Hey guys,

I recently came across a local dealer who sells Ridata DVD+R's. These a re considerbaly cheaper than the Verbatims I've been buying. Does anybody have any opinions on these Ridata DVD+R's?

Thanks
Derrick

True ridata's are great - anything with ritek dark purpe dye is good. Just watch out for overprints (normally top overprinted with bright colours - yellow, orange) as these are junk.

In the UK ritek dye disks are about half the price of verbatims.

Yeah but he is talking about DVD+R and not DVD-R. Ridata both DVD-R and DVD+R are exceptional discs. It's only if they are made by Bulqpaq/Datasafe/Datawrite labels that you will have to watch out. I haven't heard of any of those three labels manufactering DVD+R discs yet though. Anyways you should be just as well off as those of us who use thier DVD-R counterparts. Everyone that I have heard from who has used Ritek, Ridata DVD+R has had nothing but praise about them.

Thanks for the replies - I found this store and bought 1 Ridata DVD+R, 1 Ridata DVD+RW, and another no name brand (very cheap) DVD+R. Just wanted to try them out before I bought a whole bunch. They all worked 100% in my HPDVD200j and played back perfectly on my Pioneer DVD-355 standalone player. The Ridata discs seem to be as good quality as the Verbatims I normally buy. Going to buy a whole bunch soon. Seems like all the DVD+R discs I've come across are good quality, even the El Cheapo no-name brand I bought yesterday. Disc has the dark purple dye and worked like a charm.

Thanks again
Derrick

I'm not sure about DVD+R but in the DVD-R line, Verbatim actually uses the Ritek dye on some of it's lines of discs. So you are only paying more for the Verbatim label in that case. I would imagine the same would probably be true for DVD+R. One way to find out is to put in a blank Verbatim and open up DVD Decrypter and it will give you the dye on the disc and then do the same with Ritek and see how they compare.

Thanks for the 411. I did'nt know DVD Decrypter can give you information on the dye of the disc. Thats news to me. I'm at work now......I'll check that out when I get home.

Just to correct you on one thing, I did'nt buy Riteks yesterday, but Ridatas. Unless they're the same thing according to DVD Decrypter.

Also, I always thought the Verbatims were made by Mitsubishi Chemicals, but I'll confirm that tonight. The discs sure do look the same on the underside though...

Derrick

Ridata is owned by Ritek so its the same thing.

Originally posted by Indiana Jones
Ridata is owned by Ritek so its the same thing.

Yup. Ridata is Ritek's own "name brand" line so there is no difference between the two. Also just to make sure you know that DVD Decrypter will only give you the manufacterer info if the disc is blank. Once it is recorded it won't be able to give you that info.

Thanks for the info. Someone here once mentioned that Ridatas are actually Riteks, but another person said that Traxdata is the "brand name" of Ritek. I'll go grab a bunch of them today while I can still get my hands on them.

Just another question...The store I'm going to also has Ritek CD-R's in a spindle. Are they just as good as the DVD+R discs?

Thanks
Derrick

Nope thier CD-Rs are supposed to be pretty bad actually. What are you going to use your CD-Rs for? (ie games, MP3s, ect?)