Dolby Laboratories, Inc. is an American technology corporation specializing in audio noise reduction, audio encoding/compression, spatial audio, and high-dynamic-range television imaging. Dolby licens
Headquarters in San Francisco, California
Dolby E selected hardware
Dolby system A-type decoder
Dolby Laboratories Screening Rooms in Burbank, California
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with Dolby AC-3, is the name for a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1995, it uses lossy
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…television (HDR) imaging. Dolby licenses its technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers. Dolby is best known for their audio encoding format, Dolby Digital, which popularized the use of surround sound in media. Dolby Labs was founded by Ray Dolby (1933–2013) in London, England, in 1965. In the same year…
A Dolby Digital Penthouse Soundhead mounted on a mid-1950s vintage Kalee model 20 projector
A photo of a 35 mm film print featuring all four audio formats (or quad track) - from left to right: Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (SDDS) (blue area to the left of the sprocket holes), Dolby Digital (grey area between the sprocket holes labelled with the Dolby Double-D logo in the middle), analog optical sound (the two white lines to the right of the sprocket holes), and the DTS time code (the dashed line to the far right)
A Dolby home theater badge on a laptop computer