Does a CD Transport need to be HDCD ALSO?

This has caused some confusion, especially since some of the early Cal Audio Labs Delta Transports specifically stated HD-CD Transport right on the front of it. CAL meant that it was a "high definition" i.e. "high resolution" CD transport and not that it could specifically decode HDCD discs. When Pacific Microsonics came out with HDCD encoding, CAL was forced to remove this from their faceplates. That is how you can tell the age on some CAL Delta's.

If i remember correctly, i think that Microsoft bought the rights to the HDCD format. Does anybody know what they are doing or plan to do with this ? Sean
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Good points Ghostrider. Thanks for taking ALL of the factors into consideration. Some of the "extra's" are sometimes easy to overlook. Sean
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