Sony even admits that the Double Density CD-ROM is a product of the moment that will become about as useful a piece of computer hardware as grandma's sewing machine as soon as read-write capable DVDs are widely available.
Three months ago, Toshiba president Sato Fumio unveiled the SD Super Density Disc, which is no bigger than a music CD but packs a double punch: it can contain two full-length films dubbed in up to five languages and subtitled in eight more.