The Dolby Home Theater Suite of Technologies
Audio Optimization
Dramatically improves laptop sound quality by compensating for response irregularities in the speakers.
Delivers optimum performance for each laptop model, as measured and tuned by Dolby audio professionals
Provides a truer sound with the flat frequency response more typically associated with higher-end audio systems, previously not available from laptop speakers
High-Frequency Enhancer
Improves the playback quality of compressed digital content (such as MP3 or WMA files).
Analyzes and restores high frequencies lost during encoding
Works with any speakers or set of headphones
Provides listeners with clearer, crisper audio from their PCs than was previously possible
Natural Bass
Brings out the best possible bass performance for a fuller and more natural sound.
Extends bass response up to an octave in most speakers
Improves the listening experience at low volumes
Works within the speaker’s capabilities for distortion-free sound
Dolby Headphone
Delivers a personal surround sound experience over any set of headphones, putting the listener in the middle of the action.
Delivers spacious, open, and dramatic audio
Prevents listener fatigue, providing a more comfortable listening experience than conventional headphone playback
Adds a dimension that especially enhances game playing
Works with any PC audio source
Read more about Dolby Headphone.
Sound Space Expander
Opens up the sound to produce a more involving and realistic experience, even with closely spaced speakers.
Enhances the soundstage for stereo speaker systems
Produces a wide field that “wraps” around the listener
Unmasks sounds that were previously obscured in the recording
Dolby Pro Logic IIx
Creates a vivid 7.1-channel surround sound experience from any stereo (two-channel), 5.1-, or 6.1-channel movie, music, TV, or game audio source.
- Delivers all the details and subtleties of the original soundtrack plus compelling surround sound
- Intelligently analyzes and expands the audio signal into multiple channels
- Provides a more dynamic and seamless surround sound listening experience
Read more about Dolby Pro Logic® IIx.
Dolby Digital Live
Real-time technology converts any audio signal into Dolby Digital for easy connection to home theater systems.
Provides an easy single-cable connection (supported by S/PDIF) between the PC and audio receiver
Eliminates multiple-cable hassle and ensures signal quality
Compatible with the millions of consumer receivers that support Dolby Digital
Why Dolby
PC Users Increasingly Expect Quality Audio
As computers take on an ever-growing role in our daily lives, audio has become integral to the total PC experience. Multimedia content on the Internet and the popularity of the PC as a media hub are significantly changing how content is distributed and experienced. In addition, the rapid growth of user-generated online and PC content is contributing to the creation of new entertainment genres, in which quality audio is expected.
Dolby Home Theater v3 Delivers Unique Audio Enhancements
Dolby Home Theater v3, part of the Dolby PC Entertainment Experience, gives users the same kind of great entertainment they have come to expect from the cinema or home theater. This suite of Dolby technologies enhances the audio capabilities of a PC for stereo and multichannel sound through speakers and headphones, or as a multimedia entertainment hub. The introduction of Dolby Home Theater v3 improves PC audio with enhancements that include model-specific tuning.
Dolby technologies are used to create feature films and DVDs. Incorporating these technologies into a PC ensures that users will enjoy the same kind of entertainment experiences as from other media.