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Is HDCD dead?

I'm looking at players on this site and hardly none of them seem to encode "HDCD".Is this used in some of the newer players yet?In the past the cd's that had the HDCD label on them all sounded better than regular redbook cd's.Why are'nt more players using this technology.Does anyone have a list of players that use HDCD encoding?
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rlwainwright
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The Denon DVD 29xx, 39xx, and 59xx models all have HDCD decoding capability. I also have a Harman-Kardon DVD50 that has this. You need to check each mfgr's. spec sheets to determine if a unit has HDCD. I would not purchase a unit that doesn't have it, I really like the sound of my HDCD discs.

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unsound
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Ditto.
jmslaw
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Is anyone still recording in HDCD? This technology is a good dozen years old and I wonder if it is still being employed or if updates/improvements have been made that are still compatible with older HDCD chips.
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czbbcl
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In my experience I have seen very few mfg's produce players capable of decoding HDCD at the same time very few labels producing disc encoded with HDCD or at least advertising that they do. So perhaps this answers the question.

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forrestc
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Maybe it's because Microsoft bought Pacific Microsonics and now owns HDCD.
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