Ritek 4x DVD-R

i just checked em out myself, but $4 for me is just too expensive when 1x are on there for $0.83! ill just wait the hour it takes...burners prob would be sensitive to these and give you underruns too. Ill wait for new firmware as well. Good find though

ADDITION: From supermediastore: This media CAN NOT Be Use in Pioneer DVR-A03, DVR-104, DVR-A04,SuperDrive or any other dvd burner unless new firmware is not updated. It will Cost a permenent Damage on Drive and media!! Customer are Reponsible at their own action on downloading the new firmware!!!

Permanent Damage??? HOW??? 

How can media break a drive?

if you have a f/w revision less than 1.90 on your DVR-A03/103 and 1.30 on your A04/104 the new 4x media can permanently damage your drive. the drive will not be able to OPC properly and will continue to try and a refocus the laser indefinitely, eventually it will start overheating which will lead to permanent damage. It's not going to happen right away but the issue is real and pioneer released the new firmware specifically to address this issue.

exactly.....obviously you shouldnt buy a product that is giving you that kind of warning...just wait unitl they come out with 4x media that doesnt eat drives apart for dinner...thanks

"exactly.....obviously you shouldnt buy a product that is giving you that kind of warning...just wait unitl they come out with 4x media that doesnt eat drives apart for dinner...thanks" Well, that's partially incorrect. The media does not "eat drives apart" especially for dinner. ;p The problem lies with pioneer drives and the fact that < v1.33 firmwares incorrectly handle the 4x media and essentially fry the drive. It's not the media's fault at all. It's the drives. So, how do you fix it? Well, you obviously can't install 1.33 because pioneer are jerkoffs and currently do not allow ritek burning at speeds greater than 1x. Ok, so now what? Well, if you use the little button called "search" you can find links to a page that contains 1.33 hacked firmwares that allow 4x burning on ritek media AND won't fry your drive. Many people have successfully used it. LB

the overheat bug is fixed starting from firmware 1.30 for a04/104 you can read h**p://forum.firmware-flash.com for more info

no luck with search - can you help....? 

4x with Riteks, sounds good (You must have an A05). Can you post the link to the Firmware page mentioned.