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Am I able to copy Double Density DVD's with any Slysoft product, If I only have a single density drive?
Am I able to copy Double Density DVD's with any Slysoft product, If I only have a single density drive?
I am aware of other software that shrinks DD DVD's down to fit on a Single.
Wondered if any SlyFox software did that.
Same as meLite-On DVDRW LH-20A1H
or Ritek. I won't let my drive touch inferior media!
Lite-On DVDRW LH-20A1H
Well, with low-end hardware dvd players compatibility can be an issue, but with decent players it's really great value. Ritek is targeted by fake media from the "grey" market (so has Taiyo Yuden) but this should not be confused with the real stuff. If the Riteks don't do it for you, then you may as well go with Taiyo Yuden, it's less expensive then "Verbatim" and slightly better quality too.Ritek should be avoided. Much of it is horrible.
Well, with low-end hardware dvd players compatibility can be an issue, but with decent players it's really great value. Ritek is targeted by fake media from the "grey" market (so has Taiyo Yuden) but this should not be confused with the real stuff. If the Riteks don't do it for you, then you may as well go with Taiyo Yuden, it's less expensive then "Verbatim" and slightly better quality too.
Verbatim don't make their own discs (Verbatim is not a Singaporean company, so they must sub-contract those discs to be made, assuming the discs are produced in Singapore as Webslinger says). I would use slower speed media if choosing Ritek, 4x is their best; and if you're on a budget can work out to be excellent value. I only have 4x media right now, but ideally I'd keep 4x media for general-purpose burning, and 16x media for when I'm in a hurry. 4x may sound obsolete, but is better quality (I think the industry has rushed the speeds and is playing catch-up). 8x is probably just as good, but it's not like I burn disc-after-disc and care if I save 10 minutes burning time, because it's very rare that I'd be waiting to burn a 2nd disc! In an ideal world I'd even go as far to use +R discs for DATA use... but as I don't burn many data discs, I use -R always (+R isn't a real DVD format anyway; and just like bluray/hddvd it's bad for the consumer because even though competition is good, incompatibility is not).
Another common cause of failures is the use of stickers instead of direct-printing onto the disc's surface, which you should never do.
I buy my media from JPL... going on their prices for inkjet printable discs...
250 Verbatim - $138.00 = $0.552/disc
100 Taiyo Yuden - $55.00 = $0.55/disc
You don't have to buy as many Taiyo Yuden discs to get the same value - AND those Taiyo Yuden discs are 16x, the Verbatim ones are only 8x. My conclusion is that the Taiyo Yuden discs are far better value, but I would still swear by 4x Ritek media as possibly being the best overall value.
W Ritek is targeted by fake media from the "grey"
Verbatim don't make their own discs (Verbatim is not a Singaporean company, so they must sub-contract those discs to be made, assuming the discs are produced in Singapore as Webslinger says)
but I would still swear by 4x Ritek media as possibly being the best overall value.
Here is a review of the burner we're talking about, burning different media:Ritek is pretty low quality stuff. Right up there with Princo. People who know what they're doing in the burning community tend to avoid Ritek.
Brand:
Traxdata – Thanks to Conrexx Europe for sending us this media.
Manufacturer:
RiTEK
Code:
RITEK F1
Disc Type:
DVD-R
Capacity:
4483MB
Certified Speed:
16x
Write Speed:
16x
Write Time:
5m:50s
PI-8 errors Average/Sec:
2.94
PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:
0.09
Brand:
Traxdata ValuePack
Manufacturer:
RiTEK
Code:
RITEK F1
Disc Type:
DVD-R
Capacity:
4483MB
Certified Speed:
16x
Write Speed:
16x
Write Time:
5m:50s
PI-8 errors Average/Sec:
7.81
PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:
0.05
Brand:
Verbatim Photo Printable – Thanks to Verbatim (UK) for sending us this media.
Manufacturer:
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Code:
MCC 03R G20
Disc Type:
DVD-R
Capacity:
4483MB
Certified Speed:
16x
Write Speed:
18x
Write Time:
5m:28s
PI-8 errors Average/Sec:
2.63
PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:
0.08
Brand:
Verbatim - Thanks to Verbatim (UK)
for sending us this media.
