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>>But the whole point of DualDiscs is to play the "DVD" side in DVD-A capable players like those above (or any other "DVD" player). <<

Is it? If the DualDisc does not have any DVD-Audio content on the DVD side, or if the user is one of the vast-majority millions of people who own a DVD player that does not have DVD-Audio capability, then there are two choices:

1. Listen to sonically inferior lossy-compression Dolby Digital, or
2. Listen to the "CD" side, which is 16/44.1 with no compression

If the DVD player has problems playing the "CD" side like your Denon does, then the user's only choice is the low-rez Dolby Digital stuff. That sucks.

>>People who carp about refusing to accept that rather elementary principle, are either trolls, snobs, or just plain stupid — especially as we never see those same people complain about not being able to play the DVD side in their CD player! duh. ;-)<<

What a ridiculous thing to say. None of the CD players I own advertise the ability to play DVDs, so I don't expect them to do so.

OTOH, your Denon has a big fat "Compact Disc Digital Audio" compatibility logo silk-screened right on the front of the player, so it is quite reasonable to expect that the player can play CDs without any problem. Since your player cannot play the "CD" side of a DualDisc, which is advertised as being CD-compatible, then there is a problem with your player, or a problem with the media, or both. This kind of incompatibility is not acceptable to most reasonable, thinking people. Since you have stated several times that this incompatibility is acceptable to you, then by your own terms you must be a troll, a snob, or just plain plain stupid (or all three).


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