What program sources deliver Dolby Digital audio?ĭolby Digital audio is available via laser discs, DVD-Video discs, DVD-ROM discs for computers, digital cable systems, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) systems, and digital broadcast TV (DTV). First used in movie theaters in 1992, it is the result of decades spent by Dolby Laboratories developing signal-processing systems that exploit the characteristics of human hearing.Ģ.
It has already changed the way you experience your favorite films in movie theaters, and is now doing the same for video programming at home.ĭolby Digital is an advanced form of digital audio coding that makes it possible to store and transmit high-quality digital sound far more efficiently than was previously possible. Dolby Digital is the next step forward in sonic realism and listener involvement.