25Pack Spindle of 4x DVD-R for $44.50 (free shipping)

[BosHaus313]

ignore post.. wrong thread =P

 

[Jombo]

i'm really tempted ^^
looks good tho.. saving 30, 35mins vs 1x is very tempting thanks for the post

 

[may]

Originally posted by: krackato
From what I've read, people with Pioneer 104 and 103 have been burning Ritek G03 media perfectly for a long time. In fact, it seems that G03 Ritek media is the best media that you can buy if you want to spend less than $1/disc and still have reliable media. I see no reason why the A05, a supposed improvement over the a03 and a04 cannot burn these Ritek discs at 2x when the previous models were able to. Mostly likely, the reasoning has to do with money more than technology, which is odd considering that you'd think the DVD-R camp would be doing everything to make sure that DVD-R will beat the competeing DVD+R standard. Don't be fooled. Burning Ritek media at 2x is 100% technologically feasible. It's politics people. EDIT: Oh, and BTW, I just bought a Pioneer 105. It was a good deal and I figure 4x media is going to drop down to <$1 disc sooner than later. Maybe the hacked firmware some of the guys are working on will be out before than, but if not, I'll be burning 4x soon enough. Until then, I'm a patient man. I can burn at 1x for a while. I'm not happy with Pioneer's firmware not supporting 2x on generic media, but I'll get over it. Or eBay the drive and upgrade to the inevitable a06 whenever that comes out.

A03/04 are released earlier so someone was able to hacked the drive and patched the firmware to burn Ritek at 2x. A05 uses a different micro controller so the patcher has to start all over again. Currently they are working on it and maybe patch for A05 will be out in a month... hopefully...

 

[Mallow]

I need dvd+r/w!!

 

[tigerbait]

Originally posted by: may

Originally posted by: krackato
From what I've read, people with Pioneer 104 and 103 have been burning Ritek G03 media perfectly for a long time. In fact, it seems that G03 Ritek media is the best media that you can buy if you want to spend less than $1/disc and still have reliable media. I see no reason why the A05, a supposed improvement over the a03 and a04 cannot burn these Ritek discs at 2x when the previous models were able to. Mostly likely, the reasoning has to do with money more than technology, which is odd considering that you'd think the DVD-R camp would be doing everything to make sure that DVD-R will beat the competeing DVD+R standard. Don't be fooled. Burning Ritek media at 2x is 100% technologically feasible. It's politics people. EDIT: Oh, and BTW, I just bought a Pioneer 105. It was a good deal and I figure 4x media is going to drop down to <$1 disc sooner than later. Maybe the hacked firmware some of the guys are working on will be out before than, but if not, I'll be burning 4x soon enough. Until then, I'm a patient man. I can burn at 1x for a while. I'm not happy with Pioneer's firmware not supporting 2x on generic media, but I'll get over it. Or eBay the drive and upgrade to the inevitable a06 whenever that comes out.

A03/04 are released earlier so someone was able to hacked the drive and patched the firmware to burn Ritek at 2x. A05 uses a different micro controller so the patcher has to start all over again. Currently they are working on it and maybe patch for A05 will be out in a month... hopefully...

yep, so if anyone knows how to write a disassembler for the M16C/70, go to the firmware page and help these guys out

 

[IBJanky]

Thanks! I just ordered some

 

[SteveS]

Thanks also. I have just ordered some. At this price it makes some sense to get 4X.

 

[Sept1967]

A 15min full DVD burn justifies buying the Cendyne (Pioneer DVR-105) deal.

 

[Samus]

opps, nm

 

[JameyF]

Anyone see any 4x DVD-RW for a reasonable price in fairly low quantity? All I see are non-rated, which I can only assume they will burn at 1x. That sucks when I burn to DVD-RW before I burn to DVD-R to test the disc setup first.

 

[tigerbait]

Does anyone know if it is safe to write on these DVD-Rs with a Sharpie marker?

 

[ShinSa]

Originally posted by: JameyF
Anyone see any 4x DVD-RW for a reasonable price in fairly low quantity? All I see are non-rated, which I can only assume they will burn at 1x. That sucks when I burn to DVD-RW before I burn to DVD-R to test the disc setup first.

I don't beleive a 4x DVD-RW media is available. Let alone a 4X-DVD-RW drive.

The pioneer A05 is a 2x DVD-RW only.

 

[JameyF]

Originally posted by: ShinSa

Originally posted by: JameyF
Anyone see any 4x DVD-RW for a reasonable price in fairly low quantity? All I see are non-rated, which I can only assume they will burn at 1x. That sucks when I burn to DVD-RW before I burn to DVD-R to test the disc setup first.

