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Surround sound formats
Below is a b r ief desc r i p tion of the main su rr ound sound
fo r mats you’ll find on BDs, DVDs, satellite, cable and
te rr est r ial b r oadcasts, and video cassettes.
Dolby
The Dolby technologies a r e ex p lained below. See
www.dolby.com fo r mo r e detailed info r mation.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
Dolby, Pro Logic, Surround EX and the double-D symbol are
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
DTS
The DTS technologies a r e ex p lained below. See
www.dtstech.com fo r mo r e detailed info r mation.
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s:
5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616;
6,487,535; 7,212,872; 7,333,929; 7,392,195; 7,272,567 &
other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS
and the Symbol are registered trademarks, & DTS-HD, DTS-
HD Master Audio, and the DTS logos are trademarks of
DTS, Inc. Product includes software. © DTS, Inc. All Rights
Reserved.
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional
Windows Media Audio 9 P r ofessional (WMA9 P r o) is a
disc r ete su rr ound fo r mat develo p ed by Mic r osoft
Co rp o r ation.
Windows Media and the Windows logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries.
About THX
The THX technologies a r e ex p lained below. See
www.thx.com fo r mo r e detailed info r mation.
• THX Cinema processing
THX is an exclusive set of standa r ds and technologies established by
THX Ltd. THX g r ew f r om Geo r ge Lucas’ p e r sonal desi r e to make you r
ex p e r ience of the film soundt r ack, in both movie theat r es and in you r
home theat r e, as faithful as p ossible to what the di r ecto r intended.
Movie soundt r acks a r e mixed in s p ecial movie theat r es called
dubbing stages and a r e designed to be p layed back in movie theat r es
with simila r equi p ment and conditions. This same soundt r ack is then
t r ansfe rr ed di r ectly onto Lase r disc, VHS ta p e, DVD, etc., and is not
changed fo r p layback in a small home theat r e envi r onment. THX
enginee r s develo p ed p atented technologies to accu r ately t r anslate
the sound f r om the movie theat r e envi r onment into the home,
co rr ecting the tonal and s p atial e rr o r s that occu r . On this pr oduct,
when the THX indicato r is on, THX featu r es a r e automatically added
in Cinema modes (e.g. THX Cinema, THX Su rr ound EX).
• Re-Equalization
The tonal balance of a film soundt r ack will be excessively b r ight and
ha r sh when p layed back ove r audio equi p ment in the home because
film soundt r acks we r e designed to be p layed back in la r ge movie
theate r s using ve r y diffe r ent pr ofessional equi p ment. Re-Equalization
r esto r es the co rr ect tonal balance fo r watching a movie soundt r ack in
a small home envi r onment.
• Timbre Matching
The human ea r changes ou r p e r ce p tion of a sound de p ending on the
di r ection f r om which the sound is coming. In a movie theat r e, the r e is
an a rr ay of su rr ound s p eake r s so that the su rr ound info r mation is all
a r ound you. In a home theat r e, you use only two s p eake r s located to the
side of you r head. The Timb r e Matching featu r e filte r s the info r mation
going to the su rr ound s p eake r s so that they mo r e closely match the
tonal cha r acte r istics of the sound coming f r om the f r ont s p eake r s. This
ensu r es seamless p anning between the f r ont and su rr ound s p eake r s.
• Adaptive Decorrelation
In a movie theat r e, a la r ge numbe r of su rr ound s p eake r s hel p c r eate
an envelo p ing su rr ound sound ex p e r ience, but in a home theat r e
the r e a r e usually only two s p eake r s. This can make the su rr ound
s p eake r s sound like head p hones that lack s p aciousness and
envelo p ment. The su rr ound sounds will also colla p se into the closest
s p eake r as you move away f r om the middle seating p osition. Ada p tive
Deco rr elation slightly changes one su rr ound channel’s time and
p hase r elationshi p with r es p ect to the othe r su rr ound channel. This
ex p ands the listening p osition and c r eates—with only two s p eake r s—
the same s p acious su rr ound ex p e r ience as in a movie theat r e.
• THX Select2 Plus
Befo r e any home theat r e com p onent can be THX Select2 Plus
ce r tified, it must inco rp o r ate all the featu r es above and also p ass a
r igo r ous se r ies of quality and p e r fo r mance tests. Only then can a
pr oduct featu r e the THX Select2 Plus logo, which is you r gua r antee
that the Home Theat r e pr oducts you p u r chase will give you su p e r b
p e r fo r mance fo r many yea r s to come. THX Select2 Plus r equi r ements
cove r eve r y as p ect of the pr oduct including pr e-am p lifie r and p owe r
am p lifie r p e r fo r mance and o p e r ation, and hund r eds of othe r
p a r amete r s in both the digital and analog domain.
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