Even so, the Enhanced CD is certainly a more appealing product than a music CD-ROM, such as Peter Gabriels Xplora 1, which costs around £50 and is probably only used a few times and then consigned to the back of the CD collection. Enhanced CDs on the other hand, can be played on your music CD deck if you get fed up with the interactive portion.
The biggest problem is compatibility. Audio CDs are buy-and-play items - you slip the disc in your audio CD deck, press play and away you go. Unfortunately, CD-ROMs are not so simple to install and use. They can be fiddly to set up and you may find that your drive isn't compatible with the disc. For these reasons, our Editor's Choice is the Cranberries Doors and Windows. Not only does it offer high quality sound, graphics and video, but it will play on a PC and a multimedia player attached to your TV. Nice disc, shame about the price.
Expect to see many more Enhanced CDs from companies such as Sony (artists lined up include Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey), Atlantic, EMI and Microsoft, and from artists such as Squeeze, Fleetwood Mac, Santana, The Beastie Boys and The Rolling Stones.