This isn't a flipper disc. You're not paying attention.
The Blu layer is closest to the surface, and two DVD layers are deep in the disc. The Blu layer is "transparent" to the DVD wavelength laser, which passes right through and sees the DVD layers. The Blu laser reads the Blu layer only, and doesn't even know that the DVD layers exist.
Correct, it is not like the HD DVD/DVD combo disc which was a flipper that had two DVD layers on one side and two HD DVD layers on the other.
This hybrid looks like you get two layers of SD and one layer of HD and that's it. It would have been more useful to have this when Blu-Ray launched and would be surprised if we see very many titles released on these discs.
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Nooooooo! I hate "flipper" discs!
I would rather have the two seperate discs than one flipper disc.
This isn't a flipper disc. You're not paying attention.
The Blu layer is closest to the surface, and two DVD layers are deep in the disc. The Blu layer is "transparent" to the DVD wavelength laser, which passes right through and sees the DVD layers. The Blu laser reads the Blu layer only, and doesn't even know that the DVD layers exist.
Correct, it is not like the HD DVD/DVD combo disc which was a flipper that had two DVD layers on one side and two HD DVD layers on the other.
This hybrid looks like you get two layers of SD and one layer of HD and that's it. It would have been more useful to have this when Blu-Ray launched and would be surprised if we see very many titles released on these discs.