Dolby Enhances Sound of Entertainment on the PC Platform at IDF 2007 in Beijing

April 20, 2007 | 13:30

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Showcases Dolby technologies in Windows Vista, notebook PCs from Lenovo, Asus, and Toshiba, and Audistry by Dolby technology for ultramobile PCs

Beijing, April 18, 2007—At Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2007, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) demonstrated how its technologies are enhancing the sound of entertainment on the PC platform, showcasing the Windows VistaTM operating system (Windows Vista Ultimate and Windows Vista Home Premium editions) as well as in notebooks from Lenovo, Asus, and Toshiba.

In the IDF Mobile Internet Community exhibition area, Dolby demonstrated AudistryTM by Dolby® technology for ultramobile PCs (UMPCs). Audistry by Dolby offers a suite of audio enhancements that provide a big boost to sound, including a wider stereo image and better bass, giving PC users the ability to easily enhance their listening enjoyment and hear music the way they like it.

“IDF is a great forum for the industry to explore ways to enable better entertainment experiences on the PC,” said Greg Rodehau, PC Market Segment Director, Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby is committed to working closely with our partners, the industry’s leading suppliers and hardware manufacturers, to develop, integrate, and deliver technologies that can elevate the PC as an entertainment platform.”

The LenovoTM Tianyi F50, the Asus W2P, and the recently updated Toshiba® QosmioTM notebook PCs feature Dolby Home Theater®, a suite of technologies that offer advanced home theater audio features and a premium surround sound experience. Dolby Home Theater places listeners amidst the drama, excitement, and emotion of their favorite music, movies, and games and offers users the freedom and flexibility to enjoy surround sound experiences in a variety of playback environments. Dolby Home Theater includes the following technologies:
• Dolby Digital, which delivers rich, engaging surround sound for a better entertainment experience
• Dolby Digital Live, which makes it easy to connect a PC to an A/V receiver using a single digital cable, eliminating the confusion, hassle, and clutter of multiple connections
• Dolby Pro Logic® II, which expands any stereo DVD movie, music, video game, or broadcast audio signal into an enhanced 5.1-channel surround sound experience and creates a natural surround sound field that delivers a more vivid and realistic entertainment experience
• Dolby Headphone technology, which enables people to enjoy a virtual 5.1-channel surround sound experience from any set of headphones without disturbing others and provides an ideal way to listen to music or watch DVD movies on a laptop late at night
• Dolby Virtual Speaker technology, which delivers a virtual 5.1-channel surround sound experience from just two speakers so people can enjoy great audio from PCs in smaller spaces, including apartments, college dormitories, and dens, eliminating the need to buy extra speakers, wires, or speaker stands to enjoy great surround sound
The Toshiba Qosmio also includes an HD DVD-ROM drive, which supports Dolby TrueHD, a lossless technology that delivers studio-master-quality sound for high-definition optical discs, as well as Dolby Digital Plus, a highly flexible technology that delivers superior high-definition sound and up to 7.1 channels of audio on next-generation optical discs.
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