DIE RITEK

[SyndicateFoo]

Are there any other discs that work well with Pioneer A04 and Sony dvd players?

I currently use Ritek with somewhat decent results (usually I have to play DVD-9 conversions on my Apex pos player).

Anyway Ritek is sold-out EVERYWHERE
What other brands are good?

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[androidsdungeon2002]

Where are you from? if your UK based head to http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/ they have loads of Ritek's in stock.

[SyndicateFoo]

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what else works well?

Ritek can't be the only decent disc with the Pioneer A04 and Sony 715 players!

DAMMIT

[maineiac]

Have you tried www.dvdroutlet.com? I just received an order of 100 ritek dvd+r today and they also seem to have dvd-r in stock as well. Also as I recall there are a number of dealers on ebay that seem to have them as well.

[arcorob]

How can you say Rietks are sold out ?

Try here..the only place I buy them...
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=...uery=ritek+dvd

Stick with what works

[SyndicateFoo]

ebay can suck it

[arcorob]

fine. pay more. You can get em for 3 and change apeice at bestbuy online.

[txpharoah]

Dump the Ritek. Cheap yes, but not great discs.

Find some Optodiscs, and pay a little more (gold/blue-topped ones).

dvd-rwmedia.com
goroyalpc.com
allmediaoutlet.com
meritline.com

Or just get the good stuff: Apple, Pioneer, maybe Maxell, TDK, Verbatim.

[SyndicateFoo]

ze' Optidiscs craps are cheaper than Riteks and appear to suck.

[jnk76]

txpharoah

The optodisks on meritline are listing for $0.84 for 100 pack. Are these the ones you are talking about? The Riteks are $1.27 which goes against what you are saying about buying cheap stuff.[/quote]

[arcorob]

Buy whatever brand you want but when you have one that works WELL consistantly, stick with it. There is a reason why RITEKS are in demand. I am sure the Optodisks are fine (but not because Little Tex uses them) but consistancy is key.

[Bob W]

Ritek may not be such a good deal anymore since they went and raised their price a bunch. I still have 150 or so of the 4x Ritek to burn off so by then perhaps the price will come back down.

[sk1086]

Riteks are not sold out everywhere. I've seen them on www.meritline.com and recently bought some on www.precisioncddvd.com.

Optodisc DVD-Rs work great also and are cheaper. Stay away from Princo.

[txpharoah]

txpharoah

The optodisks on meritline are listing for $0.84 for 100 pack. Are these the ones you are talking about? The Riteks are $1.27 which goes against what you are saying about buying cheap stuff.

[/quote]

Speed for speed? Riteks are more? Check again...

[Arky]

The price rises for Ritek disks are much more a result of the age-old economic factor of 'Supply-&-Demand' - if they're scarce, then people will charge, and pay, more for them!

I totally agree with arcorob's sentiments that consistency is what matters (and in my experience, Riteks are superbly consistent and reliable), and that this is precisely why Riteks are in demand.

Although I do appreciate that blank DVD-Rs are expensive, personally, I would still rather pay just a little more money for something I can rely on. If I buy cheaper disks but 15% of them fail, then they actually end up costing me more than if I'd bought the reliable expensive ones in the first place. At the end of the day, it's entirely up to you - just don't forget that you generally get what you pay for in this life.


Arky ;o)

[LanEvo7]

Don't listen to TX. You can probably tell that not a lot of people in the forums like him. Optodiscs are among the better generic brands, along with ritek and discs with the LD code(DupEZ, ACCU). Its not without its faults though. I personally recomment the DupEZ's from Rima.com. They work great on my 105, but rule of thumb with trying new brands, ALWAYS buy a small quantity first to see if its works well with your drive. Don't just buy a stack of 50 because you hear its good.

[SLICK RICK]

You should give Verbatim Data Life Plus a try. I think you would be happy with the results.

SLICK RICK

[txpharoah]

Don't listen to TX. You can probably tell that not a lot of people in the forums like him. Optodiscs are among the better generic brands, along with ritek and discs with the LD code(DupEZ, ACCU). Its not without its faults though. I personally recomment the DupEZ's from Rima.com. They work great on my 105, but rule of thumb with trying new brands, ALWAYS buy a small quantity first to see if its works well with your drive. Don't just buy a stack of 50 because you hear its good.

