Sony Japan posted today Q&A about the DualDisc format...

The text below comes from a Japanese->English translation, so there might be errors...

"...DualDisc is a new disk that consists of the side (non-DVD side) only for music that records respect (DVD side) in accordance with the DVD standard put on the market by the music industry in the United States on October 26 last year and digital audio information. The side (non-DVD side) only for the music of DualDisc doesn't conform to compact disc (CD) standard.

Inquiries concerning notes and this case of the DualDisc use in the Sony product were published in the much more, and refer, please.

Moreover, please inquire of each music label company in sales companies that sell DualDisc or the sale origin about details and the how to buy etc. DualDisc.

Q&A concerning DualDisc use

Q1. Isn't DualDisc CD?

A1. The side (non-DVD side) only for the music of DualDisc doesn't conform to compact disc (CD) standard. Therefore, the CD logo is not put.

Q2. Can DualDisc be reproduced with PC equipped with the recorder or DVD player/DVD drive made by Sony?

A2. Because the side (non-DVD side) only for the music of DualDisc doesn't conform to compact disc (CD) standard, the reproduction on the side (non-DVD respect) only for the music of DualDisc is not guaranteed in the DVD drive made by Sony present for the recorder and PC DVD player/The DVD video contents recorded in DVD respect of DualDisc can be reproduced by the DVD drive made by Sony for the recorder and PC DVD player/However, because the digital versatile disc audio format is not supported in the DVD drive made by Sony for the recorder and PC DVD player/contents recorded by the digital versatile disc audio format in DVD respect of DualDisc cannot be reproduced.

Q3. Can DualDisc be reproduced with PC equipped with the CD player or the CD drive made by Sony?

A3. Because the side (non-DVD respect) only for the music of DualDisc doesn't conform to compact disc (CD) standard, the reproduction on the side (non-DVD respect) only for the music of DualDisc is not guaranteed in the CD drive made by Sony present for the CD player and PC. Moreover, the CD drive made by Sony for the CD player and PC is designed like suiting compact disc (CD) standard. There is a possibility of causing the wound that there is an influence in the reproduction in DVD respect when DualDisc is used with a part of CD player made by Sony because both sides are the record sides in DualDisc.

Therefore, please do not use DualDisc in the following CD players made by Sony.

1) The release time is a CD player for Clmano before May, 2003.
2) MD desktop audio LAM-1､LAM-Z1
3) Net MD desktop audio system LAM-10､LAM-Z10
4) CD Walkman D-E01
5) Made of AIWA Net MD desktop audio system ADN-1
6) Made of AIWA MD desktop audio system XR-MDS7
- Product confirmed as of March 28, 2005

Q4. The side only for the music of DualDisc could be able to reproduce my drive for the recorder, the CD player or PC DVD player/

A4. The drive made by Sony for the recorder, the CD player, and PC DVD player/is designed like suiting compact disc (CD) standard. Because the side (non-DVD respect) only for the music of DualDisc doesn't suit compact disc (CD) standard, I will not do the correspondence such as remodeling an existing equipment to assume that the side only for the music of DualDisc can be reproduced.