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♫ Episode #57 – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Optical Discs

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Andy Doe joins us to take a close look at optical discs: CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, but also HDCDs, DVD-As, and more. I bet you didn’t know how many kinds of optical disc there are…

“It is the betamax of audio formats…”

Show notes:

  • Optical disc – Wikipedia
  • Compact disc – Wikipedia
  • Compact Disc Digital Audio – Wikipedia
  • Close to the Edge
  • Nyquist frequency – Wikipedia
  • 44,100 Hz – Wikipedia
  • Error detection and correction
  • Pulse-code modulation
  • Super Audio CD
  • Hybrid disc
  • DVD-Audio
  • Mode Records DVD-A releases
  • High Fidelity Pure Audio (Blu-Ray Audio)
  • HDCD
  • Grateful Dead
  • Cambridge Audio 651BD
  • Compressed audio optical disc (MP3 CD)

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