25 RiData DVD+R DL for $29.99

[World]

Sale at Newegg.com this weekend only 25 Ridata DVD+R DL for $29.99 plus shipping.Read the rating and make your own decision!

World

[strummy53]

"Read the rating and make your own decision" Nicely Said!! I've used it with no problems but it get's slammed in here

[jaydotbird]

Bought a 25 pack of these several weeks ago from Newegg and have had nothing but problems...Backups burn fine but will not play on my new Sony Upconverting DVD player. The same problem with Memorex DL+. Verbatims work perfectly.

[Gen-An]

RiData and Memorex +RDL are the same discs (made by Ritek), and they aren't very good, which would explain why you have problems with them. Verbatim DL media is made by Mitsubishi and is much better.

[wulf109]

I bought a DVD burner fron newegg and they where givibg away a 5 pak of Ritek D/L disks. All were junk,very poor playback on any DVD player. Two were coasters. They not worth free,so don't pay real money for them. As the others have said buy Verbatim's. There's areason newegg "giving" them away. I ve burned around 40 Vertabim D/L,no problems.

[mysticmel]

I'm finding out the hard way that Ritek/Ridata's suck .....

Bought a spindle of each -R and +R DL's a few weeks ago on rebate and I'm currently trying to RMA both sets...... went through 7 coasters already between the two brand new spindles.

Ritek's use to work flawlessly for me at one time, but now they're putting out total garbage!


Kay

[garryheather]

Ritek's dual layer media is the only stuff I DON'T stick up for - I've had nothing but trouble with it. It's probably my writer's strategy more than anything else because all the other dual layer media I've used has been perfect, but there's something not right if you can't even burn it in the first place. It's probably OK in other setups but if you're going for compatibility I'd recommend Verbatim MKM001 or (surprisingly, coming from me) CMC's D01.

[RAAGAAman]

I'd recommend Verbatim MKM001 or (surprisingly, coming from me) CMC's D01.

No Surprise there since MKM(Verbatim) helped CMC tune their process for DL mfg. In fact, don't be surprised when you see Verbatim DL media coming with CMC MIDs in the future. They did the same with CD-R and DVDR so I expect they will do the same with DVD+R DL.

RG

[BobK]

Ritek's use to work flawlessly for me at one time, but now they're putting out total garbage!

Same here. I burned over 1000 Riteks over the last 18 months with almost no problems- only 2-3 coasters and all the rest tested good and played fine.

The last 200 I ordered are not the same disks. The stack of 100 disks is now about an inch shorter than it used to be, so the disks are obviously thinner. The manufacturer ID was different on the last batch I got and the first 4 attempts to burn were coasters. So I'm done with Ritek.

[Super Warrior]

yikes, $30 for a 25-pack?

Could get a 50-pack of NICE quality DVD-5 Ritek media for $15-$20. Meh DL-media too expensive right now....

[Super Warrior]

Same here. I burned over 1000 Riteks over the last 18 months with almost no problems- only 2-3 coasters and all the rest tested good and played fine.

The last 200 I ordered are not the same disks. The stack of 100 disks is now about an inch shorter than it used to be, so the disks are obviously thinner. The manufacturer ID was different on the last batch I got and the first 4 attempts to burn were coasters. So I'm done with Ritek.

I noticed Ritek quality did sorta go down, with more bad coasters than usual in a 50-pack. But the majority in the packs i get are still good.

Ritek is still Nice quality media at a good price.But after every burn i make sure to do a full error scan in DVDinfopro,to make sure it was not a faulty disc in the batch.

The last 50-pack i got for example had some bad discs,which just happened to be at the very top.After burning the 2-3 bad discs,that both scanned bad and did not play properly in my player,i thought the whole pack might be crap. But after trying the others they have both burned and played perfect since,so its still good dispite a few coasters.

[ejai]

I bought a pack of 25 RiData DVD+R DL and they did not work well. They would start to skip and lock up around the end of the disk. Also one of my new DVD players that I purchased to work with my HDTV wouldn't play the disks at all.

I have a Sony DRU-7000A burner, and it works fine with my DVD-R 4.7 disks but not with the Ridata DVD+R DL disks. I will not purchase any more of these disks.

Has anyone else experienced this issue?

[ejai]

Sorry, my bad. I wrote my comment before reading most of the previous posts, I noticed many of you are also experiencing some problems. I'm glad it's not just me.

[lordsmurf]

RITEK SL = mediocre
RITEL DL = complete crap

[ejai]

RITEK SL = mediocre
RITEL DL = complete crap

I agree, I wish I had known that before, I should of checked this site before I purchased it.

I usually do.

[World]

First time,first successful burn with this DL media!
NEC-ND3520A
Hack firmware v3.06
Play ok on my cheapo Norcent dvd player.

World

[GullyFoyle]

I can't comment on the Ridata DL I've never used them.
But I have been using Ridata exclusively for a few years now. First 8x now 16x. Rarely do I get a bad burn. I keep all my bad disks, I'm knind of a packrat. Of the thousand or so Ridata I've used I have maybe ten bad disks.
Of the hundred or so Verbatim or Memorex I have maybe twenty.
Some of those Ridata bad disks are due to user error. rarely is the disk itself bad.
I also burn at max speed and never have a problem.
Everybody is different with different setups.
I can only speak for myself.
Happy Holidays.

[boobugpoc@cs.com]

The Memorex +R DL disks are Ritek as well. None of them would even write in my ND2500A. I was surprised they worked in my BENQ 822A.

