Although music CD sales have sunk in recent years, DVDs fly off the shelves, and so the music industry hopes to nab some of that movie mojo by offering the hybrid DualDisc. One side of the disc holds standard CD audio material, but the other uses the DVD format to deliver a trove of concert footage, lyrics, photos, interviews, or full 5.1 audio versions of the album. EMI, Warner, and Sony are among the major publishers supporting the format, with scores of DualDiscs coming soon from the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Good Charlotte, and the Grateful Dead. But with DualDiscs apparently priced slightly higher than CDs, we’re guessing most consumers would rather the music industry keep its DVD side and just give us the album cheaper.
