One of the biggest selling points of your new smartphone is its Dolby Atmos with Spatial Sound support. It took your nightly HBO MAX streams from good to great and made action films sound incredible. However, the other night you took a brief break from watching Aquaman to check your Instagram, only to find that …
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Dolby Vision (DV) was conceptualized to improve the viewing experience on TVs and other compatible displays. And it has achieved what it originally intended to do tremendously. But DV is not without its practical difficulties, nor does everything Dolby Vision promises on paper translate into the real world. Dolby Vision does an excellent job of …
Dolby Vision can make your TV’s image look more vivid and defined than ever before. It was first developed by Dolby Laboratories for HDR (or High Dynamic Range) video and quickly became a favorite of both film fanatics and gamers alike. However, since HDR intensifies an image’s shadow, enabling it will often cause the video …
Dolby Atmos is a widely used surround sound technology that enhances the audio experience for movies, TV shows, and video games. Many gamers are interested in whether their gaming consoles support this technology due to its ability to create immersive and realistic sound environments. Unfortunately, neither the PlayStation 4 nor the PlayStation 5 support Dolby …
The audio you listen to through your speakers, headphones, and other audio gear results from the marriage between hardware and software. The amplifiers, speakers, casing, etc., alone cannot reproduce great sound. Technological advancements have graced different industries, and the music/audio equipment industry has had its blessings too. Dolby Atmos is one major improvement the audio …
When color TV supplanted black-and-white televisions, the change was seismic. No pun intended, but the difference was day and night. After that, the industry made several efforts to modernize color TV displays. Some gimmicks, like three-dimensional viewing, were also thrown in. However, none has significantly impacted the space like HDR (high dynamic range) has. The …
The term “Dolby Digital” is one that we are all familiar with because we notice it so frequently, but many of us don’t know the first thing about it. We often see this phrase and the logo on a computer’s spec sheet, at the beginning of movies, or on those DVD cases back in the …
Music is subject to taste. But the difference in audio quality is discernible. Dolby Atmos, for instance, is not the same as a traditional surround sound setup. Similarly, Dolby Digital could introduce nuances that other sound technologies may not offer. So, what are Dolby Atmos and Dolby Digital? What added things do they bring to …
TVs have never sounded better than they do today. Besides being equipped with pretty capable built-in speakers, the standalone soundbars and speaker systems that modern TVs can pair with can take a television’s audio experience to another level. If you are familiar with audio and its buzzwords, you have heard of Dolby Atmos. Atmos sound …
Audio is subject to interpretation. Some people don’t pay attention to the audio capabilities of their devices and are quite content if what they hear is clear and enjoyable enough. And there’s another cohort, called “audiophiles,” that likes to listen to and appreciate every detail in a piece of audio/music with keen ears. But many …
The best thing about soundbars is not just their audio quality. It is also how they function as AV media hubs for conveniently connecting all your devices. If you have a Dolby Vision TV connected to your soundbar, you’re probably wondering which HDMI interface is best suited for your transmissions. Do you need HDMI eARC? …
For almost two decades, the trusty HDMI cable has been a reliable option and a mainstay solution for TVs, computer monitors, projectors, and all sorts of AV equipment. There’s an apparent reason why: it has stood the test of time, it’s a robust piece of technology, and it has managed to reinvent itself with each …
If you love to watch Hollywood hits as soon as they hit the big screen at your favorite movie theater, you have probably noticed that Dolby Cinema and IMAX are two distinct movie formats that these entertainment venues often advertise. The reason for this is that these two movie formats provide a movie-watching experience that …