Up until 6-8 months ago I was a dedicated Ritek user also. Their quality control has steadily declined and now their media is on the 'junk' list as far as I am concerned. You are, of course, free to use anything you want, but we recommend the use of Verbatim +R DL's here. If you are seeking our opinion as to whatever your problem is, and then don't want to make changes as we suggest, then you pretty well leave us behind and are free to go about figuring out things on your own. Not being a smart-ass here, just stating the way things are. We've made thousands of burns here and speak from a fairly knowlegeable position.