Ritek no longer the hot ****!

[Frito]

Dang man, shoulda let us all in. In the latest "What's the best DVD's?" threads people are still touting Ritek's as the leader.

So what does TY stand for?

[lufcfan]

TY = Taiyo Yuden

I have some Ritek CD-R and my new writer is very hit and miss with them, I must say, but the DVD-R I have from Ritek is excellent - as it always has been might I add...

[Frito]

Well if Taiyo Yuden seems to be the good stuff. They'll be my next purchase.

These guys have a good proce. $0.55 each.

http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/mercha...ory_Code=TAIYO

[gtapex_trueno]

But the guy who is doing the review wasn't reviewing the G04 or G05, he was reviewing a different dye from Ritek, RitekM02.

"Its over a year ago I published an article referring to Ritek discontinuing the well loved G03, G04 & G05 dye formulation, and on the forum I published it in I was ridiculed that Ritek would even think of such a thing.
Well it has happened and the first disc I come across is RIDATA printable media with the MID code RITEKM02 it is recognised as a 4x speed disc and the writing layer is a light purple and not the deep purple we all love. "

That doesn't mean that Riteks aren't good or anything, just that the newer RitekM02 suck. The G04 and G05 may still be the hot **** to some! At least in my book it is

They still do sell the G04 and G05 media......

I think this thread is a bit misleading......

*Edit: mispelled and

[h00l1gan]

so in short, the TY's are better than the new Riteks, but the G04's and G05's are still very good and equal to TY?

[crazygamelover]

Originally Posted by gtapex_trueno

I think this thread is a bit misleading......

I agree! The G04, and G05's are still very good.

[bobfffg]

agreed, i've never had any probs with the G04/05 dyes

[patch god]

Yes Gtapex, I was about to say the exact same thing after I saw the code said Ritek M02.

At the moment I have about 25 ritek G04's and 50 TY's. So I am a happy camper. ESPECIALLY since I got them hell cheap.

[TylerDurden]

Ok Ive come across an interesting problem myself. I bought some Ritek GO4 from Meriteline about a week ago. Well I noticed that the bottoms of them were very light colored. Kinda like how Ritek was when they first started off. Well I did a check on DVDinfo Pro and it states that I have GO5 dye discs.

Now Im am beginning to wonder if this has anything to do with my hacked Pioneer drive maybe giving a false positive for GO5 or if indeed these are really GO5.

Bad part is, I have 6 failed burns with this batch that I have purchased from Meritline. Maybe Ill try the TY's out when I run out of stock.



Tyler!