Just curious as to what media people are using.

I have been using Verbatim x2 DVD-R faultlessly for the last 12mths, however these are getting harder and harder to come by at the moment ( and expensive )

Any recommendations !!

 

I use Ritek G04 discs only now (at 4x max). Normally the RiDisc ones here.

 

Cheers Dunk..

Daft question ! I'm fairly sure my Pioneer writer only writes x2 Max.. ! Does that rule out that media !!

 

lol no, it just means you can burn on it at a maximum of 4x, you can burn at 1x on it of you want

 

Plus you'll need the latest firmware on your dvd writer so that it can detect 4x media.If you've bought the drive in the last 12 months then you should be ok but you can check the firmware of your drive and reference it to the latest on the manufacturers website!!

Good luck

P.S: Ridisc/Ritek as Dunk mentioned above are good discs and you shouldn't have a problem...

 

LOL DOH.. cheers for that

I figured that was the case, just heard that some older drives can struggle with the newer x8 media, wanted to check that wasnt the case with x4 speed media...

Looks like I will give the Ridisc a try then..

 

I'm using cheapo Bulkpaq +R's

no problems (yet

 

You'll probably find that if you buy a budget ritek disc now, you'll get mixed batched of g04 (4x) and g05 (8x) media.
Quality has began to take a turn for the worse laterly with Ritek discs too.

For reliability and compatibility, i would recommend a fuji dye (Datawrite grey 8x) or a CMC/MCC (same as Verbatim) dye.

All these dye manufacturers have raised their game considerably while Ritek have rested on their g04 laurels.


Paul

 

On the later machines you'll def need -R

 

Firmware now upgraded to detect 4x media..

Cheers

 

Well I have slowly used up my 150 discs since I last wrote this thread and now can't seem to find anywhere that still sells the Ritek G04's..!!

Dunk ( or anybody ) what are you now using, or can you point me in the direction of someone who still sells the Riteks, have to admit the Xbox has taken every one with no problems so would like to stay with them if poss...

 

i use ridata 8x and piodata 8x and have no probs but i do have a samsung drive

 

I'm using Datawrite yellow TTG02's now, superb discs. Work great for PS2, Xbox and all of my tested DVD players and recorders.

http://www.diskdepot.co.uk/acatalog/...W__Minus_.html

 

If you click Dunks link and scroll down, the Ridisc 4x Ritek 10packs are on buy 4 get 5th free just now. That's under 18p per disc.

To get further discount, type; 'GIVEMEDISCOUNT' in the coupon/money off box at checkout for a further 5%


Paul

 

I'm just using some el-cheapo -R's from Scan. Only burnt a few, but no problems so far.

John.

 

Paul,

Thanks for the that, those are the ones I am after... Will stock up now whilst I can...

Cheers

Si

 

I have the phillips drive in my xbox (2nd best out of the three) and i use G04 discs burned at 6x with no problems what so ever.

When i had a 2x writer i used the 2x g03 discs too. www.blankdiscshop.co.uk is where i get mine. one of the cheepest i've found.

 

had been using bulkpaq orange -r's now got some emtec -r's from pc world they were quite cheap, have'nt tryed them yet if there no good i'll use them for backing up films

mike