Dolby® Pulse combines the effectiveness of High Efficiency AAC (HE AAC) audio coding with Dolby’s proven quality and broadcast expertise. Available in 2009, Dolby Pulse will assure you of compatibility throughout your next-generation broadcast chain. We plan to implement Dolby Pulse in all areas of the broadcast chain: hardware, OEM products, and licensed encoder and decoder products.
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Turns up the excitement of DTV by adding unparalleled sound quality to the television picture. Dolby Digital is used extensively on digital satellite (DBS), cable, and DTV and HDTV terrestrial services. It can also be used to deliver 5.1 surround radio services.
Dolby Digital is the sound for DVDs worldwide. All DVD-Video players include Dolby Digital decoding, and a majority of DVD-Video titles incorporate Dolby Digital 5.1. DVD-Audio combines DVD technology with Dolby Digital and MLP Lossless™ to deliver music with full 5.1-channel surround sound and fidelity that is dramatically better than that of a CD.
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Dolby Digital Plus is an advanced, scalable audio codec based on Dolby Digital. It was designed specifically to adapt to the changing demands of packaged media, cable, satellite, digital broadcast television, and audio storage systems while simultaneously retaining backwards compatibility with the existing Dolby Digital 5.1-channel home theater systems in use today. Dolby Digital Plus has been adopted for use on Blu-ray Disc™ and for the ATSC and DVB digital broadcast formats.
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Dolby E is a professional coding system optimized for the distribution of surround and multichannel audio through two-channel postproduction and broadcasting infrastructures, or for recording surround audio on two audio tracks of conventional digital video tapes, video servers, communication links, switchers, and routers.
The Dolby E signal does not reach viewers at home. It is decoded back to baseband audio just prior to the final DTV transmission and then re-encoded into the final audio format specified by the various DTV emission systems.
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Offers your customers a more consistent and satisfying listening experience with Dolby Volume, an audio processing technology that solves the problem of volume variations across both program content and program sources while simultaneously providing the same vibrant audio performance at all playback levels, loud or soft. Learn more about
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Provide immersing surround audio on any two-channel service, including programs destined for over-the-air and stereo-only transmission. Dolby Pro Logic® II and Dolby Surround broadcasts perfectly complement the Dolby Digital 5.1 broadcasts on DTV services.
Dolby Pro Logic II and Dolby Surround Pro Logic are also utilized on two-channel analog or digital entertainment media, including PC and console games, or VHS tapes.
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Dolby TrueHD is the next-generation lossless technology developed for high-definition disc-based media. It provides audio that is bit-for-bit identical to the highest-resolution studio masters. When coupled with video, Dolby TrueHD offers a home theater experience with stunning sound that's a superb complement to the high-definition picture.
Dolby TrueHD supports up to eight full-range channels, allowing the audio engineer to position sounds for a more realistic effect than ever before. Dolby TrueHD has been selected by the DVD Forum as a standard for HD DVD, and is also available for use in Blu-ray Disc players and media.
Dolby TrueHD is supported by HDMI™, the new single-cable digital connection for high-definition audio and video that eliminates the confusion of multiple connectors. Dolby TrueHD will be transportable over version 1.3 of HDMI and is compatible with version 1.1 as an output PCM signal for A/V receivers.
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