Ritek G05 eaten on first play

[ceal]

Hello all

I was surprised when I tested a movie backup in my stand-alone player, got severe freezing, and ended up with a disk visibly chewed in a circular pattern -- it looks like the surface was scraped in places, and there's visible scoring.

As it happens, this was the last disk in a spindle of 100. That makes it exactly the 200th ritek disk I've burned, and all the others were fine.

The player seems okay -- it's played all subsequent disks perfectly. The burner is quite new, about a week old (LG GSA-8136B).

What I'm wondering is: maybe this was the last disk of a production run or something and was seriously flawed; ie, the surface just lifted off. If this is the case then I don't have to panic and buy more hardware, lol.

Has anyone else had this happen?

edit: wow, this is my first post after all this time -- who says newbies don't know how to use search, lol

lots of great info here; good work, guys

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[Joe Fenton]

I've been using RiTek discs for quite some time - first CDRs, then DVD-R G04s, and now DVD-R G05s. I can say out of several hundred disks (near a thousand total counting CDRs), I've never seen that. I'd say it was just a single bad disc.

RiTek is really good. I rarely even get coasters... maybe one in every three hundred roughly speaking. I recommend them all the time. They aren't the cheapest brand out, but I've run into LOTS of trouble with cheaper brands.

[setarip_old]

ended up with a disk visibly chewed in a circular pattern -- it looks like the surface was scraped in places, and there's visible scoring. As it happens, this was the last disk in a spindle of 100. That makes it exactly the 200th ritek disk I've burned, and all the others were fine.

Sounds like it was probably damaged before you burned it, perhaps during the packaging process.

Just to make sure you haven't inadvertently fouled your burner with that bad disc, I'd suggest you run a DVD/CD cleaning disc on it. Mawxell makes one that sells for approximately $10US.

Have you burned any DVDs since this problem? If so, what were the results?

[ceal]

Thanks for the replies.

The player and burner are both working perfectly ... I guess it was just a fluke.

It was just a bit of a surprise after burning so many disks, lol.

The cleaning disk is a good idea, though ... my player has quite a few hours of use on it.

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[setarip_old]

The player and burner are both working perfectly.

Glad to hear that!


Thanks for the replies.

Always a pleasure ;>}

[theReal]

I recently got a coaster with a Panasonic labelled Tayo Yuden disc...
It does happen even with the best manufacturer known to mankind :rolleyes:

btw I never got a bad Ritek so far - that makes it 1:0 bad discs TY vs. Ritek, LOL

[mastercontrol]

No matter what disc you use, you should always check the surface before you burn. Sometimes dust or other particles can be stuck to the surface, and occasionally there can be scuffs or scratches (more commonplace on lower quality discs).

When I check, I always tilt the disc so the surface is reflected in light and turn the disc so I get a good look at the surface.

[Mug Funky]

this is probably a dumb question, but when you put the disc in, it did fit correctly, yeah? the number if times i've been careless and the drive has closed on the disc... my old hyundai DVD player has brushed aluminium right above the DVD drive, so if you do this you'll scratch the bejeezus out of your discs.

considering you got a _little_ bit of playback, i doubt this is the problem.

[ceal]

when you put the disc in, it did fit correctly, yeah?
Yeah, I'm sure I didn't damage the disc before/while putting it in. My best theory, due to the circular pattern of the damage, is that the burn brought out a flaw in one of the layers.

I think I would've got a write error if the damage was from prior scratches, since it's pretty chewed up -- but since it was the last disc in the spindle, it's hard to say for sure that it wasn't scratched somehow beforehand.

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