ATAPI DVD DUAL 8X4X12 B3LC (SCSI)
Current Profile: DVD+R DL

Disc Information:
Status: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 4,173,824
Free Space: 8,547,991,552 bytes
Free Time: 927:32:74 (MM:SS:FF)
Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x

DVD+R DL Boundary Information:
L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,086,912
Changeable: Yes

Physical Format Information (ADIP):
Disc ID: RITEK-D01-01
Book Type: DVD+R DL
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Disc ID: RITEK-D01-01
Book Type: DVD+R DL
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,520

[lordsmurf]

Some of those Ridata bad disks are due to user error. rarely is the disk itself bad.

Some user error, yes. Always, with anything.
Rarely is Ritek bad? No.

RITEK media are only successful about 80-95% of the time. In all honesty, these days, and for quite a while now, it's barely able to hold that 80% ranking. These are researched numbers, they're not pulled out of thin air.

Most people fail to understand statistics, so they fail to understand these numbers. For the layman that has 100% success, there is another person that only has 60% success. You cancel each other out, and land in the 80's.

[Super Warrior]

I cannot speak for DL,only SL but Ritek is still GOOD quality media.

So far the only downsides i experience due to their "quality decrease" is a bit more coaster discs in a 50-pack. The majority of rest still burn,scan,and playback PERFECTLY for me.

Unlike trashey princo,i've NEVER once had a Ritek disc degrade on me over time and become a coaster either. Stuff i burned years ago still plays and scans with no issues.

[ejai]

I've used Sony disks and never received a coaster.
I've used Maxell and never received a coaster as well.
I've used TDK and out of around 400 burns I've only received around 5 coasters, and that is due to the newer batch of TDKs.

I've tried some of the other brands such as Ritek, Memorex etc. and my success rate is anywhere around 50-60%.

I'm going back to the brands they seem to work the best for me.

[badboi]

Over the past few weeks I've purchased 3 of the 25 packs of Ritek D/L media (along with bunches of the Verbatim media) and all my Ritek's burned fine in my Plextor and LG burners. They have also played back fine in my Denon 2200. The Ritek's are identified as Ricohjpn D00-001. So far, so good, but as far as long term reliability, we'll have to wait and see if I'm saying that six months from now. All the Verbatims have been fine too (I burn at 2.4x). And FWIW, all my burners have the latest firmware available, nothing else is running in the background (other than AnyDVD), hard drive has been defragged, and using DVD Decrypter (last version available) to burn the discs.

[Caple]

I never had problems with Ridata disks. It's a shame I can't find it anymore around here. I'm using Benq disks and didn't have problems yet. All SL.
My other options are LG, Samsung and Philips disks, which seem very poor, so I've never bought one.

[Mawdryn]

I've defended Ritek +R DL media in the past, because I've burned about 40 of them with my Pioneer 108 (including a 25-pack of Memorex), and they play fine in my stand alone players. I used to buy them because they were so much cheaper than Verbatim. Never again.

I recently bought a BenQ 1640, and for the first time, I have the ability to do scans. Just for fun, I scanned a few of those Riteks that play fine. Yikes! I didn't save the Nero the scans, but most had quality scores in the 20s and lower. Many were zeros. Jitter was very high on all of them. (I don't really know what jitter is, but I know that high is bad.) I've started the process of re-burning them to Verbatim (which usually scans in the 80s and 90s for me.)

Just another example of how cheap media is actually the most expensive media (when you have to re-burn to better media).

[badboi]

Not really defending Ritek, but so far they seem to work okay for me. How reliable they'll be in the long run I don't know, but I guess you really don't know that about any media.

I don't know how to do scans of discs, but if anyone is interested in scanning one of these and testing it out, I have an extra copy of a movie that I did on the Ritek d/l media that I'll send to whoever wants to test it out and see how good or how bad the media is. If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll send it out to you.

[boobugpoc@cs.com]

The SONY,TDK and Maxxel dvd r's were at one time or another Ricoh-01 discs. I used to use nothing but the Ricoh discs with no problems. I too have had some problems with the Ritek discs in different machines. I only use Verbatim/Mitsubishi for +DL discs.

[Super Warrior]

I never had problems with Ridata disks. It's a shame I can't find it anymore around here.

www.newegg.com :P

I can't find any Ritek media in my area either,but the best deals are on the net anyway. All my Ritek DVD±R media i've ever bought in the past came from newegg.com

[Super Warrior]

Not really defending Ritek, but so far they seem to work okay for me. How reliable they'll be in the long run I don't know, but I guess you really don't know that about any media.

Seem to do well for me thus far.

[mysticmel]

Ok after getting 4 bad burns (and countless successful burns but jerky playback) out of 7 Ritek/Ridata DL's I've now made it my new year's resolution to stay away, far away from the overpriced Ritek DL media.

I'm overly anxious to try out the Verbatims as I've been reading heaps of good reviews on them.

Can someone please point me in the right direction where to buy Verbatim DL "Printables" (looking for the printables specifically). Tried both Meritline and Newegg to no avail.


Thanks in advance.

[thevoelk]

I've burned over 3000 of these now at work without issue, save for the occasional coasters due to power issues on base. My personal ones still don't have issues with playback. Granted, most of the ones burned at work are watched 3 or times and then shredded/burned (sensitive AV material) or stuck on a shelf. Just for fun, I stuck in my RitekDL Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2 import backups the other day, not a skip or a freeze anywhere on the disc. Again, following LS's statement, my close to 100% doesn't mean everyone else is going to achieve that. FWIW, the KB backups also had sticky labels on them.

@mysticmel:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817130997