I don't beleive a 4x DVD-RW media is available. Let alone a 4X-DVD-RW drive.

The pioneer A05 is a 2x DVD-RW only.

Ok, that would do. I have read on one forum that Pioneer makes DVD-RW media that will burn at 2x. I haven't seen any, and they 1x media I saw from pioneer was like $9 each piece plus shipping. That's a bit steep. I would love to find somethign less than $5 each disc in a quantity of 10 or less.

Just so this isn't an I wanna post, the best deal I've seen on DVD-RW is 1x Maxell's at Staples for $9.95 after a $5 MIR for 3 of them. This is what I'm tempted to get for data backups. Anyone have experience with the Maxell DVD-RW's?

 

[ShinSa]

Originally posted by: JameyF

Originally posted by: ShinSa

Originally posted by: JameyF
Anyone see any 4x DVD-RW for a reasonable price in fairly low quantity? All I see are non-rated, which I can only assume they will burn at 1x. That sucks when I burn to DVD-RW before I burn to DVD-R to test the disc setup first.

I don't beleive a 4x DVD-RW media is available. Let alone a 4X-DVD-RW drive.

The pioneer A05 is a 2x DVD-RW only.

Ok, that would do. I have read on one forum that Pioneer makes DVD-RW media that will burn at 2x. I haven't seen any, and they 1x media I saw from pioneer was like $9 each piece plus shipping. That's a bit steep. I would love to find somethign less than $5 each disc in a quantity of 10 or less.

Just so this isn't an I wanna post, the best deal I've seen on DVD-RW is 1x Maxell's at Staples for $9.95 after a $5 MIR for 3 of them. This is what I'm tempted to get for data backups. Anyone have experience with the Maxell DVD-RW's?

The thing I dont get is that the A05 is originally bundled with a pioneer 4x DVD-R and a 2X DVD-RW media.

However the Cendyne package skimps on both these and just gives you an unbranded 1X princo DVD-RW.

hmmm..... that 2x DVD-RW media is $10 bux alone.

Pioneer

 

[cheetoden]

That damn 1x princo dvd-RW won't even work in my drive.

 

[tigerbait]

Originally posted by: tigerbait
Does anyone know if it is safe to write on these DVD-Rs with a Sharpie marker?

anybody? I heard it may cause damage, and you need a special pen.

 

[Cat13]

Originally posted by: tigerbait

Originally posted by: tigerbait
Does anyone know if it is safe to write on these DVD-Rs with a Sharpie marker?

anybody? I heard it may cause damage, and you need a special pen.

From what I have heard, the sharpie markers are oil based and can eventually penetrate and corrupt the die. Either use markers specific for cd/dvd's or I use the hub labels from labelgear . They have worked out great for me.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: tigerbait

Originally posted by: tigerbait
Does anyone know if it is safe to write on these DVD-Rs with a Sharpie marker?

anybody? I heard it may cause damage, and you need a special pen.

really? uh-oh...

 

[nero2]

I ordered this 25pk of 4x DVD-Rs from ESBUY last week and I should be getting them on Monday. I'll let you guys know how they work in my 105.

 

[Steelerz37]

any idea how well these work on a ps2?
thanks

 

[Cat13]

I have been using the Ritek04's and they have worked in every thing I have tried that is capable of playing dvd-r/rw. My original ps2 plays them just fine.

 

[Sept1967]

[/quote]The thing I dont get is that the A05 is originally bundled with a pioneer 4x DVD-R and a 2X DVD-RW media.

However the Cendyne package skimps on both these and just gives you an unbranded 1X princo DVD-RW.

hmmm..... that 2x DVD-RW media is $10 bux alone.

Pioneer[/quote]


It's easy to understand.

Pioneer retail drive - $299.99 (with full media)
Cendyne (rebox Pioneer) - $159.99 (skimpy media)

You get the idea...

 

[spinn]

Anyone get the 50pk DVD-R from PC Club and get Sony's instead of Ritek? The 25pk that I got from there were Sony's...2x capable.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: spinn
Anyone get the 50pk DVD-R from PC Club and get Sony's instead of Ritek? The 25pk that I got from there were Sony's...2x capable.

what burner do you have?

 

[ShinSa]

Originally posted by: spinn
Anyone get the 50pk DVD-R from PC Club and get Sony's instead of Ritek? The 25pk that I got from there were Sony's...2x capable.

SPINN, stop cross posting from threads.

I've already answered this in another thread.