DTSÆ Entertainment Releases First DVD-Audio Titles

Advance Copies Available At The 2001 International CES

2-Jan-01

DTSÆ announced plans to begin shipment of the first DVD-Audio music recordings produced by its company-owned DTS Entertainment record label by late February 2001. Each DVD-Audio title will be marketed as a ""DTS Music Experience,"" and will include MLPô multichannel and stereo tracks for DVD-Audio players, plus a DTS ""Master Quality"" multichannel soundtrack and a DolbyÆ Digital stereo track (for compatibility with all existing DVD-Video players.)Advance copies of the first DVD-Audio titles will be available for purchase at a DTS-sponsored software store (Alexis Park, room 2851) throughout the CES convention, January 6-9, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mass production will begin shortly after the show, with the first discs arriving in retail stores in time for a street date in late February. Retail buyers will receive complete ordering procedures and instructions by the middle of January. ""DTS has been at the forefront of multichannel digital audio since our inception in 1993, including the development of the worldís largest catalog of 5.1 music recordings on compact disc,"" said Jon Kirchner, DTS President and COO. ""The new DVD-Audio format provides the storage capacity to simultaneously deliver multiple high resolution 5.1 and stereo soundtracks. Backward compatibility to the DVD-Video format brings these exceptional music recordings directly into the homes and automobiles of millions of DTS Digital Surroundô enthusiasts."" The first DVD-Audio titles scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2001 include a series of 96kHz/24-bit classical titles from ILIAD, the pop/rock classic ""Toy Matinee"" (produced by Patrick Leonard), Steve Stevensí popular ""Flamenco A Go-Go"" and ""The Fabulous Thunderbirds."" Additional titles include superb 5.1 audio mixes from up-and-coming pop/rock stars such as The Gluey Brothers, Studio Voodoo, Pacific Coast Highway and Larisa Stow.For more information about DTS, visit www.dtsonline.com.

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