Black Book (non-standard disc format)

Black Book is an unofficial designation of optical disc (OD) formats that defy official standards for CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs. Most formats considered Black Book are formats used for video games or Digital Rights Management.

Black Book disc examples:

The audio side of a DualDisc (the video side is a standard DVD)
CD-based
- NEC PC Engine (CD-ROM²)
- Sega Saturn
- Sega Dreamcast (GD-ROM)
DVD-based
- The DVD-Video format itself is sometimes regarded as "black book" since it has no official rainbow book, despite being more standardized than other so-called "black book" formats.
- Nintendo GameCube Game Disc (Nintendo GameCube)
- Wii Optical Disc (Wii)
- Xbox
- Xbox 360
Blu-ray-based
- Wii U Optical Disc (Wii U)

Rainbow Books

Red Book CD-DA CD-Text CD+G CD+EG Green Book CD-i CD-i Ready Yellow Book CD-ROM CD-ROM XA Mixed Mode CD Orange Book CD-MO CD-R CD-RW White Book VCD SVCD CD-i Bridge Blue Book E-CD/CD+ Beige Book PCD Scarlet Book SACD Purple Book DDCD Black Book Non-Standard Disc Format

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