I burned many verbatims using record now deluxe after my experience with fujifilm-ritek.The results were the same no problems with the verbatims,lots of problems with the riteks.My prefered method now is the iso-imgburn method.Sorry if that confused you.I wasn't as clear as i should have been.
It appears a lot of others have had similar experiences with ritek dual layer discs.Maybe not the exact problems,as people have different methods and use different software.The end result is generally the same.Ritek dual layer discs are not that good,period.