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Is there a "universal" problem playing Dual Discs?

I have heard that several universal disc players have trouble playing dual discs in their higher resolution (SACD or DVD-A) modes. So, people don't purchase DualDiscs. Is that a truism? I just bought a C-J modified McCormack UDP-1, and there are several DualDiscs I'd love to hear in high resolution.
toxrtp
dbld
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My Esoteric DV-50 played them fine [same transport as the UDP-1 I believe], but the Denon 5910 does not play them...which might be true accross the board for the Denon players.
toxrtp OP
6 posts
 
I believe the UDP-1 uses a Pioneer transport. Can't recall which one, though. I've sent some emails to McCormack asking, but they've not been too quick to reply.
rwwear
2,871 posts
 
I have never had a problem playing dual discs in my 5910CI. Make sure you set the player for audio in the Denon setup menu. Otherwise it will only playback the DTS layer of the disc. A word of caution though some DVDA discs will not show video through the HDMI output when set to the audio mode. If this occurs with the Denon player you may need to hook up and alternate video output for DVDA playing.
merganser
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Just a slight correction, there are no problems with playing SACD's on any universal or other SACD capable unit. Only DualDisc's can have a problem. Besides that issue, DualDisc is now a dead format.
rwwear
2,871 posts
 
DualDisc is not quite dead yet.
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