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Best 99 minute media?

Postby Tonearm on Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:07 pm

Anyone know of any good quality media and/or good deals online?
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Postby burninfool on Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:10 pm

AFAIK Ritek is the only brand you can get in US since CompUSA stopped selling them.
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Postby Tonearm on Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:17 pm

I see 99 minute CD-Rs at allmediaoutlet.com, but they don't say anything about Ritek. How do you know they aren't generic?
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Postby Spazmogen on Mon Apr 07, 2003 9:48 pm

Tonearm wrote:I see 99 minute CD-Rs at allmediaoutlet.com, but they don't say anything about Ritek. How do you know they aren't generic?


I bought mine over @ www.yesbuy.net
This is indeed a 99 minute disc, I've been able to get over 100 minutes on it with ease.

This Disc is designed for CD-RW/COMBO Drive Only.
Disc Type, Material = CD-R, Phthalocyanine
ATIP Lead-in = 96m 43s 37f
Norminal Capacity = 702.83MB (79m 59s 74f)
Disc Manufacturer maybe = RiTEK (90min)
SMART-BURN Speed Limit = 48X

They were listed as generic. I'm only aware of 2 makers of 99 minute discs: Ritek & Sky Multimedia in Switzerland. I've had both and they were excellent.
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Postby aviationwiz on Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:05 pm

I have used the SKY branded 99 min. disks from yesbuy and I love them. They are excellent disks. I also got excellent service from that company.
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Postby Tonearm on Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:40 pm

Spazmogen- What do you mean by combo drives only? Do you mean CDRW/DVD drives?
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Postby Spazmogen on Mon Apr 07, 2003 11:44 pm

Tonearm wrote:Spazmogen- What do you mean by combo drives only? Do you mean CDRW/DVD drives?


This Disc is designed for CD-RW/COMBO Drive Only.
Disc Type, Material = CD-R, Phthalocyanine
ATIP Lead-in = 96m 43s 37f
Norminal Capacity = 702.83MB (79m 59s 74f)
Disc Manufacturer maybe = RiTEK (90min)
SMART-BURN Speed Limit = 48X

That's a post of the information that Lite On's 'Smart Burn' utility provides.
But yeah, it's a cd-r.

I imagine it would report differently if it were a DVD-R.
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