DolbyÆ Laboratories Features Newest Audio Technologies For The Consumer At The 2001 CES

Consumers Can Enjoy Latest DolbyÆ Audio Advances To And Throughout The Home

3-Jan-01

DolbyÆ Laboratories will feature its latest consumer electronics technologies spanning home theatre, personal computer and gaming sound, DVD-Audio, Internet music delivery, and virtual, personal surround sound at this yearís CES show in Las Vegas, Nevada (January 6-9, 2001, booth 8005/5368).Home Theater Booth, #8005, Las Vegas Hilton BallroomPro Logic IIDolby representatives will demonstrate Pro Logic II, the next generation in Dolby Surround Pro Logic technology. Pro Logic II brings the excitement of surround sound to any existing stereo mix, while making existing Dolby Surround mixes sound more like discrete 5.1-channel surround sound. It works with CDs, Dolby Surround-encoded VHS tapes and TV shows, even MP3 files and radio broadcasts, converting all of these sources to surround sound, without the artifacts created by other matrix decoding technologies.DVD-AudioDolby will play the latest music titles produced with MLPÆ lossless compression technology in the new DVD-Audio format. MLP allows producers to put 5.1 channels of 24-bit/96kHz resolution audio on a DVD, for the highest quality sound ever available in the home.""DVD-Audio and Pro Logic II are changing what the consumer can expect from their multichannel home-theater setups,"" said Brent Butterworth, Director, Consumer Technology Marketing, Dolby Laboratories. ""We are eager to show how Pro Logic II brings some of the excitement and spatial experience of Dolby Digital 5.1 to stereo CDs and Dolby SurroundÆ material, and how DVD-Audio will become the standard for high quality music playback.""Multimedia Booth, Booth #5368, Las Vegas Convention CenterPC/Gaming Surround SoundDolby will show the latest gaming titles released in Dolby Surround and Dolby Digital 5.1 for PC and gaming platforms such as the Sony PS2, Nintendo 64 and Sega Dreamcast. Featured titles include Squaresoftís ""Final Fantasy IX,"" EAís ""NHL 2001,"" Rareís ""Perfect Dark"" and ""Diablo II"" from Blizzard Entertainment.Dolby HeadphoneôDolby Headphoneô is a unique signal processing system that enables conventional stereo headphones to realistically portray the sound of a Dolby Digital five-speaker playback system. Dolby will demonstrate the technology using Dellís new Inspiron 8000 notebook computer. The product is the first computer system sold in North America offering this innovative new technology. Advanced Audio Coding (AAC)AAC is high quality audio coding technology and the solution of choice for many broadcast and electronic music distribution applications. Widely viewed as the successor to MP3, AAC is 30 percent more efficient than MP3 audio, allowing users to store more songs and enjoy higher fidelity music reproduction. AAC has been licensed by over 35 companies and has been adopted for commercial music distribution by Universal Music Group, Bertelsmann Music Group and Warner Bros. Using songs downloaded from these new commercial services, as well as other sources, Dolby will demonstrate the quality and efficiency of AAC. In addition, Dolby will display AAC-enabled portable audio devices, which can be used to store and play back AAC-encoded audio files.""Dolbyís multimedia technologies are designed to improve the quality of audio that consumers are able to enjoy throughout the home,"" said Dennis Staats, Director, Computer and Gaming Technology Marketing for Dolby Laboratories. ""Dolby has improved the entertainment experience in computer games, made high quality multichannel audio portable and private, and enabled the Internet and home networks to deliver audio to the consumer more efficiently.""Panel DiscussionsAs part of session HE9 ""Multichannel Sound: The Ultimate Listening Experience,"" Brent Butterworth will give a presentation on surround sound marketing techniques. The presentation will be held on Sunday, January 7, 2:30-3:30pm, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, room N260.For more information about Dolby Laboratories, visit www.dolby.com.

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