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Dolby Digital Live 

Enjoy audio from your PC or game console through your home theater with Dolby Digital Live. A real-time encoding technology, Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for transport and playback through a home theater system. With it, your PC or game console can be hooked up to your Dolby Digital-equipped audio/video receiver or digital speaker system via a single digital connection, eliminating the confusion of multiple cables and ensuring the integrity of the audio signal.

The real-time interactive capabilities of Dolby® Digital Live technology are ideally suited to PCs and video game consoles because it reproduces audio cues and effects that follow the on-screen action, transforming gameplay into an exciting and realistic entertainment experience.

Systems using Dolby Digital Live technology can provide Dolby Digital (5.1-channel surround sound) during gameplay, immersing players in high-quality surround sound that puts them at the center of the action. Gamers hear every window shatter, feel every explosion, and experience every wipeout.

Feature

Advantages/Benefits
Uses a single digital connection
  • Ensures the integrity of the audio signal
  • Eliminates confusion, hassle, and clutter of multiple analog and digital connections
Transforms all PC audio signals into a Dolby Digital signal
  • Dolby Digital is the audio backbone for home networks
  • Enables playback over millions of home theater systems equipped with Dolby Digital decoding
Optimized for low-latency interactive applications
  • No perceptible delay between video and audio in game play
Provides realistic 5.1-channel surround sound effects during interactive video gameplay
  • Immerses PC and game console players in a highly realistic game experience

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