Anyone bought this ritek from newegg.com ...

[growninid]

hey,
does anybody know if these have a shiny or a silver mate finish?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-132-344&depa=0

seem like a good deal

thanks much

[freestyler]

I'm not too sure if that matters with regard to +R discs. I know this is an issue with -Rs, many users find mattes more reliable than shiny tops, because of fake media concerns.

[vcdforme]

sILVER MATTE
they're fair, I guess.
Encountered some bad discs in the spindle.
I still prefer Fuji by far.

[growninid]

I'm not an expert guys, so help me out. What makes the above different from these ones:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-132-325&depa=0

Same company right? I have had no problems so far with the discs at the above link, gone through two 50 spindles. Just thought I might same a few bucks if these is no difference in quiality.

thanks

[chas0039]

If you check the comments in the user section of Newegg you will see that one is RITEK R03 and the other is RICOH outsourced by Ritek. RICOHJPNR01 is a code for 4X Ritek and R03 is the code for 8X Ritek. Both receive good reviews from users in the tab section to the left. I would be concerned about the 100 pack at that price as the R03 is generally over $1.10

http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=R&Product_Code=1720-1..._Code=DVDPLUSR

If they are really selling R03 at that price it is a bargain.

[oama]

I finally received my raincheck 100 pack of mystery DVD+Rs 2.4X from Office Max this past weekend. This was for the sale they had in February for $39.99. They didn't bring in anymore of the Arita discs and gave me a spindle of the Ridata discs that look exactly like the ones you are asking about. They are matte finish and branded with Ridata on top. DVD Decrypter gives me a media code of RICOHJPNR01.

[Dampier]

Our Officemax had 100 packs of Ridata brand shrink wrap media sitting where the Arita 2.4 discs should have been, priced at $89 I believe. They had 4x on the label I recall and are +R. I was tempted, but wanted to ascertain who made it before I spend another big sum on media that my Plextor will not burn (it didn't like the inkjet printable Riteks, for example.)

Are these Ricoh? If so, I will be there in a NY second....

[oama]

Our Officemax had 100 packs of Ridata brand shrink wrap media sitting where the Arita 2.4 discs should have been, priced at $89 I believe. They had 4x on the label I recall and are +R. I was tempted, but wanted to ascertain who made it before I spend another big sum on media that my Plextor will not burn (it didn't like the inkjet printable Riteks, for example.)

Are these Ricoh? If so, I will be there in a NY second....

Try looking at the DVD Media List on the left side and search for Ridata 4x DVD+R. Looks like the discs could be either RITEK...R02, RITEK...R03, or RICOHJPNR01. All three have good comments and there was only one person who complained about the RITEK...R02. All I know is my 100 pack is packaged with the exact same label as the one on the Newegg site (blue label with the yellow arrow and skier). I haven't burned any discs yet but I did check the media code and they are RICOHJPNR01 so I am very happy.