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Consumer Product Technologies

Dolby technologies for manufacturing can be divided into three main categories: consumer products, professional products, and integrated circuits and software. Any manufacturer incorporating Dolby technology into a product must first obtain a license.

Essential, Recommended, and Available Licensable Dolby Technologies by Product

Consumer Products

DVD-Video players

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Digital Recording
	MLP Lossless
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone
	AAC

DVD recorders (audio and video)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
MLP Lossless (DVD - Audio)	MLP Lossless
Dolby Digital Recording	Dolby Virtual Speaker
Dolby Digital Stereo Creator	Dolby Headphone
AAC (DVD-Audio)	AAC

DVD-Audio players

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
MLP Lossless	Dolby Virtual Speaker
AAC	Dolby Headphone

Audio/Video receivers

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital EX
Dolby Pro Logic II	MLP Lossless
	Dolby Pro Logic II
	Dolby Pro Logic IIx
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone
	AAC

Digital video recorders (HDD PVRs)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital Recording	Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Digital Stereo Creator	Dolby Virtual Speaker	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Headphone
	AAC

Televisions with surround decoders

Essential	Recommended	Available
	Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic IIx
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Virtual Speaker	Virtual Dolby Surround
		Dolby Headphone

Televisions with DVD players

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	MLP Lossless
	Dolby Pro Logic IIx	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Virtual Speaker	AAC
	Dolby Headphone

Music centers (bookshelf A/V)
with surround decoder and DVD player

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	MLP Lossless	Dolby Digital EX
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Dolby Pro Logic IIx
	Dolby Virtual Speaker	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Headphone	Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
	AAC	Dolby Digital Recording

Music center with dubbing center

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Pro Logic II	Dolby Digital EX
	Dolby Virtual Speaker	Dolby Digital Recording
	Dolby Headphone	Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
		Dolby Pro Logic IIx
		Virtual Dolby Surround
		AAC

DVB cable set-top boxes

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Digital	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

SCTE cable set-top boxes

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

DVB terrestrial set-top boxes

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital (in Australia only)	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Digital Plus	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

ATSC terrestrial set-top boxes

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

DVB satellite set-top boxes

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Digital	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

North America satellite set-top boxes

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

Digital music set-top boxes

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Virtual Speaker	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Headphone

HDTVs (ATSC)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

HDTVs (non-ATSC)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital (in Australia)	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround (in Australia)
AAC (In Japan)	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

Digital TVs (ATSC)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Pro Logic IIx
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

Home-theater-in-a-box systems

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital EX	Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
	MLP Lossless	Dolby Digital Recording
	Dolby Pro Logic II
	Dolby Pro Logic IIx
	Dolby Headphone
	AAC

Car surround decoders

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Pro Logic II	Dolby Digital
	Dolby Digital EX
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

Car DVD players

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital EX
MLP Lossless (for DVD-Audio players)	Dolby Pro Logic II (for DVD-Audio players)

DVD playback products for PCs (two-channel)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II
MLP Lossless (for DVD-Audio players)	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

DVD playback products for PCs (multichannel)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital EX
MLP Lossless (for DVD-Audio players)	Dolby Pro Logic II
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

ATSC digital television products for PCs (two-channel)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital EX
	Dolby Pro Logic II
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

ATSC digital television products for PCs (multichannel)

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital EX
MLP Lossless (for DVD-Audio players)	Dolby Pro Logic II
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

PC Motherboards

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Digital Live

Multichannel personal surround system decoders

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Digital EX	Dolby Digital Recording
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Dolby Digital Stereo Creator
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone

Portable DVD players

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	MLP Lossless	Virtual Dolby Digital
	Dolby Pro Logic II
	Dolby Virtual Speaker
	Dolby Headphone
	AAC

Portable DVD-Audio players

Essential	Recommended	Available
Dolby Digital	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround
MLP Lossless	Dolby Virtual Speaker
AAC	Dolby Headphone

Portable digital radios

Essential	Recommended	Available
AAC	Dolby Digital	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Dolby Digital Recording
	Dolby Headphone	Dolby Digital Stereo Creator

Portable digital players (HW)

Essential	Recommended	Available
AAC	Dolby Digital	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Headphone

Portable headphone cassette players

Essential	Recommended	Available
		Dolby Pro Logic II
		Dolby Headphone

MiniDisc players/recorders

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Pro Logic II	Virtual Dolby Surround
	Dolby Headphone

Car cassievers

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Pro Logic II

Portable game consoles

Essential	Recommended	Available
N/A	Dolby Pro Logic II	Dolby Digital
	Dolby Headphone

Game consoles

Essential	Recommended	Available
	Dolby Pro Logic II	Dolby Digital
	Dolby Headphone	Virtual Dolby Digital
		Virtual Dolby Surround


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