DualDisc

A DualDisc is a hybrid of CD and DVD: A page can be used as audio CD, use the other as a DVD. Dual Discs are particularly suitable as carriers for music: one side can be played as a music CD, the DVD side can and in addition, contain music videos photos lyrics, hyperlinks and advertising for other products or music with more than two channels.

The CD side of Dual Discs is 0.9 mm instead of at least 1.1 mm thinner than the standard applicable to audio CDs ( Red Book) prescribed therefore can not play any CD player Dual Discs. Dual Discs therefore carry no audio CD logo.

Comparable formats

A direct competition format, the Super Audio Compact Disc is who uses only one page, but requires two layers and a special reading optics. Thus, an SACD, unlike the DualDisc will be printed on one side as conventional CDs and DVDs, but will not play in all standard DVD players by far.

Another concurrent development is the DVDplus that Dieter Dierks developed and patented. To avoid patent litigation, pay DualDisc manufacturer in Europe in general royalties to Dierks.

DualDisc in Germany

The first DualDisc in Germany was published on July 11, 2005: The German Music Council and the label WERGO have in its series " Contemporary Music Edition " first used the DualDisc for work of Stephan Winkler and Jesko Marx as a medium. The musical works of Stephan Winkler found on the CD side, on the DVD side is the 20-minute music film - seen from Jesko Marx " ZigZag pi times r square ".

Published in 2006, the German rock band " Haphazard " DualDisc "Live In Tor 3 ". On the DVD side, there was a recording of the concert of 27 May 2005 from the Düsseldorf "Gate 3". On the audio CD side was a slightly abridged audio recording of the same concert.

Meanwhile, this format is also sometimes Editions of pop music used for limited editions or premium, such as Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth ( Limited Tour Edition ), Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day or the Best Of album Collected by Massive Attack. Here is a DualDisc is not only the actual best-of CD enclosed that contains the CD- page alternate versions, remixes and previously unreleased tracks on the DVD side all videos for the band to their songs.