What is a Hybrid DVD?

A hybrid DVD is a disc that not only contains a movie but also data that can be only be accessed by the DVD-ROM drive of a computer.

When you pop such a hybrid DVD into your computer’s DVD-ROM drive, you can click on items that will present you with graphics, pop-up text, and links to related web pages, screensavers and even audio or video clips.

More often than not, they come with games relating to the theme of the movie. These games could only be played with a computer. DVD movies that come as hybrid DVDs with games are Stuart Little, Independence Day and X-Files.

The Deluxe Edition of Stuart Little, for instance, comes with a game called Central Park.