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Ridata DVD-RW 4X 25-Pack Spindle

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Brand Ridata
Memory Storage Capacity 4.7 GB
Format DVD-ROM
Write Speed 4x
Recording Capacity 120 minutes

About this item

  • 25 rewriteable DVD-RW discs on a plastic spindle with dust cover
  • 4.7 GB per disc; stores up to 120 minutes of DVD-quality video
  • For use with 4x speed recording (maximum); re-write up to 1,000 times
  • Highly compatible--can be played in most DVD players and DVD-ROM drives after recording and finalized
  • Not compatible with DVD+R/RW only drives (unless otherwise noted)

Product Description

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Ridata DVD-RW media is known for excellent performance and stable, reliable data writing. This spindle features 25 DVD-RW rewriteable discs that are compatible with 4x speed recordings. Designed for personal or professional use, Ridata's DVD-RW discs are made with high-quality organic dye recording layer materials, offer excellent compatibility with a wide range of players and burners, and support the CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media) copy protection system. Each disc holds up to 4.7 GB of data--which can store up to 120 minutes of high-quality video, or your collection of high-resolution photos or digital audio files.

What is DVD-R/RW?
DVD-R (which is pronounced "dash R" not "minus R") uses organic dye technology, like CD-R, and is compatible with most DVD drives and players. DVD-RW (formerly DVD-R/W and also briefly known as DVD-ER) is a phase-change erasable format. Developed by Pioneer based on DVD-R, using similar track pitch, mark length, and rotation control, DVD-RW is playable in many DVD drives and players. Capacity is 4.7 billion bytes. DVD-RW discs can be rewritten about 1,000 times. Many companies now produce DVD-RW drives, all of which write CD-R/RW. Most DVD-RAM drives also write DVD-R discs, while some also write DVD-RW discs. Some newer drives write both DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW formats.

About the Company
Ritek, the maker of Ridata media, is the world's largest optical media manufacturer. The name may be new to you, but if you've purchased blank media in the past, you've likely already used a Ritek product. For years, Ritek has been redefining the optical storage market around the world, and its name is synonymous with innovation, quality and unparalleled consistency. The new Ridata brand brings you top quality at an amazing value.

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2.7 out of 5 stars
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Virtual Void
1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work for Data or Video
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2004
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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.
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Athair
2.0 out of 5 stars Really not for video
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2004
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".
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J. Chou
5.0 out of 5 stars Works fine on Plextor DVD Writer
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2005
Works well with Plextor DVD Writer. Disc plays on all three of my computers. I use these RW discs for data backup so it is perfect for my need. Hard to beat this price.
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G.T.
1.0 out of 5 stars poor media, avoid like the plague
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2004
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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.
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SC
2.0 out of 5 stars Please be fair to Ritek
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2004
While this media is new and the faster writing of -RW has yet to be perfected it is not fair to blame Ritek or Amazon for leaving out the fact that older drives (especially year old Pioneer 104s) might have trouble writing to something not conceived of at the time of production. Correct writing strategy requires that your drive firmware recognize the disc media ID code. This means that you have to visit the Pioneer website and update your firmware in order to write to new media. If there is no newer firmware you have to stick to older media. Also, both the 104 and the 106 are limited to writing -RW media at a speed of 2X regardless of the rated speed on the media.

That being said, the quality of the burn with these discs is just fair. If you want a better disc go to the much better Ritek +RWs at the same price (assuming that your drive will work with +RW).
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Anonymouse
5.0 out of 5 stars Good quality media for certain writers
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2005
Works well with the NEC 2510A, but not recognized at all by the Pioneer 106D.
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Phone Man
1.0 out of 5 stars Junk
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2005
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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.
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yiz
1.0 out of 5 stars Cannot burn using Sony DRU-500A writer
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2004
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I have been able to burn other RiDATA/Ritek DVD, such as DVD-R, DVD+R with different speed with my SOny DRU-500A. However, I just cannot make this DVD-RW work on the writer.

Tried different DVD burning softwares but all of them failed. I suspect that the problem is in this blank media, not in the software or hardware.
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