Sony DVD-R now bears "RITEKF1" media code!

[TooLFooL]

i have recently seen multiple spindles of 100-pack 16x Sony DVD-R that now bear the media code "RITEKF1"!
(not that these were great discs to begin with....)

[redwudz]

It looks like quite a few brands are using that manufacturers discs: https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmediasearch=&dvdmediadvdridsearch=RITEKF1&type=11...+or+List+Media Though I didn't see Sony on that list.

[TooLFooL]

it's the yellow 100-pack of 16x DVD-R upc#27242-66122

[ROBERT BLACK]

I picked up two 50pc packs of Sony Made In Taiwan +Rs and up pops a Ritek F16 media code. So when did Sony start outsourcing to Ritek?

[johns0]

Sony starting outsourcing a few months ago.

[budz]

WTF! Now I gonna have to check the SONY DVD-R spindles I bought from Costco......Ugh! Looks like I gonna have to order shit from rima.com.....

[lordsmurf]

Sony starting outsourcing a few months ago.

This isn't new information.

Sony had Daxon manufacture media to their specs, using the SONYD media codes. D=Daxon.
Daxon went out of business in Q1 2010.
Sony transitioned to Fuji oxonol based Ritek media (RitekF1, RitekF16) F=Fuji oxonol.

You'll find this mentioned in a number of threads at http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/blank-media-19.html
Here's one dedicated to it: http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/showthread.php/sony-d21-mim-2406.html

RitekF is actually somewhat decent. Not archival, but also not crap.

[johns0]

RitekF is actually somewhat decent. Not archival, but also not crap.

Ya,i've been getting decent burns,not like cmc which is a roller coaster in burn quality and errors.

[ROBERT BLACK]

[QUOTE=lordsmurf;2038336]

Here's one dedicated to it: http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/showthread.php/sony-d21-mim-2406.html
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I especially liked your analogy in that thread. Common sense to some of us but it bares repeating. It still amazes me how many of those people there are given the amount of information that's several clicks away.

[dfisher052]

Just got a 100 stack at Staples at half price & they are still Sony16D1.

[bendixG15]

Just got a 100 stack at Staples at half price & they are still Sony16D1.

Same here ...........
Just got a stack of 50 Sony (DVD-R made in Malasia) at Target for a cut price and they are Sony16D1

[tcory]

Being on a big time budget at Office Depot they have (which after I heard how awful they are) Memorex ($14.99 or $19.99 100) or TDK ($14.99 or $19.99 100) Will I see a difference getting the Verbatim 95098 4.7 GB 1X- 16x Branded Recordable Disc DVD+R 100 Disc Spindle ? From Amazon for $23.99.... The reason I put all that information on the Verbatim is I want to make sure that I get the exact right bundle. Do Memorex suck as much as I have read/heard ?

[lordsmurf]

Do Memorex suck as much as I have read/heard ?

Yes.

Get these Verbatim DVD+R: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009YJXMS?ie=UTF8&tag=thdifa-20&linkCode=as2&camp=17...SIN=B0009YJXMS
The current MCC DVD+R (~0-1%) have even less coasters that MCC DVD-R (~1-2%).