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throwaway85825today at 7:36 AM2 repliesview on HN

Only the CD had uncompressed data.


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happycubetoday at 1:09 PM

CD's have repatterened uncompressed data using scrambling codes to keep the waveform stable (i.e. ~50% on/off)

And a Laserdisc with digital sound literally has that CD audio EFM waveform in the lower frequencies.

brazzytoday at 9:56 AM

CED, not CD. And LDs most definitely also have uncompressed data, resulting in visible text at 22:30 in the video.

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