Dolby Celebrates 40 Years of Enhancing Entertainment at ShoWest 2005.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Innovative Digital Cinema, Audio, and Subtitling Products on Display to Optimize Cinemas Around the World Dolby Laboratories “Dolby” redirects here. For other uses, see Dolby (disambiguation). Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (Dolby Labs) (NYSE: DLB) is a USA-based company specializing in audio compression and reproduction. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DLB DLB Dementia with Lewy Bodies DLB Dynamic Load Balancing DLB Don't Look Back DLB Digital Lecture Board (University of Mannheim, Germany) DLB Digital Loopback DLB Downline Builder (multi-level marketing) ) announced today that it will be celebrating its 40-year anniversary at the ShoWest 2005 convention, held in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , March 15-17, at Bally's Paris Resort, booth #1605. As the company honors 40 years of technological advancements, Dolby will showcase its latest digital cinema, audio, and subtitling products and technologies that are designed to serve studios and exhibitors alike and lead them into the digital future. While the digital cinema market continues to evolve, Dolby is leveraging its well respected entertainment, research, and engineering heritage to provide compelling solutions for the digital cinema market. The Dolby(R) Digital Cinema system, which has already delivered more than 1,000 successful screenings in beta sites worldwide, is a high-quality, secure and reliable solution that is designed and built specifically for today's cinemas. The Dolby Digital A digital audio encoding system from Dolby used in movie and home theaters. First used in 1995, Dolby Digital employs Dolby's AC-3 (Audio Coding-3) coding and compression technology and is the standard for DVD-Video and HDTV. 5. Cinema system will be displayed in the booth and showcased at the ShoWest opening day lunch. During this event, Dolby will debut its digital cinema trailer, Countdown, and present an overview of Dolby's 40 years of entertainment innovations. "As we reflect on the past and look toward the future, Dolby remains committed to bringing technologies to market that significantly improve the cinema-going experience," said Tim Partridge, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Professional Division. "To ensure that exhibitors make a smooth transition to digital, we've developed a standards-based system that provides reliability, ease-of-use, and technological innovation." On display will be the Dolby CP650 Cinema Processor, the engine of Dolby's modern cinema sound system. Found in thousands of flagship cinemas worldwide, the CP650 processes all Dolby sound formats. Other configurations are available to fit the needs of a cinema, while providing an easy upgrade path. In addition, Dolby will also be demonstrating its ScreenTalk(TM) product line during ShoWest 2005. ScreenTalk is a cinema subtitling system that provides full-color digital subtitles via a video projector A video projector takes a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system. All video projectors use a very bright light to project the image, and most modern ones can correct any curves, blurriness, and other inconsistencies through or an alternative subtitling device. It also provides audio commentary for the visually impaired using the cinema's wireless headphone See headphones. system. Dolby ScreenTalk digitally superimposes subtitles over any standard 35 mm film with a Dolby Digital soundtrack. For more information, please visit Dolby in booth #1605. About Dolby Laboratories Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For nearly four decades, Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and surround sound An audio recording and playback system that uses five or more channels plus a subwoofer channel. See 5.1 channel and 3D audio. in cinema, broadcast, home audio systems, cars, DVDs, headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. , games, televisions, and personal computers. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the company has entertainment industry liaison offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , and licensing liaison offices in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , and Tokyo. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com. Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the performance and capabilities of Dolby's Digital Cinema system, its modern cinema sound system, including its CP650 Cinema Processor, and its ScreenTalk product lines, the potential benefits that Dolby's customers, including studios and exhibitors, and consumers may derive from these products and technologies, and the anticipated market acceptance of these technologies, are "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, which could cause the forward-looking statements to differ materially from anticipated results, include, without limitation, risks associated with building customer and consumer acceptance of and demand for Dolby's Digital Cinema system and ScreenTalk product lines, including competition risks, risks associated with the development of digital cinema market generally, rapid changes in technical requirements for digital cinema, cinema sound and subtitling technologies, risks associated with introducing new digital cinema and subtitling technologies to in cinemas, and other risks detailed in Dolby's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, its registration statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed in connection with its initial public offering. Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. ScreenTalk is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories. (C) 2005 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. S05/16120 |
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