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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
I always buy Ritek A grade G05 and nothing else.They come in a shrink wrap with no tub as this is how there packed from ritek.You often find rebranded Ritek G05 discs from firms such as datawrite Ridisk and Ridata that have also been repacked which can as I have found lead to damage to the disc itself.If you look on svp product code 3344 50 Ritek dvd -r's for £8.50 there all I ever buy.
If you want the best of the best and dont mind the price then Taiyo Yuden is the way to go product code 3248 and 3262 over 40 quid for 100
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I've had terrible trouble with the Ritek G05s. Apparently, a lot of the hardcore DVD burners got caught out because the G03s and G04s were so good. Anyway, after only a couple of months my G05s were becoming unreadable. I've had to rerip all of them and reburn to Verbatims and Taiyo Yudens. I'm never touching Ritek DVD-Rs again.
Oh and talking of compatability, If you're burning a DVD image, then if you set the booktype to DVD-ROM you trick the players into thinking it's playing a retail DVD. You can only set the booktype on DVD+Rs though. So if your burner supports booktypes DVD+Rs are the way to go. I updated my NEC3500AG firmware so I can set the booktype now. I only burn Taiyo Yuden DVD+Rs (YUDEN000 T02) and they all play in my XBox which no other DVD-R/Ws or+R/W do. So I would imagine they'd play in any DVD player.
TY media IS expensive though, but you can rely on it, and they're only 35p-40p each if you buy 100. And remember, a successful burn doesn't mean your data is safely stored, longevity is the stumbling block of most cheap(er) discs.
Have you checked many of your older GO5s recently Zinglebarb?