DVD Forum approves the DualDisc
The DualDisc — a double-sided hybrid disc format which can fit regular CD audio tracks on one side and DVD music or video on the other — just received approval from the high council of elders known as the DVD Forum as an official DVD format. This means you could conceivably buy a movie on DVD and then flip the disc over to listen to the soundtrack on your stereo (something that's been tried at least once or twice before) or have the high-fidelity surround sound DVD-Audio version of an album on one side and the regular CD version on the other. They started test marketing DualDiscs a few months back in Boston and Seattle, but the launch probably won't be until January of next year.
[Via Designtechnica]
