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Ritek 100 pack 48x CDRs FAR @ OfficeMax (confirmed @ Minnetonka, MN store)

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nebula

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OfficeMax has the 100 pack of Khypermedia CDRs FAR this week. At the Minnetonka, MN store, they are subbing Ridata discs. My buddy bought some yesterday, and I got some today, they are confirmed to be Ritek. They are plain silver top with Ridata stamped on the hub.

$19.99 - $20 MIR

Rebate is in their January book, page 7 number 46.

Ritek are arguably the next best thing to TYs.
 
Originally posted by: CATASTROPHY
Same in Indianapolis.Was wondering if these were any good.Might go get another 100
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Getting Ritek for free is a pretty good deal. I burnt an SVCD last night at 48x on my Lite-On drive and it only had a few C2 errors near the end. But let me explain, the SVCD I burned was slightly bigger than the disc capacity, so I had to overburn it. I think the error checking software has a problem with that overburned region. To back this statement up, I watched the disc in my DVD player and I saw no problems at the end.

I'll burn some data tonight and check it, but I bet it will be error free.
 
Due to past experiences, I'm leery of OM rebates. One question-how are you going to get the Khpermedia rebate with Ridata discs-won't they just reject it for being the wrong UPC? Am I missing something?
 
Originally posted by: Thump553
Due to past experiences, I'm leery of OM rebates. One question-how are you going to get the Khpermedia rebate with Ridata discs-won't they just reject it for being the wrong UPC? Am I missing something?
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Actually in the rebate book it actually says Imation too, but when I bought them she quoted exactly what page and what entry I needed. Said she has gotten a lot of questions regarding this item. So it looks like a go.
 
Originally posted by: nebula
Originally posted by: Thump553
Due to past experiences, I'm leery of OM rebates. One question-how are you going to get the Khpermedia rebate with Ridata discs-won't they just reject it for being the wrong UPC? Am I missing something?
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Actually in the rebate book it actually says Imation too, but when I bought them she quoted exactly what page and what entry I needed. Said she has gotten a lot of questions regarding this item. So it looks like a go.
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Actually I got the same deal at the OM along Rt. 59 in Aurora, IL..(I got the last pack - but that was as of yesterday afternoon).. they subbed the Ritdata spindle (100 CDRs)... they told me me to use the officemax imation rebate form - but I just used easierrebates.com - look up Ridata - it specifically lists the Ritek 100 pack as a acceptable substitute for the January Officemax Promo... (remember, look up Ridata rebates, not Imation or Khypermedia rebates)...

Cheers.
 
Originally posted by: nebula
...Ritek are arguably the next best thing to TYs.
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These disks are pretty good. For a full disk I'm seeing about 900 C1 errors using kprobe. The disk was written at 52x on my lite-on cdrw. For comparison, my TY disks give me about 400 C1 errors. For another comparison, CMC magnetics disks give me >5000 C1 errors. TY=great, ridata=pretty good (especially when they're free), CMC=nasty.

I'm happy that OM has some decent CDRs for sale now. The imation, khypermedia, and memorex stuff is almost always CMC magnetics-made.
 
Originally posted by: quincy2002
Originally posted by: nebula
...Ritek are arguably the next best thing to TYs.
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These disks are pretty good. For a full disk I'm seeing about 900 C1 errors using kprobe. The disk was written at 52x on my lite-on cdrw. For comparison, my TY disks give me about 400 C1 errors. For another comparison, CMC magnetics disks give me >5000 C1 errors. TY=great, ridata=pretty good (especially when they're free), CMC=nasty.

I'm happy that OM has some decent CDRs for sale now. The imation, khypermedia, and memorex stuff is almost always CMC magnetics-made.
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That's interesting, but did you get any C2 errors? I did some tests this morning, burned data at 40x and 32x and I got C2 errors near the end of the disc. BUT, if I set the maximum read speed to 40x rather than 48x while testing, then there were none reported. Of course, all burners are different!

And anyway, the drive will correct those C2 errors when used for data.

My conclusion is the same as yours, these are pretty good especially for free.
 
At the Minnetonka, MN store, they are subbing Ridata discs. They are plain silver top with Ridata stamped on the hub.
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When you say "Ridata is stamped on the hub" - do you mean this is a physical sticker or imprint that you can see on the outside packaging?

Just double-checking cause kyphermedia is usually CMC or worse!

 
Originally posted by: MIDIman
At the Minnetonka, MN store, they are subbing Ridata discs. They are plain silver top with Ridata stamped on the hub.
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When you say "Ridata is stamped on the hub" - do you mean this is a physical sticker or imprint that you can see on the outside packaging?

Just double-checking cause kyphermedia is usually CMC or worse!
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The discs are just shrink wrapped together, no spindle. The shrink wrap says Ridata all over it and is mostly red. I don't recall if you can see the stamp on the hub or not because there is a blank plastic "disc" on each end. I was more mentioning that for an FYI rather then an identifying scheme. They are easy to spot.

