Super Audio CD player foobar2000 for Windows using an open source plug-in extension called SACDDecoder. Mac OS X music software Audirvana also supports playback of SACD disc images. Super Audio CD Super Audio CD (SACD) is a read-only optical disc for audio storage, introduced in 1999. It was developed jointly by Sony and Philips Electronics, and intended to be the successor to their Compact Disc (CD) format. While the SACD format can offer more channels (e.g. surround sound), and a longer playing time than CD, research published in 2007 found no significant difference in audio quality between SACD and standard CD at ordinary
Philips Computers These systems were actively marketed in certain markets through Vendex. These systems were on display in the now defunct warehouse chain Vroom & Dreesmann in the Netherlands. Headstart PCs were manufactured in South Korea by Samsung and monitors by Daewoo. In the 2000s Philips briefly introduced a handheld PC: the Velo. NMS series PCD series (with CD-ROM) PCL series (notebook computers Magnavox Philips Internal Reference (not sold) Third Parties Vendex Headstart Monitors - Magnavox / Philips These monitors were sold / shipped with Magnavox / Philips PCs: Monitors - Vendex These monitors were sold / shipped with Vendex PCs: Peripherals