Ritek 8x DVD+R 50 pack $70 at newegg!!!

by **Boba_Fett** on Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:57 am

Pretty nice price for 8x media (even though it is +R

). Anyways, check it out here.

by **Ian** on Thu Feb 26, 2004 12:57 pm

Very tempting. I'd need to know the media ID before ordering though. I don't want to end up with 4x DVD+R discs again.

by **KTL** on Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:07 pm

The two reviewers said they only burned at 4X on the Pioneer '7'-series and NEC ND2500. So perhaps, not the true 8X again.

by **Ian** on Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:45 pm

KTL wrote:The two reviewers said they only burned at 4X on the Pioneer '7'-series and NEC ND2500. So perhaps, not the true 8X again.

I think I read somewhere that the Pioneer can't write to Ritek's 8x DVD+R media at 8x yet. Not sure about the NEC though.

by **VEFF** on Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:14 pm

Nice price!
I may have to return the 50 Memorex 4X +R that I recently bought (five 10-packs in jewel cases) for $40 inc tax and free shipping, since I am not sure if they are CMC or Ricoh.

Then again, I might be selling my two SL DVD burners and getting a DL DVD burner (or two, depending on price) when they become available.

by **thegdog** on Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:57 pm

KTL wrote:The two reviewers said they only burned at 4X on the Pioneer '7'-series and NEC ND2500. So perhaps, not the true 8X again.

Actually, it may be the 8x media since if it was the 4x Ritek DVD+R media, the NEC drive would have had the option to burn it at 6x. So possibly its the new 8x media and the NEC drive doesn't have that media code listed in the firmware, so it just defaulted to 4x?

by **dolphinius_rex** on Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:41 pm

The Pioneer A07 cannot burn 8x Ritek DVD+Rs at 8x, even with firmware 1.10. This is from personal experience :cry:

by **hydrogen** on Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:24 pm

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by **hydrogen** on Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:29 pm

dolphinius_rex,

Have you heard when the Pioneer will be able to burn it at 8x?

I have a Pioneer A07 burner.

Has anyone bought any of this 8x media? What is the media id of it?
I'm with Ian on this one. Until I know what the media id of these are at newegg, I won't buy any. I don't want the same thing that happened to Ian happen to me.

Ian,

Did Meritline ever fix that problem? Do you still get 4x media or do you get 8x media now? I would like to know. I wouldn't buy any from them either until I knew I was going to get 8x media and not 4x media.

by **Ian** on Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:33 pm

hydrogen wrote:Did Meritline ever fix that problem? Do you still get 4x media or do you get 8x media now? I would like to know. I wouldn't buy any from them either until I knew I was going to get 8x media and not 4x media.

I keep checking their forum and from what I've seen there, people are still getting 4x discs. I'm not sure wtf is going on over there. Needless to say, I haven't ordered any more from them. That whole fiasco has kept me from orderin 8x -R discs as well.

by **vsekh** on Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:27 am

Anyone use this media on a Plextor PX-708a & able to burn at 8x speed? How is the quality of the burn?

by **aviationwiz** on Fri Mar 12, 2004 6:55 pm

vsekh wrote:Anyone use this media on a Plextor PX-708a & able to burn at 8x speed? How is the quality of the burn?

Should burn at 8x, but from what I hear the R03's aren't too hot...

by **vsekh** on Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:03 pm

I'll continue to look for 4x DVD+R Ricoh media made by Fuji or Memorex if I find any.

by **Kennyshin** on Sat Mar 20, 2004 8:58 am

$64 now.

Ritek DVD+R 4.7G 8X Single Sided Write Once Media 50pk, Model "DRD+47-8X-RDSM" - OEM

Model# DRD+47-8X-RDSM 50pk
Item # N82E16817132301
Price: $63.99
In Stock: Yes

by **aviationwiz** on Mon Mar 22, 2004 8:59 pm

I just saw the 25 pack for $37.99

I think this is new...Great for anyone wanting them but not having $64 to spend on them, or if you don't want so many...

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 323&depa=0

by **Klatu** on Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:14 pm

Will my HP 400i burn these at 8x?

by **aviationwiz** on Fri Mar 26, 2004 1:35 am

Ian wrote:
hydrogen wrote:Did Meritline ever fix that problem? Do you still get 4x media or do you get 8x media now? I would like to know. I wouldn't buy any from them either until I knew I was going to get 8x media and not 4x media.

I keep checking their forum and from what I've seen there, people are still getting 4x discs. I'm not sure wtf is going on over there. Needless to say, I haven't ordered any more from them. That whole fiasco has kept me from orderin 8x -R discs as well.

By the looks of it, now, (03-25-04) people are getting RITEKR03 discs. Finally, :lol:

by **Klatu** on Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:48 pm

Well I went ahead and bought a pack since noone ever replied... Here's the cdrinfo from it:

Code: Select all: Media Information Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO Media code/Manufacturer ID RITEK R03 Format Capacity Not Formatted Free Blocks 405405696 Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.70GB) Book Type DVD+R Media Type DVD+R Media Id Code Speed 8.0x 11080KBps Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.4x 3324KBps Data area starting sector 30000h Linear Density 0.267um/bit Track Density 0.74um/track Number of Layers 1

Burned perfect at 8x, took 9 minutes (was hoping for 5-7 hmmph) to burn a full dvd, played fine in my xbox with a thomson dvdrom. 2 thumbs up

Ritek 8x DVD+R 50 pack $70 at newegg!!!

Ritek 8x DVD+R 50 pack $70 at newegg!!!

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