A hybrid disc is a single CD that unites a CD-ROM and a CD-R/RW. Providing the contrasting features of mass-producible read-only and write-once CD-ROM and rewritable CD-R/RW on the same disc, the hybrid disc will create opportunities for the birth of new business ideas.
One of the advantages of the hybrid disc is that you can write data to a specific area in the disc, although it looks like a CD-ROM. This writable area matters a great deal, because users can not only write their routine data to it, but they can also use it as an authentication area. It helps allow users to manage and control the content of the disc on their own by using the authentication mechanism.
As it also has the feature of being writable, you may provide hard-diskless operability to some software that doesn't need to be installed into your hard disk. The feature can also stem the increase of unnecessary files due to installation. The Internet and the hybrid disc complement each other and greatly contribute to enabling on-demand additions and modifications to CD content and reducing support costs.