What about these inkjet printable DVDs?

http://www.supermediastore.com/ritek...printable.html

or these

http://www.supermediastore.com/benq-...-0-4460-2cdap6

Yeah, that's why I always keep some empty cake boxes around. One of the reasons I love TY is the higher than rated burn speeds (these usually burn at 12x in a Pioneer DVR-109).

To the OP: I hate to be picky/anal/OT, but can you *please* change the subject of this thread??? "Media" is plural and there is no such word as "medias." It bugs me every time I see it, and this thread has been hanging near the top of the Hot Deals forum for a while now. Thanx.

I was looking at the media in this link:
http://www.supermediastore.com/rite...-printable.html

These are Riteks and they have no stack ring so that you can print all the way to the hub. This brings up a couple of questions: 1) Is there a down side to not having a stack ring? and 2) Will most inkject printers print all the way to the hub?

Another question in general concerning DVDs: Is a CD jewel case or better yet, a slimline CD case good enough storage for a DVD? I ask because all the movies I've bought have a much larger case. Is a DVD so much more sensitive to damage that you would need that larger case?

Bumping back to the top so drmoze can read "medias" again!


Actually, I was looking at these discs:

http://www.supermediastore.com/ritek...-mir-page.html

and it says "Ritek 8X G05 DVD-R Matte Finish with Ridata logo in the hub." What does "Ridata logo in the hub" mean? I'm guessing since I'm only going to write on these with a marker and not print directly on them, the logo really shouldn't bother me. Right?

RiData

The media code of "RITEKG05" is the important thing not the label of the disk (Ridata). Ridata is only a selling name on for the disks. Like TDK, Memorex, Fuji etc... they don't make the actual disks, the media code tells you you actually manufactures the media. In this case Ritek

When DVD movies first came out, Hollywood wanted a different case from a CD jewel case so that average joe6pack would not get the impression that the DVDs would play in a CD player, since the disc looks pretty much the same.

Usually cases designed for DVD do not have a hub that it's too tight for the DVD, since the DVD is actually two polycarbonates sandwiched together, such that the hub would not exerts too much stress on the DVD inner ring and crack it. A good case would allow the DVD to rotate rather freely on its hub. Having said that, I don't have problem having DVDs in CD jewel cases though.

It worked! *sigh*

so I just bought 2 100 packs of Ritek Ridata DVD+Rs from newegg.com and on the opened pack I can't get any of therse discs to work. my settop dvd recorder basically locks up when I try to use them to record on. it will just sit there forever while it appears to be recording but the status indicator never changes. I have to pull the plug on my recorder in order to stop the process. my Plextor dvd recorder recognized 1 but it ended up corrupted afterwards. so far I have tried around 14 discs and only the 1 has been recognized by the Plextor.

I have used Ritek for around 500 burns and only had 1 fail on my in the bunch. this was a bad purchase on my part this time. 200 discs that most likely won't work.

ouch.

Ritek has become so bad I won't buy it for any price.

Before I burn the last remaining 8X +R ones I have (RICOHJPNR02) I look for bumps on the disc surface and dye smears. I don't bother even trying those ones.

Then after I burn one I immediately do a disc scan to check out the error rate. About 25% fail my standards for that test.

I only use them for data that is larger than can be held on a CD but no more than about 3.5GB since I see many more errors occurring at the outer part of the disc.

what is a disc scan? is that like scandisk?

There are a couple types.

You can use something like Nero CD-DVD Speed's Benchmark test to get a graph of the speed the disc can be read at. If you see major deviations from a linear positively sloped line you know there's a problem.

I usually use KProbe which only works with Lite-On drives. It provides a graph of disc errors that shows what the reader is having to deal with. Too many errors or huge spikes indicate disc problems so if I'm doubful after that I use the Nero utility to verify the problem. Plextor has a similar utility.

Who wants to deal with this? That's why I've given up on Ritek.

i usually just use the option to verify the data compilation when buring with Nero. Is that enough? or do i need to take additional measures like using the cd-dvd benchmark?

Personal experience, Ridata/Ritek are great, No problems here with maxell which are extremely cheap (at least in canada they are).. spindle of 50 runs about 9$cdn (i'm talking all dvdr here)

I find that just about any disc that successfully burns will verify ok in Nero. However some will scan so badly that I don't trust them to work on other readers or to hold data for a long time.

Some of the Riteks are so bad that they won't even burn. Nero stops during the burn and gives an error. I usually find that it's due to having a sharp bump on the disc surface that I missed seeing. The dye smears are pretty easy to spot before trying to burn them.

Maybe I'm being extra careful but when I backup data I want to know that its going to be accessible when I need it in the future. I just know the worst-reading disc will be the one I'll need the most at some time. And I don't want to have to make multiple copies of my DVR/tape video recordings just because I can't trust the disc.

I found that a few months ago Ritek started porducing crap discs and I stoped using them. Up until recently (when the suplly seems to have dried up), I was using Fuji's made in Japan (not the Taiwanese ones) which were actually rebranded Yudens. Now that all the Fuji's seem to come from Taiwan, I guess I'm going to have to hunt for good deals on actual Yudens.

I've had mixed results from Maxell, TDK and Verbatim.

I'm confused, I bought two shrink wrapped spindles of 50 RIDATA 16x DVD-r INKJET WHITE PRINTABLE and when I looked into the clear center of the discs where the brand is printed I see the MAXELL brand written on it. The DVDs where shrink wrapped and barcoded and everything. Can anyone enlighten me about this? Thanks a lot.

http://www.ritekusa.com/jsp/AboutUs.jsp


Ridata is a subsidary of RITEK.

I bought form allmedia a while ago and had a bad experience with some of the discs on the spindle. I'll never buy from them again.

pcdoctor, can you clarify for me please? You had a bad experience with allmedia.com or with Ritek DVDs and does that mean you won't buy from allmedia.com again or the DVDs again? Just wondering. Thanks.

Maybe I'm being a little paranoide.
Maybe I just got a bad batch. I'm scared to buy from allmedia.com again.
Maybe it's just my bad luck.
Some of the discs towards the end of the spindle had noticable defects on the discs. I wish I could explain it.
I don't have any Ritek DVDs that I could take a picture of.
After that I used Compusa DVDs and Office Depot DVDs which I had have no problems with.
I'm going to send you a private email. Thx
* Oh yeah, I've also used TDK DVD-Rs and had success with those but the Office Depot DVDs are much better price wise than TDK or Compusa.

I don't feel like reading 3 pages. Could someone please just tell me what the best DVD-5 branded (without Lightscribe or injet writable labels) media is? Thanks.

Verbatim. Period.