Dual Disc: Wow, that’s disappointing.

At long last, DVD-A has now come out with their answer to SACD Hybrid—well, sort of. Instead of a dual-layered disc with different format on each layer, they chose double-sided instead. DVD content is on side A. CD content is on side B. What does this mean? No label to guide you to insert the disc in the correct way. Wasn’t it frustrating to have to read that little ring in the middle of a double-sided video DVD, just to make sure you were going to see the widescreen version instead of the “standard” one? Looks like once again, the DVD Forum has come out with too little, too late!