Ridata DVD-RW 4x 25pk cake box

Rating:
Summary: Junk
Review: Do not buy this media, Waste of money, Bought it to use with my Toshiba XS32 recorder and they do not work so I was like fine I can use them on my PC take them to my PC and mind you I have 2 different PC DVD recorders a Sony and a Toshiba and they both wont read or write to them. These things are junk, Firmware is upgraded to latest on both drives, That is not the issue. I would give 0 stars if I could, A complete waste of money.

Rating:
Summary: Doesn't work for Data or Video
Review: I have 2 DVD writers BTC 1008 (8x DVD+-R/RW) and Maddog 4x (DVD-R/RW).
These discs were recognized only in the BTC drive, as :

Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RITEKW04
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 411107328
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB)
Book Type DVD-RW
Media Type DVD-RW
Manufacturer Rated Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.0x 2770KBps
Write Strategy Speed 2.0x 2770KBps
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 02 D6 FD 9E D8 31 00 02 00 00 00 .l........1.....
00000010 00 00 00 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 57 00 04 30 34 00 .....RITEKW..04.
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 15 0C 05 ................

However they failed both during DVD-Video (16%) or Data burn (100%), I have the latest firmware on my writers and the BTC's website says that DVD1008 supports RITEKW04,
I had been using RiData DVD+RW discs and was very happy with their performace.
I am not sure if these failures are due to High speed incompatibility or just bad discs, if I am not able to fix it in 1-2 days I am going to return these discs, not sure what amazon's return policy is for opened media.



Rating:
Summary: better than average media, beware crank reviews
Review: I ordered ridata 4x dvd-rw and ridata 4x dvd-r, and im dead serious when I say both batches of discs were corrupt. However crazy that is, the quality of ridata labeled media is the same as the garbage you bring outside. I have a pioneer a05 and the discs are not even recognized by any software in the drive. When I burned the 4x dvd-r discs, I had like 4 out of 5 coasters. Ritek used to make quality and affordable media, but this ridata labeled media is just plain junk, avoid it. Look at every else reviews, its no secret that you shouldnt buy this stuff.

Rating:
Summary: Useless media
Review: I've tried using these discs in several different DVD recorders and DVD burners. Same result every time, the product is a waste of good money.

Rating:
Summary: Won't Work With Pioneer DVR-810H
Review: Incompatible. Unit does not recognize this media. Unit is DVD-RW compatible. What a waste of money.

Rating:
Summary: Not recognized
Review: No joke, I have two burners, one I bought just a month ago, both do not recognize this media. These drives recognize other media of lesser brands. One drive is a Mad dog, the other a panasonic.

Rating:
Summary: Really not for video
Review: Run this disk through "DVD Identifier" and it turns out this is a "restricted" disk, meaning it is intended for data only. What you want is "General Purpose" and this is not it. That probably explains a lot of the trouble people are having. Nowhere is this fact made clear for people who want to use it in DVD recorders, not computers. My Toshiba D-R2 insists this disk is "write protected".

Rating:
Summary: Won't work on Pioneer A06 (1.08 firmware)
Review: This is the first media I have encountered that wont work on the A06. Defective disks??? According to Metline's compatibility list, these disks should work on the A06 with 1.08 firmware.

Rating:
Summary: Good quality media for certain writers
Review: Works well with the NEC 2510A, but not recognized at all by the Pioneer 106D.