Is RIDATA a good brand for DVD-R's?

[Aznguy1872]

Im looking to get some good dvd-r's for real cheap and I found some on newegg. I am wondering if this brand is any good and if the quality is good. The dvd burner i have is a NEC 3520A. Any input with be awesome, thanks!

 

[m21s]

Yes they are.
Ritek/Ridata Are good.
Taiyo Yuden are good.

They are pretty much best quality.

 

[orangat]

Actually Ritek has a very bad reputation with cd-r's. They improved with dvd+-r but still have bad batches. The recent G04/05 seems to have very bad degradation.

Verbatim/Maxell use Ritek but seem to have better qc with their batches.

 

[orangat]

Oops I guess Maxell also uses G05
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=151331

 

[Zepper]

Top quality blank DVD media are Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim DataLife Plus. The DataLife Plus series of Verbatim is definitely NOT Ridata.

.bh.

 

[ethebubbeth]

i used to have GREAT luck with ritek/ridata, but the last couple batches i've gotten from them have just kept inching downward slowly in quality. now i stick with taiyo yuden (watch out for imposters though!)

 

[laurenlex]

I bought 100 of the 8X. They only burnt at 4X on my NEC 3500.

 

[ethebubbeth]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
I bought 100 of the 8X. They only burnt at 4X on my NEC 3500.

Did you flash your firmware? For some reason, my 16x Ritek dvd-r's would only burn at 4x in my NEC 3520a until i updated my firmware.

What I'm amazed at is how my 4x Taiyo Yudens burn at 12x no problem :shocked::thumbsup:

 

[Pabster]

NO, it isn't. Ritek / Ridata both suck, IMHO. Stick to Taiyo-Yuden.

 

[Gl4di4tor]

yes. I just got my 16x dvdrs and theyre awesome!!!1

 

[Sforsyth]

get Taiyo-Yuden.

 

[wchou]

if you are obsessive with cd and dvd go to cdfreaks.com

 

[Albis]

i've had good luck with both TYs and Ritek/Ridata

for the price you can get Riteks on sale, it's hard to pass by