Manufacturer:
Mitsubishi Kagaku Media
Code:
MKM 01RW 6X01
Disc Type:
DVD-RW
Capacity:
4483MB
Certified Speed:
6x
Write Speed:
6x
Write Time:
11m:03s
PI-8 errors Average/Sec:
7.68
PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:
0.00
Here is a review of the burner we're talking about, burning different media:
G04 was much, much better.
Yes I'm sure Verbatim is better quality... however Ritek burns very well on the dirve, and the media is half the price.
The longest-lasting discs, are still Taiyo Yuden.
It's not my website, don't ask me how they chose the media and decided what speeds to burn them at.Ok, so Verbatim had less errors, on average, in all cases than Ritek (you included a RW test, but didn't include the RW test with Ritek).
...hmmm, I don't think this will go anywhere fast; as far as you and I know Ritek's F1 could last 100 years - but you can't TEST that, and you can't test it for T-Y or Verbatim either. All you can go by is experience and what it's designed for. At any rate, no DVD-R will ever last forever, no CD-R will and no HD-DVD or BluRay-R's will either (especially not BluRay as it's burnt closer to the surface!) There's probably only a certain number of times you could read -R material too, before the data becomes too difficult for the laser to read.The question is whether it will last as long as similarly rated (speed rating) Verbatim blank media.
It's not my website
as far as you and I know Ritek's F1 could last 100 years - but you can't TEST that
and you can't test it for T-Y or Verbatim either.
All you can go by is experience and what it's designed for.
At any rate, no DVD-R will ever last forever, no CD-R will and no HD-DVD or BluRay-R's will either (especially not BluRay as it's burnt closer to the surface!)
Fair enough - I'd use A-Grade media for RW anyway, not Ritek.The Ritek RW media test was included at cdfreaks.
CD-R's haven't even existed yet for 20 years.I doubt that much, and I don't have much hope for most discs in general lasting longer than 20 years.
Yes but still under controlled conditions which do not fully represent real-time longevity. It's true those tests may indicate which discs will last longer in real life - but it still will never prove with certainty how long they will last in real life. The test you're looking at won't highlight the possibly variance in quality, nor the actual average degradation times as the test samples are so small - but it looks interesting, and should yield some tangible results (it's like testing sun damage on cars using mirrors - it's not a perfect representation of a real life timeline).Yes, you can. Longevity studies have been published in the past for cd-r media
CD-R's haven't even existed yet for 20 years.
Yes but still under controlled conditions which do not fully represent real-time longevity. It's true those tests may indicate which discs will last longer in real life - but it still will never prove with certainty how long they will last in real life.
The test you're looking at won't highlight the possibly variance in quality, nor the actual average degradation times as the test samples are so small -
but it looks interesting, and should yield some tangible results (it's like testing sun damage on cars using mirrors - it's not a perfect representation of a real life timeline)
Personally I'm far more worried about BluRay winning over HD-DVD; as their disc structure is compromised to squeeze higher quality out of it; and you can bet that the day will come when everyone agrees that HD-DVD recordable media is higher quality then BluRay-R/RW.
Yes I'm sure they're good at averages.Which one? Both the NIST study and the other one I linked to did not use tiny sample sizes.
The problem with BR isn't that the data is closer to the surface, but that it's an imperfect format that's been compromised to achieve a higher amount of storage (the process through which discs are pressed -or recording media is made is much more complex, hence more things can go wrong). At the same time, their players, although more expensive have lower standards then HD-DVD ones. I think that the early days, which we're in, at the moment will be bad for BluRay, because it will establish their reputation; and all the hype about the "quality" will lead to customer dissatisfaction. Especially when customers begin to realize the BD discs aren't using the full storage potential anyway.I know it's considered sacrilegious of me to say so on these forums, but I am not greatly worried about this format "war" (If James reads this, he'll probably want to smack me). That said, I am not fond of all these crazy restrictions on Blu-Ray (if BD+ requires people to update their firmware frequently . . . *sigh* I really don't understand why they feel that won't inconvenience the consumer), and having the data layer so close to the outside does present some concerns.
Yes I'm sure they're good at averages.
The problem with BR isn't that the data is closer to the surface