DualDisc Hybrids Officially Approved by the DVD Forum

After recent market testing, another DVD-related format has been approved by the DVD Forum, the official overseer of DVD technology for use in consumer electronics products. The DualDisc is now, offically a part of the DVD landscape. What is Dual Disc, you ask? DualDisc is basically a disc that is a DVD on one side and standard CD on the other. Although this new disc format has several applications, the disc is basically intended to house a 5.1 DVD-Audio on one side, and standard audio CD music on the other. Playable on both DVD and standard CD players, it is hoped that more music companies will release both standard CD and 5.1 channel DVD-Audio mixes on a single disc, thus cutting production costs and reaching more consumers with both formats. For additional details, check out the report from High Fidelity Review.