HDCD


Here's a (probably) dumb question. Does anyone make a player that plays SACD AND decodes HDCD? 
I guess HDCD failed in the marletplace. Too bad. The few I have actually sound better...even when played on an old Sony boy ray player...than many of my SACDs played on my good player. I do have an older NAD cd player that decodes HDCD in a second system but I don't can't move it into the main system every time i want to hear n HDCD. Having 1 player to do both would be ideal.

secretguy
Apology, I have been calling the company that produced the hdcd PMD100 and PMD200 chips PMD (Pacific Microsonic Devices) where in actual fact it's PMI (Pacific Microsonic Industries), sorry guys.
Also I forgot that Microsoft bought PMI way back in 2000
In 2000, Microsoft acquired PMI to boost its strength in digital media, and the HDCD codec was later added to Windows Media Player, making it the first software player to support it. There are thousands of HDCD titles and numerous HDCD CD players on the market.
Again maybe it's just a light that says hdcd is being played as WMP doesn't know what dac you have, that's got the HDCD decoder chip in it or not.
Cheers George
Perhaps, I’m mistaken, but I thought the HDCD technology was licensed to other chip manufacturers.
No-one on the net can confirm any PMD100 or PMD200 inside any Oppo player, can anyone here to put an end to this speculation???
I cannot be definitive.  OTOH, if JRiver can decode HDCD in software, I see no reason to reject the idea that others cannot also do it in firmware. Can you suggest a performance test to determine whether there is decoding?