The new functionality also provides support for enhanced audio in movies streaming with Dolby Digital Plus.
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The TV also supports Analog audio out and Dolby digital out via optical port.
To enhance digital entertainment capabilities, DTS Connect and Dolby Digital Live encoding are included.
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Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio-the standard in high-end audio-available exclusively on Kindle Fire HD.
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Currently, high-definition TV shows and movies from iTunes are offered in 720P and Dolby Digital surround sound.
Dual stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus audio-the standard in high-end audio-available for the first time on a tablet.
For the time being, select Samsung Smart TVs are the only way to get Dolby Digital Plus with HBO GO.
At the bottom of the Ascend D2 is a Dolby Digital Plus speaker with the standard audio jack rested next to it.
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But for this go-round, ZTE's added in Dolby Digital Plus Surround for a superior audio experience and an extra GB of RAM.
Dolby also announced the availability of a development kit to support the use of Dolby Digital Plus in the UltraViolet CFF specification.
The 1 o'clock position denotes if your mic is muted, while at 3 o'clock is a Dolby Digital status (stereo or surround sound).
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The DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles.
The YHT-697BL offers a full complement of HD Audio format decoding, including Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio.
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The WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN" Blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.
Available in 16GB or 32GB, the Kindle Fire HD has a higher resolution screen of 1280-by-800 pixels, Dolby Digital Plus powered speakers, stronger Wi-Fi and better battery life.
It now sports two speakers in the back with audio enhanced with Dolby Digital Plus, which, according to Dolby Labs, optimizes audio based on the application being used.
Kindle Fire HD solves this by combining dual stereo speakers with the exclusive Dolby Digital Plus audio engine-the standard in high performance audio-to offer a world-class audio experience.
Once this signal is accepted in the receiver, it can then be decoded into its native format including Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio.
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The disc additionally features French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description with English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
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When used on Ultraviolet, Dolby Digital Plus offers content-encoding providers a powerful means to ensure consumers get the experience envisioned by the music artist, film director, or sound designer.
In addition to the impressive hardware capabilities, the proprietary SB Speaker-Calibration feature, DTS Connect and Dolby Digital Live, all these three ensure an ultra-realistic cinematic audio playback and gaming experience.
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The YSP-3050 offers full support for surround sound standards, including Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Pro Logic II and DTS Neo:6, as well as CINEMA DSP technology, to create realistic soundscapes in any room.
NeoTV Streaming Player (NTV300) is a simple-to-use device that's an ideal solution for streaming thousands of movies, TV shows or songs to TVs in full 1080p HD and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound.
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Netflix is the most intriguing of the additions, but while TiVo Premiere owners can now watch Netflix 1080p programming with Dolby Digital Plus discrete surround sound, like Hulu Plus, it isn't a TiVo experience.
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We do wish Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD MA would've been included, but hey you can't have everything -- or maybe even old school Dolby Digital and DTS, so we could really appreciate the difference.
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Up top, you'll find indicators for Dolby Headphone, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx and Dolby Digital -- these let you know which surround sound simulation, if any, is currently being pushed to the headset.
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The DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English 2.0 Discrete Surround, French 5.1 Surround, Spanish 5.1 Surround and English Audio Description and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
The single-disc DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, English 2.0 Discrete Surround, French 5.1 Surround, Spanish 5.1 Surround and English Audio Description and English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
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"Support for Dolby Digital Plus audio within UltraViolet CFF media assets is an important facet of the efficient, automated UltraViolet production workflows enabled by our latest media transformation and workflow solutions, " said Mike Nann, Director, Marketing and Communications, Digital Rapids.
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