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4x DVD-R 100pk at Newegg $35

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4x DVD-R 100pk at Newegg $35
from the mainpage they appear to be 45 dollars, but once inside there is a $10 instant rebate

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I'm very new to this DVD arena.
But first lesson learned is that brand (manufacturer?) *DOES* *REALLY* matter for DVDs.

Getting a good price is total folly if the media has flaws / doesn't perform at near perfection.

What's the scoup on this brand / manufacturer?
 
Originally posted by: nekote
What's the scoup on this brand / manufacturer?
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I never heard of this one. 😕 But like you, I want what works well. Ritek works flawlessly in both my Liteon 8x, and Optorite 4x DVD burners. The price on Ritek has come down steadily over the months. Think I'll stick with a known quantity for now. IMHO Thanks for the link/info though. I'll watch this thread and see if someone posts further info on this brand.
 
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I paid $39 for 100 "CD-R" last week at OD, what was I thinking?
 
I bought a pack and ran scanned it with Lite-On's Smart-Burn Media Checkv3.1.8:
Drive Type = DVD DUAL
Disc Type = DVD-R (Single Layer)
Disc MID = 56 41 4E 47 55 41 (VANGUA)
Disc TID = 52 44 00 00 00 00 (RD....)
Nominal Capacity = 4.38GB
Manufacturer Maybe = Unknown
SMART-BURN Speed Limit = 4.0X (Write)

00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 EA 0B 14 .l...@....R.....
76 78 80 00 03 56 41 4E 47 55 41 00 04 52 44 00 vx...VANGUA..RD.
00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 06 0B 10 11 ................

Will burn some dvds and report back the results.
 
I guess all things considered, I prefer +R because it is slightly faster (I think the disks are preformatted or something like that). But the real answer is whatever your target DVD player will play successfully. I have 4 different DVD players in various formats; interestingly, an Apex will not read -R disks (which are typically slightly more compatible) unless the DVD-ROM bitsetting is flipped. My NEC 1300A does the bit setting, so I just pick up whichever type is cheaper.
 
Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I guess all things considered, I prefer +R because it is slightly faster (I think the disks are preformatted or something like that). But the real answer is whatever your target DVD player will play successfully. I have 4 different DVD players in various formats; interestingly, an Apex will not read -R disks (which are typically slightly more compatible) unless the DVD-ROM bitsetting is flipped. My NEC 1300A does the bit setting, so I just pick up whichever type is cheaper.
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It is impossible to bitset -R discs, only +R discs can be bitset to DVD-ROM.
 
Originally posted by: soundforbjt
Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I guess all things considered, I prefer +R because it is slightly faster (I think the disks are preformatted or something like that). But the real answer is whatever your target DVD player will play successfully. I have 4 different DVD players in various formats; interestingly, an Apex will not read -R disks (which are typically slightly more compatible) unless the DVD-ROM bitsetting is flipped. My NEC 1300A does the bit setting, so I just pick up whichever type is cheaper.
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It is impossible to bitset -R discs, only +R discs can be bitset to DVD-ROM.
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Thanks good info!
 
Originally posted by: SearchMaster
I guess all things considered, I prefer +R because it is slightly faster (I think the disks are preformatted or something like that). But the real answer is whatever your target DVD player will play successfully. I have 4 different DVD players in various formats; interestingly, an Apex will not read -R disks (which are typically slightly more compatible) unless the DVD-ROM bitsetting is flipped. My NEC 1300A does the bit setting, so I just pick up whichever type is cheaper.
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That's wierd, every apex I've run across plays my ritek g04's fine (even the really old APEX players) Actually I've never come across a stand alone dvd player that wouldn't play them perfectly.
 
Originally posted by: TimeKeeper
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I paid $39 for 100 "CD-R" last week at OD, what was I thinking?
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Well, you're the time keeper. Roll back time to last week, give yourself a good smack in the face and instead of dropping $39 on CD-R's, think to yourself "i'll check Anandtech Hot Deals for some CD-R's, after all, i've been a member for almost 5 years."
 
I have 2 Apexs that plays the dvd- just fine. I prefer the dvd- myself. I've downloaded a few things that wouldn't fit on a dvd+ but went on a dvd- without a problem.
I got a 50 pack of these a while back and I prefer Riteks to them.
 
Seems like pretty hot deal. (depends on quality 😛) But keep in mind that 100 Ridate DVD+R 100pk is available for 5 bucks more (after MIR).
 
Originally posted by: nekote
I'm very new to this DVD arena.
But first lesson learned is that brand (manufacturer?) *DOES* *REALLY* matter for DVDs.

Getting a good price is total folly if the media has flaws / doesn't perform at near perfection.

What's the scoup on this brand / manufacturer?
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The first DVD-R's that I bought are now unreadable, so I would not recommend generic media. Since then manufacturing is better and none of the new discs should have issues like this. Right now for video I only use brand-name DVD-R's (Memorex) to burn movies. If I use generics, I just cannot copy some movies because of the low amont of dye that are used on them (the most expensive raw material) makes my Philips DVD player skip, freeze, etc. For data I use whatever (DVD-/+'s).
 
I have so far burned 15 discs, 7 show up with read errors, the others showed up with no read errors. One was a movie dvd but when it was played it would skip. 2 of the bad ones were burnt at 2.4X, the rest at 4X with a Lite-On 411S. I used DVD info pro to check for read errors. A quick question, is dvdinfopro the best way to check if the burn was good? before I would just copy the files onto the computer and if it worked then I thought it was burnt good.
 
Originally posted by: LordSnailz
I have a lite-on dual format drive, if I had a choice between +R and -R which one should I opt for?
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Go with +R when you can. Most of the problems I've had were with -R media. Even +R CMC media (which most people consider crap) has been reliable for me.
 
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