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HDCD compatible?

What does this term mean? I'm looking at a cd player which is described as HDCD compatible with onboard HDCD decoders. Does this mean that it will play HDCD discs in HDCD or just play them in redbook like players that only play the redbook layer of the sacd hybrids?
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calbrs03
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Actually there were quite a number of HDCD encoded CD's released, some of which didn't stamp the HDCD logo on the jackets.

Unsound, how does one find this information if it's not on the disc? Is there a code, a numeric prefix? A flag? A color? Or is it just random luck? I'd buy more cds if I could pull the gems from the junk.
calbrs03
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Thanks. I've had a hdcd player for many years, but not enough damn discs to make it seem worth the money I paid. The discs sound terrific.
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