I thought RICOHJPN was good !!

I've just got 4 Ridata 16X DVD+R (RICOHJPN R03) for testing , I burnt the first disc on my Pioneer 111L 8.29 @ 12X and the result is very bad
Should I reburn the same data again on another disc or it would be fine ?
My goal was to burn 2 discs with the Pio @12X (maximum allowed speed) and 8X , then with the Benq 1640 @12X and 8X and see the best result .

Here is the one burnt with Pio 111L @12X :

My batch of Traxdata branded RICOHJPN R03 wasnt exactly stellar either: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=234. Bottom line - if you want Ricoh discs, buy Ricoh, not one of Riteks own brand names.

Even some of the Ricoh branded I have tried have been disappointing. I have given up on them.

That looks exactly like my scan ! lots of PIFs at the end of disc .
Here is another burn done with Benq 1640 @ 12X :

I shall probably pick up some Maxell branded RICOHJPN R03 tomorrow, out of curiosity, I'll post scans here.

Here's a memorex branded ricohjpnr03 burned at full speed on the lg h22n.

Wow, nice - you should scan that again in 3 months, just to see how it's kept

Here's another one.

That looks like the scan of a DL disc with PIE jump at the layer break.

It's single layer, for some reason burns with pioneer will produce a pie spike around that area, but trt tests are perfect and playback is also perfect on standalone units.

Your burn with the H22N is awesome , I should get this drive .
Your other burn with the Pioneer is very good (PIF wise !) but jitter and PIE are high .

I will test the last two discs @ 8X with both drives again and post the result.

@Arachne : looking forward to seeing your scans

TRT proves that there is something wrong at the end of discs

At least you and I didnt buy a spindle of them (I bought 5). Im using mine for unimportant stuff

Heh, I'm gonna get one of those titchy 10-spindles from Asda. Hope I don't end up with Ritek F1, but hey it's in the name of science I suppose

Are you gonna buy +R or -R? Also, RitekF1 Maxell's work well for me.

+R

Why are you gonna end up with RitekF1 then?

Good point, I misplaced my brains I think

Ah well, whichever MID I end up with (RITEK or RICOHJPN), they'll either be good for everyday use or giveaways, so it's not so bad.

Ok, here's another one burned with H22N, at full 16X speed with no slow downs. I keep getting similar scans on all of my burns with this drive. I love it

Here are some burns on the same media using liteon SHW-160P6S@SHM-165P6S, burned at full 16X speed. Liteon also does a good job but the lg is definetly better.

They will probably be Ricoh coded, havent heard any reports otherwise. My Asda only stocks RitekF1 now, no more MIJ .

Thanks for letting me know - it's handy that you've bought some already

No more MIJ here either, there seems to have been a mass clearout for some reason, people have reported it elsewhere (not the UK) as well

Nice Litey burns, SonnyUnlocker - when I get the discs, I'll be trying them on the three drives I have in use currently, including my Litey 165P6S.

The Maxell RICOHJPN R03's I have have been very good - no problems at all - still scan excellently now. Do you want a scan (the disc is only maybe 2 months old from memory)?

Good to hear

As for a scan, yes please if you wouldn't mind