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Technology explained
We highlight the reason behind the
techno-rhyme
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by: Carol Mazur
Here are some of the brightest ideas
and developmenmts you'll encounter ... all designed to make
our home enterainment experience all the more enjoyable and
meaningful:
Dolby
Digital
When
it comes to surround sound sounding sensational, there more
to Dolby technology than meets the ears. 
Anamorphic video
The biggest visual boon of the DVD movie medium
is the capacity to view movies in the format in which they
were envisioned by directors and cinematographers.
DVD Audio
DVD-Audio
is a music format that has the potential to greatly enhance
the quality of music reproduced in our homes.
DTS Surround
Now
we have six-channel surround sound and one
of the big names in six-channel surround sound is DTS (Digital
Theatre Systems).
Dolby Pro Logic
For
over a decade Dolby Stereo delighted the world's movie audiences
with multi-dimensional and lifelike sonic dimensions to enhance
on-screen activity.
Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby
Pro Logic II is the latest technical surround sound consumer
product to come from Dolby Labs in the US.
Lucasfilm THX processing
More
and more people are watching video movies at home these days,
and for those of us with surround sound and THX home systems,
the experience at the least rivals, and usually surpasses
a movie theatre.
Lucasfilm THX Ultra
Some
of the most rapid development of new home entertainment technology
has come from LucasFilm with its seemingly exponentially increasing
rate of growth of THX.
Lucasfilm THX EX
Just
when you thought that surround sound technology couldn't get
bigger and better, the Dolby Labs/LucasFilm collaboration
pulls the proverbial rabbit out of the hat.
Lucasfilm THX Select
Another
is the cost, affordability is a big factor for many people
... THX Select technology is the latest refinement of THX
Ultra technology.
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