What do you guys think of this media

**blutach** · 10 Oct 2005, 11:46 AM

If it's the G05 MIC (which it probably is), don't buy it - there have been plenty of reported problems with this Media ID Code.

Regards

**knb023** · 10 Oct 2005, 11:57 AM

What kind of problems

**blutach** · 10 Oct 2005, 11:59 AM

Search. There's been reported write problems...coasters etc.

Regards

**LT. Columbo** · 10 Oct 2005, 12:06 PM

i haven't used it, but with a member of blutach's status advising against it---i'd follow his advice

**knb023** · 10 Oct 2005, 02:56 PM

how do you tell if they are the G05 or not

**LT. Columbo** · 10 Oct 2005, 03:24 PM

dvd infopro, dvd decrypter are 2 progrmas that will tell you the ID

**blutach** · 10 Oct 2005, 03:42 PM

I'd say they were. G05s are the only Ridata 8x. The G04s were the 4X IIRC.

EDIT: Yup - see here

Looking at the link provided in the first post, the comments are pretty ordinary. 8% failure is awful for Riteks. I use R03s and have never had a coaster.

Regards

**Chewy** · 10 Oct 2005, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by blutach

If it's the G05 MIC (which it probably is), don't buy it - there have been plenty of reported problems with this Media ID Code.

Regards

I thought you liked ritek's!

DVD Media and Blu-ray Disc Media list- VideoHelp

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=ridata&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=1&size=All&dvdburnspeed=8&order=Name&hits=25&country=&search=Search+or+List+Media

DVD Media and Blu-ray Disc media list

Comments posted by Tim from United States, July 18, 2005:
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Burnt about 20 of the 50 and not even a bleep in the video. No coasters either. Great Media.

Additional information:

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Price: $20 Purchased from: www.newegg.com Date purchased: June 2005
Burnt with NEC ND-3520A at 8x using firmware 1.04.
Burning reliability is Good.
PC reliability is Good.
DVD reliability is Good.
Media color is Gray.
Media text is Ridata Always right... 8x dvd-r data 4.7GB /video 120min.
Media package type is Cake Box. Number of discs 50.
Media made in Taiwan.
Media UPC/EAN code is 4612200200.
Authoring/Burning comments:
DVDShrink 3.2 and Nero 6.
Works fine on Panasonic F85

**blutach** · 10 Oct 2005, 05:44 PM

I love the R03, but they are +Rs. I don't use -R disks.

And that is a very selective quote from the link. The point is that they are of variable quality and why would you want to take a risk?

Regards

**Chewy** · 10 Oct 2005, 06:30 PM

It would seem to be highly dependent upon burners and firmware.
I prefer dash r's, but that's because I feel in love with TY.

I used your link and added 8x to the burn to refine the search,
if you read that carefully, you start to see a pattern.

**knb023** · 11 Oct 2005, 01:23 AM

When you say the 8x have problems, is that if you burn them at 8x. lets say i would burn them at 4 or ever 2, would it be better, or its just the disc are that bad

**Chewy** · 11 Oct 2005, 02:14 AM

You'll be fine burning at 4x with that burner(I/my son have several).
They like a lot of different media tho, there may have been some
bad batches of that media shipped from newegg, but who knows?