-Lab. I was using TDA strictly. I may get better results. Who knows. Of all the things that can go wrong, people tend to blame the media first, which is why I started this post. I can assume I'm not doing anything wrong since my DVDs are working in most players.

[dmagic1]

I have a Sony and a Pioneer that will play almost any thing I throw at them. The Pioneer will even play some disc that I know had major authoring problems.

[hrmanju1]

I tried to burn the Ritek R02 as DVD-ROM and tried to play it on my old SONY DVD player and it failed. Took it over to my friends place and it worked like a charm. I sold 50 of the Ritek to him and i am still left with 50 more and i am debating to buy new DVD player or sell these. Any

[lordsmurf]

RITEKG01 and RITEKG02 was trash. If you just got this, it was collecting dust for a few years in a warehouse.

[briandugas]

Is there a difference between the Ritek G03 and G04 media? Is G04 the top of the line right now from Ritek?

[Vanderlow]

You might want to think about a plus burner with bitsetting capabilities next time.

[vuphan]

Talking about bit setting. I just found out last night that my burner come with Bit Setting. It is a BenQ 400 DVD+R. I just down load Book type and have not try to set to dvd-rom yet. Should I set both Drive Checking and Media Checking to DVD-ROM. Please advise. What is the results, is it better compatibility? All my previous burnt using DVD+R default setting.

Thanks
VP

[freak_in_cage_10k]

Is there a difference between the Ritek G03 and G04 media? Is G04 the top of the line right now from Ritek?

GO3 is 2x media
GO4 is 4x Media

i would imagine there is very little difference other than the above, although i guess in theory the 4x is of higher quality as it has to burn faster.

having said that, with my 8x Pioneer (hacked firmware) i can burn my GO3 at 6x no probs (8x i get errors) and my GO4 will burn at 8x with no probs!!!

[briandugas]

You might want to think about a plus burner with bitsetting capabilities next time.

Who was this comment directed to?

@Freak in cage
Thanks for the info.

[dmagic1]

Talking about bit setting. I just found out last night that my burner come with Bit Setting. It is a BenQ 400 DVD+R. I just down load Book type and have not try to set to dvd-rom yet. Should I set both Drive Checking and Media Checking to DVD-ROM. Please advise. What is the results, is it better compatibility? All my previous burnt using DVD+R default setting.

Thanks
VP

Yes its better compatibility. You should set the media type to DVD-ROM. You only have to set it once. It stays set even after a reboot or firmware flash. If you want to turn it off you use the utility again. I don't think you will ever want it turned off though.

[vuphan]

Thanks dmagic1, I'll try them on the next batch.