The new functionality also provides support for enhanced audio in movies streaming with Dolby Digital Plus.
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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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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 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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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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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.
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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"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.
The number of devices and services that support high-definition entertainment is growing rapidly, and Dolby Digital Plus is a powerful and efficient way to bring high-quality audio to UltraViolet, which combines the benefits of cloud access with the power of an industry standard.
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While the HD DVD version was limited to a Dolby Digital Plus track (allegedly because of space limitations) Blu-ray sports Dolby TrueHD as well as a few foreign language surround sound tracks -- although this is really the only difference, the reviewers appreciate it.
For now, we don't know of any devices with Digital Plus, but a Dolby rep told us the first should be announced within the coming months.
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