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Surround sound formats
Below is a brief description of the main surround sound 
formats you’ll find on BDs, DVDs, satellite, cable and 
terrestrial broadcasts, and video cassettes.
Dolby
The Dolby technologies are explained below. See 
www.dolby.com for more detailed information. 
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. 
DolbyPro LogicSurround EX and the double-D 
symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
DTS
The DTS technologies are explained below. See 
www.dtstech.com for more detailed information.
Manufactured under license under U.S. Patent #’s: 
5,451,942; 5,956,674; 5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,226,616; 
6,487,535; 7,212,872; 7,333,929; 7,392,195; 7,272,567 & 
other U.S. and worldwide patents issued & pending. DTS 
and the Symbol are registered trademarks, & DTS-HD, DTS-
HD Master Audio, and the DTS logos are trademarks of 
DTS, Inc. Product includes software. © DTS, Inc. All Rights 
Reserved.
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional (WMA9 Pro) is a 
discrete surround format developed by Microsoft 
Corporation. 
Windows Media and the Windows logo are trademarks or 
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the 
United States and/or other countries.
About THX
The THX technologies are explained below. See 
www.thx.com for more detailed information.
THX Cinema processing
THX is an exclusive set of standards and technologies established by 
THX Ltd. THX grew from George Lucas’ personal desire to make your 
experience of the film soundtrack, in both movie theatres and in your 
home theatre, as faithful as possible to what the director intended. 
Movie soundtracks are mixed in special movie theatres called 
dubbing stages and are designed to be played back in movie theatres 
with similar equipment and conditions. This same soundtrack is then 
transferred directly onto Laserdisc, VHS tape, DVD, etc., and is not 
changed for playback in a small home theatre environment. THX 
engineers developed patented technologies to accurately translate 
the sound from the movie theatre environment into the home, 
correcting the tonal and spatial errors that occur. On this product, 
when the THX indicator is on, THX features are automatically added 
in Cinema modes (e.g. THX Cinema, THX Surround EX).
Re-Equalization
The tonal balance of a film soundtrack will be excessively bright and 
harsh when played back over audio equipment in the home because 
film soundtracks were designed to be played back in large movie 
theaters using very different professional equipment. Re-Equalization 
restores the correct tonal balance for watching a movie soundtrack in 
a small home environment.
Timbre Matching
The human ear changes our perception of a sound depending on the 
direction from which the sound is coming. In a movie theatre, there is 
an array of surround speakers so that the surround information is all 
around you. In a home theatre, you use only two speakers located to the 
side of your head. The Timbre Matching feature filters the information 
going to the surround speakers so that they more closely match the 
tonal characteristics of the sound coming from the front speakers. This 
ensures seamless panning between the front and surround speakers.
Adaptive Decorrelation
In a movie theatre, a large number of surround speakers help create 
an enveloping surround sound experience, but in a home theatre 
there are usually only two speakers. This can make the surround 
speakers sound like headphones that lack spaciousness and 
envelopment. The surround sounds will also collapse into the closest 
speaker as you move away from the middle seating position. Adaptive 
Decorrelation slightly changes one surround channel’s time and 
phase relationship with respect to the other surround channel. This 
expands the listening position and creates—with only two speakers— 
the same spacious surround experience as in a movie theatre. 
THX Select2 Plus
Before any home theatre component can be THX Select2 Plus 
certified, it must incorporate all the features above and also pass a 
rigorous series of quality and performance tests. Only then can a 
product feature the THX Select2 Plus logo, which is your guarantee 
that the Home Theatre products you purchase will give you superb 
performance for many years to come. THX Select2 Plus requirements 
cover every aspect of the product including pre-amplifier and power 
amplifier performance and operation, and hundreds of other 
parameters in both the digital and analog domain.
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