Ritek 4X DVD-R G04 Problems?

[Vast]

I bought 100 of these from SuperMediaStore.com upon LordSmurfs recommendation. I've burned about 15 of them so far and not a single one of them have verified. I have tried using DVD Decrypter & Nero 6.3. I've tried multiple movies as well. Every single one of these disks so far have failed to verify at the end.

Can anyone offer any insight?

[Treebeard]

Stop using nero to burn, create new dvd to an ISO fiel and use decrypter to burn. Also turn the burn speed down a notch, see if that helps

[maldb]

Wow, I've never seen that. Ritek's a great brand - I've burned over 400 of them and I think I wound up with at most 2 coasters.

Questions:

1. Have you burned other media at 4X?
2. What burner are you using?
3. Have you updated it to the latest firmware?
4. As a comparison, have you tried burning different 1X or 2X media?
5. What are your Nero settings? Try burning at a slower speed and see if that works. Let us know what happens. Good luck.

Anyone else have any other questions or can provide their 2 cents?

[World]

There was a post on this site way back warnning about Ritek with purple label . Are yours with this purple label on the box?

World

[lordsmurf]

I know for sure that I've not recommended RITEKG04 in a long, long time. They are still 2nd class media (barely hanging in there though, as far as I'm concerned) but I've been pushing PRODISC and MXL/TY for many months now.

If anything, I'll say RITEKG04 are generally decent, but they're far from perfect, and errors have gotten worse in the past 8 months or so.

This all said, the NERO verification tool sucks. It doesn't work right. Ignore that. Run a scan disc in Nero CD-DVD Speed and then test on a DVD player.

[iooi]

I bought 100 of these from SuperMediaStore.com

There are many different brands that encompass the G04 die. Just which one did you buy ?
These range from A grade down to "We dont guarantee this media" Could be you have brought the latter, sometimes know as "Landscape" or "Arita"

[888888]

I bought 100 of these from SuperMediaStore.com

There are many different brands that encompass the G04 die. Just which one did you buy ?
These range from A grade down to "We dont guarantee this media" Could be you have brought the latter, sometimes know as "Landscape" or "Arita"

SuperMediaStore supposedly only sells "Grade A" Ridata. No landscape or Arita.

Vast, do you have a ton of programs running in the background while burning? Do you go on the internet, listen to music, or play games while burning with NERO? I have seen a lot of people do this and produce crap. Personally, when I burn a CD or DVD, I not only don't go online or use the computer but I disable all background programs and screensavers as well as disable my internet connection. I suggest you try this and possibly lower to 2x. It just might help!

[Stuporman]

I bought a 100 Ritek G04s from supermediastore.com too and I've burned a lot and I havent had a problem yet, they're the best discs I've ever bought.

They are an official vendor of Ritek media so I don't know what you guys are complaining about.


lordsmurf: Which in your opinion is better, Ritek G04s or Prodiscs?
I'm talking about DVD-R.

[lordsmurf]

PRODISC seem to be far superior to RITEK

[Fandim]

Heh...I cant answer for Smurf, obviously, but I'd say the Prodiscs are better, especially lately... G04's seem to be producing bad batches every now and then, I think they're not spinning the disc enough, and the ink at the outside is a little bit shabby..

Supermedia stores Prodiscs have been blowing my mind lately, under $26 shipped for a spindle of 50.. They normally arrive in 2-3 days tops, and I havnt had any problems where it wasnt my fault out of about 200 in the last month. (Using NEC ND-2500a, burning at 4x, using DVD Decrypter, or ImgToolBurn).

Also, judging by LordSmurf's previous comments about them barely hanging onto 2nd class media, and his comment about suggesting Prodiscs - I'd call it a hunch that he prefers the prodiscs.

Seth

[TheMadHatter]

Supermedia stores Prodiscs have been blowing my mind lately, under $26 shipped for a spindle of 50.. They normally arrive in 2-3 days tops, and I havnt had any problems where it wasnt my fault out of about 200 in the last month. (Using NEC ND-2500a, burning at 4x, using DVD Decrypter, or ImgToolBurn).

