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.

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There's the DVD audio, super audio, the dual-disc that includes a CD on one side and a DVD on the other side.

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Sony and partner Phillips offered the MMCD (Multi-Media Compact Disc) format while the SD (Super Density) format was backed by Toshiba and Matsushita, among others.

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