I don't think I have any RITEKG05 or I'd read one here.
I have RitekGO4. They are labeled as 4X, (on the box, disk, and below).
Manufacturer: : Ritek
MID : RITEKG04
Write speeds: : 2 X - 4 X
Blank Capacity : 4.38 GB
You forgot to share your reason. <??> I'll give several of mine...
It is "easy" to try to explain how that might happen,
(even though it "should not"...)
I have seen the same thing too... IIRC, it has not been more than
one/two speed ratings... YMMV, and is very disk specific, (and other things)...
(I only use genuine factory firmware.)
I found one site that lists (guarantees) that code at 12X for certain firmware
on a certain Pioneer drive model.
As I am sure you know, sometimes the disks are de-rated
by the manufacturer --- poor quality reasons, over stocks, and to fill
existing orders, etc --- and sold with a different "package label" speed
rating...
Intel did that all the time with CPUs until some people caught on...
(especially over-clockers)
As I think you have said it on this list, if you do it correctly a good disk
will
allow you to force a higher speed since it is a function of disk quality more
than some look-up table in the drive firmware... I believe in your case you
use NON-manufacturer firmware as sometimes this allows an "over-ride"
of the speed the manufacturer stated when they made the glass master...
Which brings up another topic.
To meet the DVD standards and (get certified), the pressing
plants are not "SUPPOSED TO" use glass masters that have
outdated/wrong info on them... OR, they should not use old "well used"
glass masters (or stampers) bought from someone that would have
info on them that would "now/then" be incorrect... This was a common
practice in the earlier days of CD-R manufacturing, and caused many,
many bad disks to be "burned" (or burned poorly...)
(The disks were not the only thing that got burned... <grin>)
In the old days of CD-Rs, the ATIP manufacturer info was so abused
by "certain" of the cheaper manufacturers as to become one of the least
reliable ways to ID a disk. Add that to the way the larger sellers went
out to get cheap disks stamped at cheap plants and they almost seemed
like they were trying to kill the format...
I "think" that is why the DVD rules and regulations are much more strict...
Rick Glazier
From: "Wayne Johnson"
> If that's true then how come I get this from Cd-Dvd Speed 4.01 ?
> Manufacturer: : Ritek
> MID : RITEKG05
> Write speeds: : 4 X - 6 X - 8 X - 12 X - 16 X
>
> The disks are rated at only 8x yet I'm getting a 16x write speed ?
>
> I know the reason but unfortunately my friend it doesn't appear to be as
> you say.
> At 07:05 AM 7/27/2005, Rick Glazier typed:
>>When it tells you the speeds of a DVD-R &/or DVD+R, it is reading
>>the actual speeds that the particular disk will record with that particular
>>drive. I verified this by reading various blank disks and comparing what
>>I saw with the speed rating on the disk or the disk packaging.
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