Also, since they're not on a spindle, my friend and I have noticed that one or two discs on each end may be a little scuffed, but clean after that, no biggee.
 
Originally posted by: nebula
Originally posted by: quincy2002
Originally posted by: nebula
...Ritek are arguably the next best thing to TYs.
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These disks are pretty good. For a full disk I'm seeing about 900 C1 errors using kprobe. The disk was written at 52x on my lite-on cdrw. For comparison, my TY disks give me about 400 C1 errors. For another comparison, CMC magnetics disks give me >5000 C1 errors. TY=great, ridata=pretty good (especially when they're free), CMC=nasty.

I'm happy that OM has some decent CDRs for sale now. The imation, khypermedia, and memorex stuff is almost always CMC magnetics-made.
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That's interesting, but did you get any C2 errors? I did some tests this morning, burned data at 40x and 32x and I got C2 errors near the end of the disc. BUT, if I set the maximum read speed to 40x rather than 48x while testing, then there were none reported. Of course, all burners are different!

And anyway, the drive will correct those C2 errors when used for data.

My conclusion is the same as yours, these are pretty good especially for free.
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nebula - I got no C2 errors. I'm using a Lite-on 52x24x52. I burned them at 52x and read them at max. I saw no appreciable difference between reading them at max compared to a lower speed. Since you got no C2 errors reported when you read at a slower speed, then there probably aren't any. It is odd though that C2s are showing up at all though. What burner are you using? Perhaps newer firmware might help? Have you tried Nero scandisk to see if any sectors show as damaged?
 
Originally posted by: quincy2002
nebula - I got no C2 errors. I'm using a Lite-on 52x24x52. I burned them at 52x and read them at max. I saw no appreciable difference between reading them at max compared to a lower speed. Since you got no C2 errors reported when you read at a slower speed, then there probably aren't any. It is odd though that C2s are showing up at all though. What burner are you using? Perhaps newer firmware might help? Have you tried Nero scandisk to see if any sectors show as damaged?
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I have a Lite-On 48x24x48, the LTR-46246S Just checked, I have the latest firmware. Yes, Nero Scandisk does show bad sectors and it seems to correlate with Nero CD Quality test as to the position of the errors. K-Probe also reported errors in the same place on my buddys machine. I'll try running K-Probe on them on my machine.

You're saying since they're good at 40x read, that the C2s reported at 48x read are probably not real? Can you try running Nero CD Quality test and see what happens right at the end, when it reaches maximum read speed? That's where I saw the errors. Maybe I should start a thread at CDFreaks.
 
Interesting that you're using an LTR-46246S. I had trouble with these ridatas with that burner as well - C2 errors at the end. I was really surprised because that burner has been very good for me - I couldn't recall ever coming up with C2 errors before this. This trouble prompted me to install my LTR-52246S, which had been sitting in it's box for a while. My 52x burner loves these ridata disks. For some reason the LTR-46246S doesn't seem to perform well with the ridata disks. An older 48x firmware I had was really bad. The newest firmware showed some improvement, but certainly the results weren't what I expected from a lite-on burner.

Since scandisk is showing bad sectors, and your buddy's machine came up with C2 errors, then they must be real errors.
I can run scandisk on some of mine. I'll let you know.

Why don't we continue this conversation via PM since we're kinda not talking about deals anymore🙂
 
Originally posted by: nebula
OfficeMax has the 100 pack of Khypermedia CDRs FAR this week. At the Minnetonka, MN store, they are subbing Ridata discs. My buddy bought some yesterday, and I got some today, they are confirmed to be Ritek. They are plain silver top with Ridata stamped on the hub.

$19.99 - $20 MIR

Rebate is in their January book, page 7 number 46.

Ritek are arguably the next best thing to TYs.
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I picked some up in NE Minneapolis, but they didn't override the price to $19.99. I asked the cashier why, and she explained the rebate will be for the full price anyway (i.e. $29.99), rebate center knows about product substitution and price difference, and so on. What are the chances I will actually get the $30 rebate?
 
Ritek used to make the worst CDRs................Did they really get better ?
I dont bother with anything except japanese CDRs anymore
 
Originally posted by: TrentSteel
I picked some up in NE Minneapolis, but they didn't override the price to $19.99. I asked the cashier why, and she explained the rebate will be for the full price anyway (i.e. $29.99), rebate center knows about product substitution and price difference, and so on. What are the chances I will actually get the $30 rebate?
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Hmmm, I guess you could put a little note in with rebate stating what the store did and if you only get $20 back, then have OM refund you. But that sounds like a lot of hassle. What I'd do is call the Minnetonka store and tell them what happened, to get a different opinion. Her explanation does sound good but I don't know if I'd trust it. Hey, maybe I'll get $30 back! Too bad the receipt shows what I paid.

Maybe someone with more OM rebate experience can help.
 
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