Between 2004 and 2006/7 I always used Ritek DVD-R's for stand alone dvd playback, and I have to say they played back with NO PROBLEMS on every stand alone player I tried back in the day...very reliable dvds.
My question is...'is this still the case now in 2011 or is there a more reliable/better technology in the recording dye of dvd's'?
I am looking at Verbatim DVD-R with AZO Recording Layer. Theses seem to get great reviews for backing up data but are they any good for dvd playback on standalone players?
What dvd technology do you folks use
Thanks
We ditched Ritek when we bought auto printers - they used to get stuck on the belts. Used Maxell and Verbatim ever since - we can do up to a thousand discs a day in-house - zero burn fails and zero returns is the norm. I've even tamed the PrintFactory printers into near perfect operation.
Verbatim are better made than Maxell - some batches of Maxell have had a nasty burr on the bottom edge. Verbatim may have a slight burr - we also use the Archival Gold discs - beautifully made - you can see the value.
If Ritek work for you then stick with them.
Unlike Gavin, I'm not running auto printers, just one-at-a-time Epsons and the Ritek 8x -R in packs of 50 from Stuff For Computers have worked fine over many years. I can't remember the last time I had the copying tower reject a disk and likewise rejects from customers have been nil.
Ray
I'm not producing the quantities that either Ray or Gavin do but I've been using RiteK 16X full-face printable for years. I burn them at X6 and apart from a couple with obvious manufacturing defects I've had no problems.
Another one here for Ritek (G05), been using them for a number of years with very few faulty ones and. zero returns.
I've used Ritek also traxdata(same dye I think) for many years with no problems on standalone playback units. Mainly for copies. For the masters I use either Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden weathershield. The latter expensive but suberb.
I probably should have said earlier, most of my Riteks have been Traxdata with a few Pii.
thanks for the info folks, it looks like i will be sticking with Ritek for a while then, i also forgot to mention that i use pioneer dvd burners, i have heard that these like Ritek medi.
saying that though, i will have a bash at the Verbatim AZO as well, they are cheap enough so probs worth the experiment :-)
thanks again!
The problem I find these days is that customers query every last penny of spend, which in some cases can lead to a false economy. We do duplicate 1000s every month, and use Ritek, TY and occasionally Verbatim. Ritek are definitely much cheaper, and generally good, but, we do get the odd disc back still - usually no more than 1%, often a lot less than that.
The issue of printing causes far more problems still. We ditched all of our auto printers in favour of a bank of Canons - generally much more reliable in our experience - and, arguably faster too, though more labour intensive.
I tend to use Verbatim but found a few playback problems with them this past while.
Total blank Media had to replace a spindle of 50 for me.
Cant say I had noticed this in in the past, they used to be very relayable but now I'm beginning to wonder.
When Ian @ Linx was selling DVDs I bought Ritek all the time from him, I was very pleased with them.
Ritek are cheaper @£6.77.. Verbatim £10.81
I just thought Verbatim had the edge over Ritek.
After reading the posts here I might give Ritek another bash.
Anyone else getting problems with Ritek G05 discs burning (or not!) on Pioneer DVR-A18L burners? Out of 15 burners, only one will accept them (all have the same version of firmware on them), but they seem to read them OK
I have a couple of Pioneer 115D burners in my Macpro and if the demand increases I use an Acard ISUS which prints off five at a time. Always Ritek. A wrong-un is very rare.