Archival Life of DVD media

[johna999]

Which is best?

Ritek GO4, Fuji dye or Princo?


or even which is the better more stable dye for copying video?

many thanks

J

[888888]

Check www.nomorecoasters.com for media quality of both -R and +R. Archival life is a pretty controversial issue here but it is a safe bet to say that the better quality media you get, the happier you will we in the short AND long run. Also, I don't think there is anything called Fuji dye.

[johna999]

Thanks

New to the whole DVD-R world. But from what I have gathered Ritek GO4 dye seems to be the one that people favour.


Found the blow...


NEW DataWrite "Fuji" 8x Speed Branded 4.7GB DVD-R Ref: 5
Grade A. 25 pack. 8 Speed Disc. Brand New FUJI dye.

We are informed that this FUJI dye is even more compatible than Ritek dye.

The new DATAWRITE GREY 8x DVD-R disc for video and data has 4.7GB or 120 minutes of recordable space for large, multimedia files.
This write-once recordable disc is highly compatible with most current DVD players and DVD-ROM drives, making it perfect for recording and storing home movies, television programming, computer data, multimedia programs, music, photographs, and much more.

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DYEINFO: FUJIFI LM0

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Under 36 p per disc!!




Price: £8.99 Inc VAT

link http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk/acatalog/DVDR.html#a99

[jntaylor63]

Well, I for one am not putting any worth into nocostersblahblah.com

I have burned approx. 100 CMC 4X DVD-R from memorex without issue. They playback on my new Pioneer, 5-year old Panasonic and PC drives. Am I lucky? Don't think its all luck. If they have a 50-50 chance that this site says, I would have at least 30 or more coasters now. I think theres more to success rate than the disks. (PC, Writer, software, user, ect.)

As far as archive live, as long as they last till AOD or Blu-Ray becomes the Movie HD-DVD standard, I'm fine. Look to the day I can put many DVD's on one HD-DVD. (all the Star Trek's, LOTR's, Godfather's, ect.) Would help reduce my shrinking storage space. I'm sure many of these will be re-released on HD-DVD, but they look good enough on HDTV now. (Yes there is a difference, but not worth the replacement cost.)

[iooi]

Which is best?

Ritek GO4, Fuji dye or Princo?
J

Well i cant comment on Fuji as i have never used it...
But Ritek GO4 are good and seem to be lasting well in terms of being able to recopy the diks. 1 year on still OK
AS for Pinco forget it.. I have some that are less then 6 months old and have been stored in cases and never used....They are un-copyable and barely play at all.... FORGET them as far as keeping for any length of time.

[naturalzinc]

Well, I for one am not putting any worth into nocostersblahblah.com

I have burned approx. 100 CMC 4X DVD-R from memorex without issue.

well the site is run and made by a person (lordsmurf), and is basically just opinion, while some ppl may trust his opinion more than others, some don't. the list on the site is not a standard rule. YMMV

i personally believe that his list is biased towards the (-) format because he is biased towards that format.

HOWEVER, it can generally be agreed that CMC media is P.O.S.-crappy-garbage media.

[johns0]

I`ve tried many brands of dvd-r/+r and after viewing the info on www.nomorecoasters.com i found it to be very accurate,most dvd+r brands including richoh is crap while dvd-r such as maxell produce much better pi/po readings.

[888888]

Well, I for one am not putting any worth into nocostersblahblah.com

I have burned approx. 100 CMC 4X DVD-R from memorex without issue.

well the site is run and made by a person (lordsmurf), and is basically just opinion, while some ppl may trust his opinion more than others, some don't. the list on the site is not a standard rule. YMMV

i personally believe that his list is biased towards the (-) format because he is biased towards that format.

HOWEVER, it can generally be agreed that CMC media is P.O.S.-crappy-garbage media.

Are you suggesting that lordsmurf is being paid off by the DVD Forum and Pioneer? He gives several reasons on his site why he uses -R, that dosn't mean he is "biased" towards it.

As for using nomorecoasters to determine which media you buy, lordsmurf would probably be the first one to tell you that his experiences with media can be different than yours and that different burners, software etc has a great impact.

[lordsmurf]

Fuji doesn't have a dye that I'm aware of. Fuji buys OEM products, normally TY and Prodisc. There's some sort of corporate relationship between TY and Fuji, but I'd have to look that up again.

If any company is paying me, they must have my mailing address wrong, because I've never gotten a check from anybody.

The info on that page is a collaborative effort between a dozen or more people, and cross-checked with the media reviews here. It's pretty precise, when it comes to the big picture. Your burner and your batch of media can always make results vary, but normally not by much.

If a company starts advertising "Fuji dye" then that had better set off "fake alarms" to you. It does me. I'd look into it more, but I don't have time right now. On weird things like that, buyer beware.