Fuji Dvd+r Dl Reliability?, BestBuy has a 25pk on sale for $29.99, are they any good? Options

[hey69]

you can get platinums 8xspeed for like 1.50euro

you just need to know where to look

ok where do i look? deliver to belgium also?

[hawke12]

hawke12, wasn't it $40 for a 20 pack of verbatims at BB, not 25?

I got a 25 pack of Ritek D01's (labeled Ridata), and I have had 50% coasters (tried two brand new different burners/software combos: same coaster rate). The Verbatim's I got are 100% so far, but I have not burned as many. Cheers.

Yeah you're right, my appologies it was 20.

[PSoff]

Don't mean to be a jerk to the Euro people, but isn't this thread about Fuji 15pks for $29 at BestBuy, not what you can buy a single DL disc for in Belgium? BTW, whoever paid 9.50 EUR for a disc must have gotten ripped, that's almost $13 US, you can get a 3 or 4 pack of Verbatims for that much. Discs can't cost THAT much more in Europe, especially considering they're all made in China anyway.

On another note: Thanks to everyone for the input. I doubt there could be that much variation in quality per 'batch' as someone mentionned with the Sony discs, because all companies have a minimum quality stardard that a product must meet before putting their name on it. Who knows, I'm probably giving these companies too much credit.

I'll just go buy the 15pk already and report back on the results, someone's gotta test the waters!

[Iron Mike]

I bought 2 packs today and they're Riteks. I have used 3 so far and no coasters. Although for some strange reason, I must put the disc in the tray and power down for 2 minutes then start it up with game already in the tray and it works perfectly. Some people should give this a try if you are getting discs that will not load after inserting into tray when 360 is already on. Please let us know if anyone one is also having a similar problem and if there are any updates or fixes. Thanks...

Hey guys,

bought a pack today - unfortunately they are not working for me.

Burned 2 different backups - put it in the drive - it just doesn't recognize anything - like no disc is in the tray

Then i tried what u said uppercuts, turned off the system - waited for 2 min - turned back on - PGR3 game then loaded - but only till the memory card screen - then it said 'disc is dirty'.... and it rebooted

So, no good for me - gonna exchange them today....

By the way i burned with CloneCd (which worked flawlessly for me so far on all games) and i have a Plextor 716A with the latest Firmware (which i consider an amazing burner)...

[justin_k]

I have another thread discussing my problems with these fuji/ritek discs. Apparently they work for some but like the poster above me, they will not boot at all on my TS-H943 (fw=ms25). Just got back from Bestbuy and did an exchange for some Verbatim and first backup booted fine. The backups I made with the Fuji discs all gave me the "open tray" indicator at the bottom of the dashboard. This is on a Sony DRU-820a burner.

[Iron Mike]

I have another thread discussing my problems with these fuji/ritek discs. Apparently they work for some but like the poster above me, they will not boot at all on my TS-H943 (fw=ms25). Just got back from Bestbuy and did an exchange for some Verbatim and first backup booted fine. The backups I made with the Fuji discs all gave me the "open tray" indicator at the bottom of the dashboard. This is on a Sony DRU-820a burner.

oh - very good point - i think that could be it - i have a samsung FW ms=25 too

did u return it for the 20 pack for 59.99 $ ?

[AfGhAnGsTa]

You guys.. when you're performing this 360 hack, there are several factors to whether the disc loads or not. The security sector can be wrong, your disc may have not dumped right, cheap media, bad burn, bad patching, etc. You can't just immediately jump to the conclusion that the discs don't work unless you've tried the EXACT image file on a different type of media. Even then, there are very minor factors that could effect it (burner not being compatible with the disc for whatever reason).

[nickbuhl]

Always check the media id block with dvd identifier. The label on the outside of the cakebox doesn't mean much. For example, one year ago Fuji single layer +r could be had on sale for cheap. It was made in Japan, and it was TY. Now the only Fuji I find says made in Taiwan and I will not be testing any of these. So its down to either Sony (still using TY) or Verbatim (MCC of course) Back on topic...most good stores will let you return the unused dl's if they didn't work for you. Simple as that...

[Iron Mike]

Always check the media id block with dvd identifier. The label on the outside of the cakebox doesn't mean much. For example, one year ago Fuji single layer +r could be had on sale for cheap. It was made in Japan, and it was TY. Now the only Fuji I find says made in Taiwan and I will not be testing any of these. So its down to either Sony (still using TY) or Verbatim (MCC of course) Back on topic...most good stores will let you return the unused dl's if they didn't work for you. Simple as that...

So i did return the Fuji's and bought some Verbatim and they work fine - i think it's simply that my Samsung 360 drive FW=MS25 doen't like them

Like stated before i managed to get one burned backup running (after shutting down for 2 min) but only till the Memory Card Screen...

Now with the Verbatims alle 4 backups work perfectly without any problems....

I think it's the FW=MS 25 if those Fuji's work on other people's 360 drive....

My burner burns everything - it's a Plextor 716A....

And i always return the DVD's if they don't work to the stores and i always got my money back - even today when brought back the Fuji's and i already coasted 8 of them trying all kind of variations - but of course no emplyee checks the backside of the disc......

[cammy1011]

Bought a pack Sunday only had 2 fail and 2 I screwed up trying to figure out how to patch Quake,gave up on that for now,so I guess 11 out of 15 aint bad.

[Overloaded]

yeah i can say that i wont be using the fugi disc anymore either. i got a 15 pack also and the 1st 2 i burn didnt boot at all (open tray displayed while disc inserted) then i got one to boot after inserting it over and over agin and on the 3rd insert it finally booted. i have 18 back-ups working flawlessly on HP DVD+R DL Gold Label and all were burn with a lite-on SOHW-1693s burner.