Those are the same code as the prodisc from above. They are $39 per 100 from rima.com. They burn very well at 8x on my 2500 NECs.
Media: ONIDTECH - 100 Pack DVD-R 4x Retailer: http://www.ultran.com.tw/ and http://www.ebay.com/ Media Code: ONIDTECH (FAKE) Burner: Memorex DVD+/-DLRWL1 F16 dont you ever buy this type of disk guys not real i i burnt 20 movies so far all of them hap problems and im not a noob to this is just those disk sucks ight
Media: 100 Pack Ritek Ridata 4X DVD-R Media G04 4.7GB (Silver Shiny) DVDR Discs, $0.45 Each Merchant: meritline.com Media Code: G04 been happy with meritline for a while up until recently. purchased go4 silver shiny's as always and got calibration errors with the first 5 dvd-r's. used a pioneer dvd-r and a memorex dvd-r and they worked fine. kim he at meritline's customer service told me that they must be a "bad batch" and agreed to mail me 100 back. i will give an update once i get the new "good" batch. what's the deal? are they goin nuts with supplying too many dvd-r's and started to skimp on quality dye?
right you are! so, i just started using my replacements (god knows what they are - don't see any distinguishing brand names only numbers) and they work fine. will try the branded or printables next time. thanks for the advice. any tips on another seller other than meritline?
Hi Oquillia, This little freeware is a wonderful tool to identify your media. Just pop the media in your tray after loading dvdinfo, click the disc and, PRESTO! http://www.cdfreaks.com/software/60 Additionally, buy only quality branded media and save yourself the eventual, ubiquitous letdown.
Media: 50 Pack Ritek Ridata Merchant: www.svp.co.uk Media Code: G04 Burner: Pioneer 106 Burnt 30+ disc... only one coaster Nice merchant svp are
Kodak Dvd-r 4X media code : CMC MAG. AF1 Have burnt 4 complete spindles of 100 and never had a single coaster. Tested many and there has never been a single read error( I havent tested them all) At 59.99 for $100 And no problems why would I use these other discs I have.... Ridata G04 Manufacturer ID : [RITEKG04] Purchased 2 cake boxes of 50 from a website, not sure the name, but I could find it. Good reputation, but they wouldnt offer a refund or replacement based on my problems. I still havent used up quite all of them but the first 50 produced 11 coasters, and out of the 39 good ones I got I tested all of them for read errors, about half of them have errors, some will not play in my stand alone samsung dvd player, but all play problem free on the PC. All of the Kodak media has played time and time again in the DVD player without a single problem whatsoever. So personally I see no reason why you all (most of you swear by the Ritek media) I have even tried samples of other types of Ritek media and the results were less then impressive. I have in the past used Maxell and Fujifilm media as well, only because I was short and needed a few to get by. No problems encountered with those ones either.
On a related note, although I normally buy my media from either Newegg or Rima, I recently bought a spindle of 50 Ridatas (G04) from Shop4Tech and so far I've had 4 coasters in about the first 1/3 of the spindle. Previously I'd bought DVD cases and paper sleeves and off-brand ink cartridges from them and been very happy, but I don't plan to buy media from them again. Something else worth mentioning is that just because the media you get has problems doesn't automatically mean it was bad when the distributor or retailer received it. Improper packaging or handling can cause a lot of problems, especially with the discs at the top or bottom of a spindle. In other words, don't assume bad media = fake dye code, especially when the price seems to be normal for the media you're buying.