I just got a pack of 100 Prodisc ink-jet printable DVD-Rs for $39 at Rima.com. You gotta love to-the-spindle print tops.

Now I just use my remaining Riteks to back up my DVD-Recorder recordings, until I get a chance to edit and author them.

...and I definitely recommend DVD Decrypter for burning... however, I've sworn off of ImgToolBurn, my JVC M10S no-likey it's burns. Now I just ISO the DVD folder and burn with DVD Decrypter.

[Fandim]

Curious, what do you use to ISO the folder? TMPG Author?

Seth

[TheMadHatter]

Curious, what do you use to ISO the folder? TMPG Author?

Seth

ImgTool (see Tools section)

I know it's from the same people as ImgToolBurn, but for some reason my JVC just doesn't like the way ITB burns. It takes an extra step to ISO it first, but at least I know it will work.

[Vast]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I have an ND-2500A with the latest firmware (not the beta firmware that turns it into a DVD-9 burner). Was burning at 4X but will try a few at 1X. Also, I did buy 100 of these which came in 2 packs of 50. I will give this other stack a shot just incase these are just fuX0red.

P.S. Sorry about that Smurf, when I read your recommendation I should have checked the date.

[nufan292]

Supermediastore's RMA was pretty painless for me when I had a return some crappy Riteks.

[Vast]

Well apparently it is infact this stack of media. I cracked open the other stack and have burned 11 without any being bad. I've never returned DVD's. How does that process go? Should I just return the bad ones for good ones or just return that whole stack?

[hech54]

I just got a 25 pack of unbranded G04 Riteks from SVP (Blank Disc Shop?)....the very outer edge of the first 3 discs in the tub have what looks like die irregularities....but I burned one and it turned out fine though it wasn't a FULL DISC burn.

[Vast]

Welp, I just got off the phone with supermediastore.com's RMA department. I couldn't understand a lot of what the guy said, but the jist was he was going to E-Mail me an RMA number and would replace the DVD's. Kinda blows that I'm gonna have to pay for shipping, since they are only worth 26 bucks brand new, but whatever. I guess it's better then losing my money completely.

[lordsmurf]

They're all like that. RIMA made me send back the discs when I returned some once.

[godbeer]

Ritek has definately gone downhill lately. Up until about a month ago I have never had any problems with Ritek's at all. I always get the discs in the red "ridata" wrapper - model #DRD-47-RX-RSDM from Newegg, and I always used either Decrypter or Shrink to burn. I have used these almost exclusively since I started burning and had gone through 300 of them without a single coaster. However, I got a 50-pack from Newegg about a month ago and about 10 of them turned out to be coasters - I figured it was my burner at the time (I have 2 burners - an LG GSA-4082b and NEC ND-1300a - and all the coasters were coming from the LG burner).

However, I got a new 50-pack batch about a week ago - and the first 10 discs all failed - using either burner. I lowered the speed to 2x and the rest are burning and verifying fine. Still though, I think the fact that 4x discs will only burn at 2x indicates some downgrade in quality, especially since previous batches burned fine at 4x. So, once I'm done with these, I think I'm going to be done with Riteks, and switch to Ty discs - I've never used them, but concensus seems to be that they are the best. If I buy them in a large quantity, they aren't that much more expensive anyway.

Roy

[DVDeeZ]

Ritek has definately gone downhill lately. Up until about a month ago I have never had any problems with Ritek's at all.

You and about another few hundred people on this forum alone.

[chas0039]

Welp, I just got off the phone with supermediastore.com's RMA department. I couldn't understand a lot of what the guy said, but the jist was he was going to E-Mail me an RMA number and would replace the DVD's. Kinda blows that I'm gonna have to pay for shipping, since they are only worth 26 bucks brand new, but whatever. I guess it's better then losing my money completely.