Nobody cares if you don't like me. I think your opinions are uneducated, but whatever. That's not the topic. Plus your personal attacks only show immaturity.

Discs are only as good as they are made, and that includes what the manufacturer has done to insure their lifespan and future. Uncoated discs are easy to scratch for even the careful people out there. Accidents happen. The end. You already admitted that yourself.

Riteks takes no considerations for the future. They sell because they have historically been cheapest, and cheap is what was in demand. As prices fall, branded and coated discs will once again be top sellers, as is the case with CD-R media these days. Why? Because they are made to last.

Ritek has made some bad discs. They are known as one of the most horrible CD-R makers around, and their DVD-R process is comparable.

If you want cheap discs that are easy to scratch, then go for it. That's why I buy Hytop Sugar Flakes instead of Frosted Flakes, and Honey Round-O's instead of Cheerios. I don't care when it comes to my cereal. The gritty sugar is fine by me.

My job here is to make sure people are informed of the negative aspects of Ritek. I'm not going to kiss Ritek's butt when their products surely don't stand up to the quality of others. Optodisc burns as well as Ritek, if not better, and the coating on the gold/blue discs are much better. Even if I drop it. Princo has issues with end-writes, but so do Riteks. And my Ritek DVD-RW discs never made it past a few burns. They won't even erase now. How's that for Ritek quality? My others are still just fine (Pioneer, Mermorex, etc).

[ROBERT BLACK]

I've been burning like a madman lately. Here are the brands I've tried, Optodisc,Ritek,Emtec,Pioneer(expensive!)and princo whitetops. I've had one coaster with Optodisc.(out of 14) A DVD-RW from them that doesn't work. Good results from Pioneer,Ritek(x4),One coaster with Emtec. And surprisingly solid results with many princo x1,x2 discs. Especially considering the bad press they get here. It depends on you're own experience, with that particular brand. So far, for the price, I'm sold on the Princos and Riteks. tthe princos(x2) sell locally for $1.70 Canadian in tens. Less in packs of 25, or more.

[dc91gt]

I've burned over 100 Ritek G03's.

Not a single coaster yet and play back is perfect.

I'm sticking with what works.

-d

[gcutler]

Are there any other discs that work well with Pioneer A04 and Sony dvd players?

Sony's tend to be relatively forgiving players (with "-" media at least). I've used many different brands of -R and -RW on 3 different Sony players 560D, NS315, NS325 and never had a unit not play the media, unless it was a messed up burn that would not play right even in the creating burner.

[Xtasy2002]

I've burned over 100 Ritek G03's.

Not a single coaster yet and play back is perfect.

I'm sticking with what works.

-d

Yeah personally I'm on my 5th 50 pack of Ritek so I've burned well over 200 and so far not a SINGLE problem or error with any of these discs. The guy above who is whining about Ritek clearly has no idea what he's talking about. I'm speaking from experience when I tell you that Ritek is the best possible DVD-R quality you can get for the price range.

[LanEvo7]

Nobody cares if you don't like me. I think your opinions are uneducated, but whatever. That's not the topic. Plus your personal attacks only show immaturity.

Discs are only as good as they are made, and that includes what the manufacturer has done to insure their lifespan and future. Uncoated discs are easy to scratch for even the careful people out there. Accidents happen. The end. You already admitted that yourself.

I never said I didn't like you. LEARN TO READ. I said plenty of people on this board don't like you. Didn't you used to have moderator status? What happened to that?

You continue to claim that uncoated discs are worst, scratching of the top only could happen if its really a hard scratch, and a little coating won't help. We aren't talking about an accidental dropping of the disc on the floor here. Uncoated discs will work equal to or better than coated discs. RITEKS have NOT been historically the cheapest in the DVD-R field, PRINCO has, Mr. EDUCATED. Riteks obviously has been at least WORKING well to be sold out every couple of months. Nobody is dumb enough to continue to buy a product that doesn't work. PRINCO has never sold out. Whenever someone points out facts, you just ignore it.

[drewson99]

I used to buy the 1X riteks until they became scarce, now I buy the 4X for 1.89 apiece (if you buy a few hundred at a time).

.30-.40 more than the 1X, but they burn faster so it is worth it for me since I burn so many discs per day.

Andy

[txpharoah]

Didn't you used to have moderator status? What happened to that?

