Gearing Up for Atmos
I’ve been planning to upgrade my surround sound system to Dolby Atmos ever since the format was first announced for home use. Due to a variety of delays, some financial and some personal, I put off the installation of an Atm...
I’ve been planning to upgrade my surround sound system to Dolby Atmos ever since the format was first announced for home use. Due to a variety of delays, some financial and some personal, I put off the installation of an Atm...
Already a sensation in cinemas, Dolby’s immersive Atmos surround sound format will come to the home theater realm later this year. Are you willing or able to upgrade your equipment?
My trip to California last week had already brought me to both Dolby and DTS to experience new home theater product demos. Knowing that I’d be in L.A., however briefly, my friend (and occasional Roundtable contributor) Chris...
After spending two days in San Francisco witnessing the latest products that Dolby Labs wanted to showcase, I next jetted off to the Los Angeles area to visit Dolby’s biggest competitor: DTS, Inc. I’ll be honest that I...
As part of this year’s Fidelity Forum conference, Dolby Labs invited a group of home theater writers to the company’s headquarters in San Francisco for a tour of the facility and a look at some of its latest and greate...
As you probably already know, Dolby’s ProLogic IIz audio decoding process adds height channels to the surround sound experience in a 5.1 or 7.1 home theater. Not to be outdone, competitors DTS and Audyssey have developed the...