First Public Demonstration Of Yamaha New XG-Movie 5.1 Digital Surround Card For Home Theatre And Games At AES Convention
The XG-Movie 5.1ô Digital Surround Card from Yamaha, designed for PC home theatre and game users was publicly demonstrated for the first time at the prestigious Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York, September 24-27, 1999 in DTS (Digital Theater Systems, Inc.) booth. XG-Movie 5.1 supports DolbyÆ Digital, and the high resolution DTSÆ Digital Surround formats using Yamaha's YMF744 and YSS912 audio chips. The new audio card provides a variety of surround effects from church, jazz, hall, disco, live, stadium and theatre using a sub-DSP (digital signal processor) in the Yamaha YSS912. XG-Movie 5.1 Digital Surround Card outputs 5.1-channel audio (left, center, right, left-surround, right-surround, center and LFE, sometimes referred to as subwoofer) that delivers cinema quality effects. The card accepts both analog and digital input sources and provides both analog and digital output. Signal to noise ratio (S/N) is greater than 96 dB. ""We are pleased to offer a unique sound card for audio enthusiasts and gamers, alike,"" said Jose R. Villafuerte, Director of Sales and Marketing, Yamaha Systems Technology, Inc. ""Both DTS and Yamaha are committed to excellence in audio technology and in bringing the fullest, most realistic sounds to the consumer."" Features Of Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 Sound Card: - Complete DTS/Dolby Digital solution that takes S/PDIF DTS/Dolby Digital encoded digital data from the YMF744 and outputs 6 channels of audio (left, right, left-surround, right-surround, center and sub-woofer.) - Alternatively, takes 5 analog inputs (TAD, Mic, AUX, Video, CD and Line-in). - DTS Digital Surround decoding. - Dolby Digital support. - Full DOS mode through a TSR. - Full duplex hardware for telephony functions. - PC99 compliant. - Optional digital I/O with coaxial/optical connectors. - PCI Bus Master Interface (PCI 2.2 compliant). - Supports 4-channel AC97 output. - MPU-401 UART-compatible MIDI interface on a second bracket (option). - S-YXG50 software included. Price And Delivery Suggested retail price for XG-Movie 5.1 is $199.00. Sample orders placed now will be delivered in October. Production orders placed now will be filled in 90 days ARO. About Yamaha Systems Technology Yamaha Systems Technology, Inc. was founded to manufacture and market integrated circuits, board level products and complete systems to OEMs and Distributors. The product line includes multimedia audio, graphics and communications products, as well as custom and semicustom ASICs, and CD Recorder products. www.yamahayst.com. About DTS DTS was launched with the release of Universal Pictures' and Amblin Entertainment's ""Jurassic Park,"" and since then the company has remained a leader in feature film digital audio with more than 18,000 installations worldwide. DTS Consumer Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of DTS, Inc.) licenses its technology to hardware and software manufacturers to create Digital Surround(tm) products for the home and car that are changing the way consumers listen to music recordings and movie soundtracks on compact discs, LaserDiscs and DVD.