Did Memorex switch to Ritek? How long will it last?

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  1. bratcher

    bratcher Active member

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    Did my church get ahold of some old Memorex stock or has Memorex stopped using CMC for awhile? Out of 21 Memorex discs 2 were CMC & the rest were Ridata. No, I don't buy Memorex except for church sermon CD's. I prefer TY or Ritek instead!!
     
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    Yes, unfortunately, Memorex seems to be using mostly Ritek recently, such as G05 for DVD-R 16x. I don't know about +R, but probably that too. Stick with the TY.
     
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    Well, Ritek is an improvement over CMC. A friend of mine also told me some Memorex Printables he bought turned out to be Ricohjpn.
     
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    Memorex has to source from multiple factories since they outsell all other brands in the U.S. and no factory can supply all they need. All Memorex CD-Rs use phthalocyanine dye (CMC, Ritek, MBI), and this is a longer lasting dye than the material TY uses. DVD discs are a different story; so what people claim in the DVD section does not necessarily apply to CD-Rs.
     

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