First Hybrid Blu-ray and DVD disc

The format war brewing between new Blu-ray and HD DVD discs does evoke old memories of the VHS vs. Beta fiasco of the 1980s (eventually VHS won out over Beta). HD DVD seems more widely available as they are less costly. Blu-ray discs although are costlier, they can hold more data,

Now the first hybrid Blu-ray and DVD disc has been released in Japan. Although this technology is not new, JVC has released a prototype in 2004, Infinity Storage Media (ISM) is the first company to take this hybrid disc to production.

The new media has a total storage capacity of 33.5GB and is backward compatible with existing DVD and Blu-ray players. Currently only available in Japan and no news of release in other countries.