Dolby Stereo Inducted Into the TEC Hall of Fame.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 -- 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 its Dolby(R) Stereo is one of 15 technology innovations to be inducted into the TECnology Hall of Fame in 2005. Ioan Allen, Senior Vice President, Dolby Laboratories, will accept the honor at a ceremony in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on October 7, 2005. Dolby Stereo A digital audio encoding system from Dolby that was first used in movie theaters in the mid-1970s. It recorded four channels of audio and provided a breakthrough re-introduction of the optical soundtrack over magnetic tracks on 35mm film. technology uses phase matrixing to store four channels of audio -- left, right, center, and surround -- on a two-channel format. The company designed the technology to be compatible with installed cinema systems. Therefore, both an older drive-in theatre with a mono sound system and no Dolby playback capability and a theatre with Dolby cinema decoders and a four-channel playback system could play a 35 mm film recorded in Dolby Stereo. In addition, Dolby Stereo added no appreciable cost to manufacturing stereo prints. After successfully improving the cinema experience, Dolby Stereo was introduced into homes as Dolby Surround in VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. tapes, DVDs, and television programs. The first film released with a Dolby Stereo soundtrack was A Star is Born in 1976. By 1977, the success of blockbusters such as Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind helped push exhibitors into upgrading to the new format. "Dolby Stereo was a phenomenal improvement for cinema sound and remains highly effective today," Ioan Allen said. "Tens of thousands of cinemas worldwide are equipped with Dolby Stereo processors. For many years, every major title released has used Dolby Stereo. Even today, movie prints with digital soundtracks also have Dolby Stereo soundtracks. In addition to providing a backup format, the inclusion of the analog soundtrack ensures compatibility with all cinemas, as a large number of theaters around the world still rely solely on analog playback of film sound." About the TECnology Hall of Fame The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, presenters of the Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) awards, established The TECnology Hall of Fame in 2004. The Hall of Fame recognizes products and innovations that have made a significant, lasting contribution to the advancement of audio technology. A panel of more than 50 audio experts, including authors, educators, engineers, facility owners, and other professionals, chooses inductees. Products or innovations must be at least 10 years old to be eligible for induction. About Dolby Laboratories Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) develops and delivers products and technologies that make the entertainment experience more realistic and immersive. For four decades Dolby has been at the forefront of defining high-quality audio and surround sound 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, and licensing liaison offices in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. For more information about Dolby Laboratories or Dolby technologies, please visit www.dolby.com. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. S05/16714 DLB-G |
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