Use media rate, it will ease the pain.

[too-cool]

Ritek Ridata
Media ID: RICOHJPNR01

Is this good media or trash? Just purchase from supermediastore for $50.00 for 100 retail packto use with a LG-4040B. Too-Cool

[hech54]

My 4040B burns anything..

[DTSL06]

Ritek Ridata
Media ID: RICOHJPNR01

Is this good media or trash? Just purchase from supermediastore for $50.00 for 100 retail packto use with a LG-4040B. Too-Cool

RICOHJPNR01 is usually very good media code. I use memorex RICOHJPNR01 and they are my go to disk for critical bkups. They work the best on my Plextor 708a and at 8x. They burn very good on the LG4040 also (my old burner that I sold to a friend) but only at 4x.

[nufan292]

If you live close by to where they ask you to ship it to, just deliver it yourself. At least that is what I did. I had a friend I was visiting live close to where they were, so I dropped it off on the way.

[maldb]

Got my order today from Meritline for 100 RiTek RiDatas G04 4X ($44 incl. ship). Manufacturer ID is RITEKG04 made in Taiwan.)Burned 10 so far at 4X on my Sony DRU-500A 2.1a and have not had a problem. The discs play on all of my standalone players from Toshiba, JVC, Panasonic, my daughter's Broksonic TV/DVD player, the DVD player in my SUV, and believe it or not, my ancient Pioneer DV-500 from '96! Awesome! I'm going to dig up my old Toshiba SD3109 dual DVD player and try it out on that!

AWESOME MEDIA!!!

[godbeer]

Got my order today from Meritline for 100 RiTek RiDatas G04 4X ($44 incl. ship). Manufacturer ID is RITEKG04 made in Taiwan.)Burned 10 so far at 4X on my Sony DRU-500A 2.1a and have not had a problem. The discs play on all of my standalone players from Toshiba, JVC, Panasonic, my daughter's Broksonic TV/DVD player, the DVD player in my SUV, and believe it or not, my ancient Pioneer DV-500 from '96! Awesome! I'm going to dig up my old Toshiba SD3109 dual DVD player and try it out on that!

AWESOME MEDIA!!!

I hope Ritek quality is improving again after all the problems people have been having lately. I've always loved Ritek's because they were cheap and reliable, but my last 2 batches have been nothing but trouble.
Today I paid twice as much ($88 + shipping) for 100 TY discs From Rima.com. $44 for 100 Ritek's is a good deal - and if they improve the quality to what it once was, I'd definately switch back. Hopefully they just went through a bad spell and good reviews will start coming in for newer batches.

Roy

[QuaiBoy]

Bah, good as always for me. Can't figure out what you people are talking about. Burned through another 100 in the past two weeks, flawless performance. How could I be this lucky?
On the flipside, that is a great deal on TY media godbeer... nothing to scoff at. I'll be "taking my chances" on another 200pk in the next few days. Don't see any reason to switch off of G04s.

-Evan-

[godbeer]

Bah, good as always for me. Can't figure out what you people are talking about. Burned through another 100 in the past two weeks, flawless performance. How could I be this lucky?
On the flipside, that is a great deal on TY media godbeer... nothing to scoff at. I'll be "taking my chances" on another 200pk in the next few days. Don't see any reason to switch off of G04s.

-Evan-

I also had flawless performance with the first 300 ritek's I burned - perfect burn and playback - like you said, flawless performance, and not a single coaster. Then I got a batch about 1 month ago and 1 in 5 failed. On my next batch - the first 10 discs in a row failed, I lowered the burn speed to 2x and they seem to do fine after that. Also, in the last pack I came across a few discs that were barely glued together - the outer edges were completely seperated - you could just hold them by the edges, give them a gentle "oreo cookie" type twist and they came completely apart. I may have been unlucky and just gotten 2 bad batches in a row. I might give them another try after I burn through the Ty discs and some old TDK (2x) discs that i have lying around and need to get rid of.

Roy