Double discs on the way.FILM and music fans will soon be playing discs which combine DVDs and CDs. The discs will have a movie on one side and music on the other after the DVD Forum A membership organization devoted to defining DVD standards for read-only, rewritable, write-once, video and audio use. Members participate in working groups to develop new standards. that polices DVDs agreed to the concept. Two groups are vying vy·ing v. Present participle of vie. vying vie to develop the best technology, which involves bonding a thinned-down CD back to back with a thinner than usual DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . A European group led by pressing firm Sonapress are working on a format called DVD Plus and five major record firms have begun test-marketing a format called DualDisc in the US However, a spokesman for Phillips, who along with Sony invented the CD format, warn the discs do not completely meet CD specifications. He said: 'We strongly advise record labels and disc manufacturers to warn consumers of possible playback problems.' |
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