Nope. No time for that.

RITEKS have NOT been historically the cheapest in the DVD-R field, PRINCO has, Mr. EDUCATED.

My statement was Riteks is THE worst in the CD-R field. I'm alluding to the fact that it is also ONE of the worst DVD-R makers. Even CMC is better.

And again with the name calling. Please grow up.

Riteks obviously has been at least WORKING well to be sold out every couple of months. Nobody is dumb enough to continue to buy a product that doesn't work. PRINCO has never sold out. Whenever someone points out facts, you just ignore it.

I never ignore facts, I just ignore "facts". Understand?

And you're wrong. Allmediaoutlet.com, americal.com, dvd-rwmedia.com, goroyalpc.com and several others have consistantly sold out of their Princo media. Especially the 2x and 4x discs. I've had to wait several times in the past because everybody was sold out of the Princos. It's happened numerous times since 2001 when I began buying DVD-R for personal use.

It was in fact during one of the sell-out times that I tried Riteks (against my better judgment seeing as how pro tests at work failed on them). It was a HUGE mistake. I tried Accu and LeadData after that. Another HUGE mistake. Those media are horrible. I have to copy data to the HD because I cannot access it on many of those discs because of disc errors. Not "disc rot" or some mythic thing people make up, but because of bad reflectivity. Takes the computer a while to read that area, so I have to just wait for it to copy across (sometimes even takes an overnight brute force media read). And then my Ritek DVD-RW media are dead after maybe 3-5 uses. RW? Right.

[kenmo]

I've been burning like a madman lately. Here are the brands I've tried, Optodisc,Ritek,Emtec,Pioneer(expensive!)and princo whitetops. I've had one coaster with Optodisc.(out of 14) A DVD-RW from them that doesn't work. Good results from Pioneer,Ritek(x4),One coaster with Emtec. And surprisingly solid results with many princo x1,x2 discs. Especially considering the bad press they get here. It depends on you're own experience, with that particular brand. So far, for the price, I'm sold on the Princos and Riteks. tthe princos(x2) sell locally for $1.70 Canadian in tens. Less in packs of 25, or more.

Where in Canada ? I live in Nova Scotia ? Are they on-line ?

TIA

[LanEvo7]

I never ignore facts, I just ignore "facts". Understand?

And you're wrong. Allmediaoutlet.com, americal.com, dvd-rwmedia.com, goroyalpc.com and several others have consistantly sold out of their Princo media. Especially the 2x and 4x discs. I've had to wait several times in the past because everybody was sold out of the Princos. It's happened numerous times since 2001 when I began buying DVD-R for personal use.

It was in fact during one of the sell-out times that I tried Riteks (against my better judgment seeing as how pro tests at work failed on them). It was a HUGE mistake. I tried Accu and LeadData after that. Another HUGE mistake. Those media are horrible. I have to copy data to the HD because I cannot access it on many of those discs because of disc errors. Not "disc rot" or some mythic thing people make up, but because of bad reflectivity. Takes the computer a while to read that area, so I have to just wait for it to copy across (sometimes even takes an overnight brute force media read). And then my Ritek DVD-RW media are dead after maybe 3-5 uses. RW? Right.

If you tally up all the problem issues that PRINCO and RITEK has, you'd see that PRINCO has A LOT MORE ISSUES THAN RITEK DOES. They have about the same number of comments. Look and read. PRINCO probably has 2x as many errors/failure reports than Ritek G03s do. Hmmm, those aren't facts right?
I am talking about the 1x Princo Media, I've been looking at those for over a year, those are never sold out. Yet Riteks G03s have sold out every couple months on a consistant basis. Princo's 1x can't do that. One of the major reasons the 2x Princos sold out is because people thought they were TDKs.

Frankly Optodiscs aren't that great either. I ordered a 50 pack and burned a couple movies with them. You can see that on their great coating, it has spots. Probably glue or something. During portions of the movie, the sound would crackle and pop. I've never experienced that with the Dup-EZs.

[ROBERT BLACK]

Kenmo,I assume you're referring to the Princos? I bought them in an Asian mall in Toronto. This one,www.PacificmallToronto.com I don't believe the store has an online outlet. They tend to deal on a cash basis. Considering all the bootleg DVDs and games in that mall, I know where they're coming from.