I NEED 500 PACK OF DVD'S

[madvideos]

LOL.. hey guys I need 500 dvd's and cases and been doing some shopping.. here is what I found.. if you experts could give me a good choice I would be grateful.. Rima seems to be better on Media and Meritline is great on cases, I have never ordered cases from meritline before, has anyone here? And the prodiscs vs. Ritek G04. ... what ya say? Is it really peanuts? Or are both great media, as far as the media code gods think?
TIA guys.

[madvideos]

oh sorry, my price list
Meritline

600 DVD Cases 84.00
500 ritek 4x inkjet 269.00
=353.00

Rima
500 Prodisc Code: 1624-100 Inkjet printable 180.00
500 115.00

[madvideos]

almost 90.00 diff there. On the media.

[lordsmurf]

I would not take 500 free RITEKs. Waste of time.
Too many bad burns, I hate wasted time.

All my PRODISC coaster choke at burn.
I hate finding out AFTER the burn. I'd rather know right away.

[madvideos]

All my PRODISC coaster choke at burn.
coaster choke? So I should go with Prodiscs?
Thanks again.

[vdngo2003]

Yeah, I think that's what Lordsmurf meant.

I myself burned a lot of Prodiscs too and they seem to work just fine. With Ritek, I got a bad batch once that had a lot of bad discs that you could spot before you put them in the burners.

Rima is a good place to buy from, I also recommend you to check out supermediastore.com as they have free shipping on the DVD cases. The only thing I don't like about supermediastore is their packaging method, (or their affiliates') I ordered 2000 DVD cases and about half the boxes broke when getting to my place, and cracked about 20+ cases and I'm pretty sure the UPS people didn't like it much ya know, putting about 1000 DVD cases back into the boxes and taping them. Make sure to tell them about that so they'll double tape the boxes. But other than that, shipping was decent, quality good so I don't complain.

[lordsmurf]

All my PRODISC coaster choke at burn.
coaster choke? So I should go with Prodiscs?
Thanks again.

To clarify:

Discs can be discovered as "coasters" at 3 times:
1. Before the burn (physical damage)
2. During the burn (burn fails)
3. After the burn (playback distortions, verify fails, etc)

1 and 2 are quick and easy. Best methods.
3 may be painful if you tend to not check all discs right away.

PRODISC seem to have "2" ... when coaster exists

[aanaravs]

I would also go with prodisc any day. I recently ordered a 50 pack of ritek just to try it out and since I do a lot of weddings, I gave the disc to the client to preview. They came back and told me that the video was choppy. I burnt the same video on one of the Prodisc discs and I haven't heard back from them YET

[iooi]

I would not take 500 free RITEKs. Waste of time.
Too many bad burns, I hate wasted time.
.

Never had a bad burn on a Ritek printable and i've done plenty. Seen people posting about other Riteks but never the printables.... Never tried the prodisks because i'm more than happy with my Ritek printables.

[DVDDave]

lordsmurf is right---try the prodisc. i too ordered 50 ritek G04, and the SUCKED. thank god newegg took'em back!!

[madvideos]

hey man.. I appreciate the info.. I ordered 100 Prodisc DVD-R 4.7GB, 4X, White Inkjet Printable, $0.50 ea., 50-Pack
Code: 1624-50

we shall see. I will post dvdinfo on the disks soon as I get them.

Thanks again.

[marvel2020]

Funny, i've been using riteks for a year or so now and haven't had a single coaster.

[samijubal]

I haven't seen a bad Prodisc yet. I order them from Rima and get them well packaged in 2 days.

[chas0039]

hey man.. I appreciate the info.. I ordered 100 Prodisc DVD-R 4.7GB, 4X, White Inkjet Printable, $0.50 ea., 50-Pack
Code: 1624-50

we shall see. I will post dvdinfo on the disks soon as I get them.

Thanks again.

I will be interested to see if they are the MCC code or the S03 code. When I talked to Rima on Monday they weren't sure as yet.

[QuaiBoy]

Funny, i've been using riteks for a year or so now and haven't had a single coaster.

Likewise, 1200 RiData G04 DVD-R discs and counting.
This forum has swung hard over to the Prodisc bandwagon, and there's really no point in arguing. The largest "players" are pushing Prodisc (and bashing Ritek), most likely for their own financial gain. I can't believe I've really been this lucky through this many discs. There might have been a bad batch of Ritek but I believe most of the negative "reports" are really just hardware/user problems or people repeating what they've read.
I'm just hoping that the move many are making towards Prodisc will decrease the price of Riteks further. Fifty cents each for a quality disc is still fine by me though. IME, nothing burns better in a Pioneer 106/107 (except maybe MCC).

-Evan-

[samijubal]

I will be interested to see if they are the MCC code or the S03 code. When I talked to Rima on Monday they weren't sure as yet

Where do you get the media code from? I have a pack of Prodiscs I got from Rima 3 weeks or so ago. The plastic on the outside is blue not clear like all the others were. If the code comes from a burner I don't have one right this second, but the GSA-4120B is supposed to be delivered today.

[lordsmurf]

Yes, hating RITEK and praising PRODISC is for financial gain... I'm better off by not spending money on coasters. As far as what you buy, I really don't care. I share my experience, and others can listen or not. Doesn't bother me either way.

[Bodysurf]

LOL.. hey guys I need 500 dvd's and cases and been doing some shopping.. here is what I found.. if you experts could give me a good choice I would be grateful.. Rima seems to be better on Media and Meritline is great on cases, I have never ordered cases from meritline before, has anyone here? And the prodiscs vs. Ritek G04. ... what ya say? Is it really peanuts? Or are both great media, as far as the media code gods think?
TIA guys.

I would get neither. Go with Class A (aka "1st Class Media") media as listed at NoMoreCoasters.

Rima sells 8X Taiyo Yuden DVD-R/+R at a good price.

[sunderland]

at the end of the day lordsmurf is right its up to you what you buy but prodisk are shit and ritek are better thats my opinion

[iooi]

I share my experience, and others can listen or not. Doesn't bother me either way.

Trouble is a lot of people listen and believe what you say... despite many of us clearly not have the same problems as you have had..... I dont dobt your vast experiance in this subject, but sometimes even the best get it wrong.
Trouble with the Ritek G04 dye is there are so many sub brands of which some seem to have issues and others such as the printables which dont. So you just cant tar all G04's with the same brush.
I guess if you said the smurf's were american they would believe you...... Even if they are double dutch to the rest of us....

[chas0039]

Where do you get the media code from? I have a pack of Prodiscs I got from Rima 3 weeks or so ago. The plastic on the outside is blue not clear like all the others were. If the code comes from a burner I don't have one right this second, but the GSA-4120B is supposed to be delivered today.

You need a burner and any of the many software programs that will tell you what the code is. A good one is CDSpeed from Nero.