LIFESTYLE
®
38 DVD HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
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After customers experience 5.1-encoded media played back through a digital home theater
system, they can appreciate the added realism provided by discrete stereo sound in the
surround channels. However, most conventional systems can deliver discrete five-speaker
surround only from specially encoded software
–
5.1 DVDs, for example. Proprietary
Videostage 5 circuitry allows customers to get a five-speaker surround experience from
almost any source
–
including surround-encoded VHS tapes, stereo CDs, even monaural TV
programs.Videostage 5 decoding circuitry provides the listener with the following benefits:
•
A five-speaker surround sound experience from surround-encoded VHS
tapes and stereo TV programs
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Videostage 5 decoding and post-processing
circuitry delivers a five-speaker experience from a surround-encoded program by
decoding the signal into front left, front center, front right and two independent
channels of surround (both left and right).This performance is similar to that of a
5.1-encoded DVD disc and is automatically engaged.
•
A five-speaker surround sound experience from mono TV shows
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The next-
generation Lifestyle
®
home entertainment systems, using Videostage 5 decoding circuitry,
can deliver a five-speaker surround sound experience even from mono TV shows.With
Dolby
®
Digital 1.0 (monaural) program material, the five-speaker surround sound expe-
rience is delivered automatically. If a TV broadcast or VHS tape is in mono, customers
can enjoy a full five-speaker surround sound experience by pressing and holding the
“five-speaker” button to engage the monaural decoder. (They will hear a chime, and
then they will hear all five speakers come on.)
•
Five-speaker surround sound from stereo CDs
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Many conventional home the-
ater systems are challenged when playing stereo CDs through all five speakers. However,
Bose
®
proprietary Videostage 5 decoding circuitry delivers a realistic listening experience
with the vocalist or predominant instrument appearing centered, the backup instru-
ments remaining spacious and ambient instrumentation appearing in the surround
channels. If customers would rather listen through two speakers, they simply press
the “Speaker 2-3-5” button on the remote control and select the two-speaker mode.
Yes.
Most of the decoding technology available today was originally designed to work in com-
mercial movie theaters
–
a significantly different environment than most homes. Because Bose
specifically engineered Videostage 5 decoding circuitry to reproduce the experience of the
cinema
in a living room
,
the Lifestyle
®
system offers your customers important advantages:
•
Deep, low notes from a single source
–
Videostage 5 decoding and post-processing
circuitry sums the lower frequencies from all channels into the single Acoustimass
®
module, which can easily be hidden out of sight. Integrating all the low-note production
into one source reduces unpredictable acoustic effects that may be caused by placement
of multiple low-note enclosures in the room.
•
Improved on-screen localization
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In most homes, the center channel speaker is
placed above or below the TV screen.With the Videostage 5 circuitry in the Lifestyle
®
system, output from the three front
Virtually Invisible
®
cube speakers is integrated to
establish a sonic image of the center channel information in the center of the screen.
Most of the other decoders available today tend to steer the center channel information
Are there any other
advantages offered by
Videostage 5 decoding
circuitry compared with
conventional decoding
technology?
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
Why did Bose
®
pursue the
development of Videostage
®
5 decoding circuitry and
what are its customer
benefits?
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