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Ridata DVD+RW 4x 50-pack Spindle

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I had high hopes since I have used their DVD-R's previously. The first disc had scratches and was damaged. It was also dirty with many particles present on the surface as well. The next few discs also were dirty. The product was returned to Amazon.

I just purchased the 25-pack spindle of this disc from Amazon. I had read the negative reviews here stating numerous problems/errors with them. Since there was a rebate involved, I wanted to verify the quality of the discs before I mailed off the UPC (and thereby nullify the possibility of returning them).

Using Nero on my Benq DW1620 drive, I ran a full-disc test burn w/verify at 4X on <u>all 25 discs</u>. Each and every one of them verified successfully.

BTW, here are some of the specifics of the discs that I received, as reported by Nero CD Speed:Manufacturer: Ricoh

Code: RICOHJPN W11Remember that not all drives, nor all media, are created equal. They don't always work well together. CD-R/RW had this same problem earlier on, but improved over time. It just so happens that Ritek/Ridata is a recommended brand of media for my drive.

A quick web search should provide CD/DVD resources that can help pair your drive with a brand of media that has given good results. Manufacturers, too, sometimes list media that has been tested and "approved" for use with their drive(s).

I've almost finished burning my 3rd 25-pack spindle of these with no problems. I burned them using my Akai DVDRW120 stand-alone burning deck & my Plextor burner on my computer. I see the 25-pack has been discontinued! Why is it every time I'm happy with a product they stop carrying it? I just ordered the 50-pack spindle instead.

Update- Jan. 24, 2005
Only about half of the first dozen or so of the 50-pack spindle worked... & then just barely with many of the working discs skipping or locking up on parts. Not 1 of the rest of the spindle worked. They wouldn't even format! "Invalid Disk" error messages on most blank discs. These problems were observed on both my computer & my stand alone burner. About the 15th from the bottom I found 1 with a deep gouge & several deep scatches in it, but the rest looked spotless.

I've also used up almost half of their 25-packs of DVD+R, DVD-R, & their DVD-RW with no problems on my computer, but my stand-alone burner will only burn on DVD+R & DVD+RW.

There's definitlely something wrong with their 50-packs folks. They may be bad batches or they're too fragile to be packed on a 50-pack spindle & withstand the ruthless banging around of shipping. I noticed the 100 pack got 1 good review out of only 1 review. I'll wait to see more reviews on it. In the meantime, I did notice they're carrying the 25 pack spindles again... I'll stick with those.

The DVD+RW were actually DVD-RW and I had to finalize each one after recording and it was very time consumming but they worked ok and I only had two disc that were bad. The price was good but I just wish I had gotten the disc that I had ordered, I live too far away for returning things so since they worked I went ahead and used them.

I had used up 2 25-packs of Ridata +RW's with no problem, and then I bought a 50-pack in Oct '06, despite some negative reviews. I just used up the last of that pack and ordered another 50-pack from Amazon. I'm happy to report that all discs of the first 50-pack were trouble-free (for Liteon and Philips recorders), and so far the first few discs of the second batch as well. I should add that I'm no connoiseur of DVD recording and can't comment on the recording quality of these discs, but for recording off of TV and VHS, they serve my purpose just fine.

I was worried by the bad experience others had with this media. Mine shipped from KY and the first thing I did was visually inspect the media to see if there were any obvious flaws. All was well on this front.

The media code is RICOHJPNW11. I've burnt four DVD+RW's from this spindle in a NEC 2500A and Benq 800 drive. Verification was perfect. Nice to have 4x media after using 1x DVD-Rw Optodisc media (which redefines the meeting of unreliable!). My hard drive backups have now become a whole lot easier!

Do check your spindles when they arrive given other peoples experiences - Amazon has a good return policy.

I highly recommend these!

Received item in securely packaged box and was surprised to find that about half the stack had damaged discs. The outside perimeter (about .25 to .50 inches) of the damaged discs were were noticealby scratched. I just tried burning and reading a test disc (using Nero DVD Speed) and it failed with a read error. Hopefully, the rest of the stack won't be as bad.

Don't know who is to blame for the damage: manufacturing or shipping. Hopefully, this was just a bad "set", but I'll be buying my discs "locally" from now on.

Over half my discs had errors. I have tried different softwares and drives and it still gives errors.

Extremely disappointed. Will never buy this brand again

I have been using Ritek/Ridata DVD-R and DVD+RW disks for several months and have been very satisfied. Not a bad burn yet. I was excited to order additional DVD+RW disks for their added versatility. My previous experience with the DVD+RW disks was with shiny top surface vs. matte surface with this order. I don't know if that makes any difference as the recording surface on both has the same appearance.

Disappointment resulted quite quickly. As a previous poster indicated, the disks all had a small ridge of scratched surface around the outer perimeter of the recording surface. In my case, the disks would appear to record correctly. It was not until I tried to access the files that it would generate an error. The disk was unreadable. I had at least 4 bad writes in the first 10 disks. It seems that it is only a problem with almost full disks. Partially used disk didn't seem to have a problem (in an unscientific sampling!). I will try a replacement order and if that one exhibits that same scratched area, I guess a refund will be the only option. Too bad because Ritek is usually an excellent brand that I have had good luck with, and the price was too good to pass up.