Dolby and 5.1 Entertainment/Silverline Records integrate Dolby headphone technology and DualDisc format

Jan 4, 2005 8:00 AM, Audio Technology Update e-newsletter

             



Tracks encoded with Dolby headphone are designed to be played via devices such as the Apple iPod, AAC or Windows based portable players, and PCs.

Dolby Laboratories and 5.1 Entertainment Group/Silverline Records are collaborating to integrate Dolby headphone technology on the new DualDisc format. Silverline DualDiscs are currently the only DualDiscs to feature Dolby headphone-encoded AAC and WMA files. Tracks encoded with Dolby headphone are designed to be played via devices such as the Apple iPod, AAC or Windows based portable players, and PCs. Robert Cray's latest release marks the first of over 200 DualDiscs that Silverline Records will release with Dolby headphone-encoded music. DualDiscs feature CD compatibility on one side and DVD compatibility on the other.

For more information, visit www.dolby.com and www.5point1.net.

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