Media: RiDisc Ritek G04 x4 DVD-R (Purple Top) Retailer: SVP Communications Media Code: RITEKG04 Burner: Optorite DD0401 Didn't know what to make of this disk as I have used the disk before without issue. I bought another 100 and the first 4 disks I burnt were coasters which I thought was weird for such a well thought of and usually very reliable disk. I double checked and they were ID'd by Nero, DVDInfoPro and DVD Decrypter as x2 G04 media! I didn't know x2 G04 existed? A Ritek G04 with only a x2 Write Descriptor..... very strange, anyway I thought nothing of it put it down to experience and tried burning at x2, I can live with burning at 2x for 100 discs.... 4 more coasters, now I was really annoyed.... x1, more coasters. A duff batch? I tested (not burnt) all 100 discs and they all ID'd at x2 but they still didn't burn - even at x1! The dye looked flawless as G04's usually are.... To their credit SVP offered me a refund, I've always bought my DVD's from there so instead of that I re-ordered a dearer brand - Datawrite x8 DVD+R Prodisc-R03-03's - which I have used without issue before - excellent disc btw at £9.99 for 25. Anyway, steer clear of these purple tops for now at least until someone who has success says otherwise.
SO!!I up-Graded all my firm ware---Re-Ordered some more ProDisc ID-as MCC02RG20 by Mitsubishi Chemical.First 3 burned OK at 4.36,after that they had bad blocks starting at about 4.21 (5 in a row)so they have improved a little.The last ones would only go to 4.10.The original ProDiscS03,I had o problems all burns went the full 4.36 Sure hope they go back to the older Discs Just keeping every body informed
Media: Ritek Tango (DVD Identifier finds them as GO5 at 8x) Merchant: Scan (uk) Problem: lots of non-burns (power calibration errors) when prebious Ritek tangos (GO4) had never caused any problem whatever. Burner: Sony DRU510A with 1.1a firmware (most recent) Software: DVD Shrink & DVD Decrypter (with Nero 6)
jj666 i have those RiDisc Ritek G04 x4 DVD-R with purple top from SVP. They worked fine for me and was able to burn at x4 speed. Only had 1 coaster.
Media: Ritek DVD-R, 4X, Shining Silver Top Retailer: IOProducts.com Media Code: RITEKG04 Disk Center Logo: PoiData 4X Super Grade A DVD-R Burner: Plextor PX-708A Firmware 1.08 It is obvious that these are not Ritek RiData disks at all as I was lead to believe. The first two I burned from the 100 purchased are coasters. Looking at the burned side of the disk under good light, 2 cm dark lines can be seen ware the video skips and freezes. I hope these people will give me my money back.
I have purchased all kinds of dvd+R's (fugi,imation,sony,memorex,ect.)one big waste of money.I always get a successful backup,but its like rolling dice when putting it into the dvd player. sometimes it will play , sometimes with glitches , and sometimes not at all.I've tried many ways to back them up to dvd shrink/nero,dvd express"which sucks"and platinum.But since ive moved away from thes + format disc and went with maxell - r's not a bad disc yet. Does anyone know if it has anything to do with + format?
Well here I am again!50 Burns later,I Discover it's not the Disc's,it's my external Plextor PX 708A. (I guess I owe Mitsubishi an APOLOGY.)Their MCC 02RG20 Disc's are burning fine. I guess these external housings are not what they are cracked up to be.I've been using ADS 2.0 USB Drive Kits for about 11 Mons now.But just recently I've had trouble with 2 of them.They power up fine,but one of the drives won't reconize that it's a 120 Gig hard-drive,& the other was my writer which was giving me problems.I would have never thought that a writer in an external housing would create bad clusters on a Disc.But they did!I Assume it was caused by low Voltage,and not running the writer properly.I moved the writer into my computer & all is fine. Any feed-back on this would be APPRECIATED! I like external housings,but not at a $100.00 every 11 Mons.. So anyway the Disc's are fine!!Great prices at supermediastore.com $0.40 ea (Prodisc 4xDVD-R)THIS IS SHIPPING INCLUDED. Oh yeah MCC 02RG20 on the Prodisc is the same id # as on Verbatim DVD-R
to eddE...try this site http://meritline.com/faq-dvd-blank-media-burner-burning-software.html#2. it will probably answer your question. i'm new to all this stuff and it's been very helpful to me. good luck!
