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Dolby Surround 7.1 (sometimes called Dolby 7.1 surround sound) is a sound system by Dolby Laboratories which delivers theatrical 7.1 surround sound to movie-goers. It is the most recent addition to a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby known as Dolby Digital. It adds two new channels to current Dolby Digital 5.1.
[1] [2] In addition, with the advent of Dolby Pro Logic IIz and DTS Neo:X, 7.1 surround sound can also refer to 7.1 surround sound configurations with the addition of two front height channels (LH and RH) positioned above the front channels or two front wide channels positioned between the front and surround channels. [3] [4]
Dolby TrueHD is a lossless, multi-channel audio codec developed by Dolby Laboratories for home video, used principally in Blu-ray Disc and compatible hardware. Dolby TrueHD, along with Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3) and Dolby AC-4 , is one of the intended successors to the Dolby Digital (AC-3) lossy surround format.
Dolby Atmos home theaters can be built upon conventional 5.1 and 7.1 layouts. For Dolby Atmos, the nomenclature differs slightly by an additional number at the end, that represents the number of overhead or Dolby Atmos enabled speakers: a 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos system is a conventional 7.1 layout with four overhead or Dolby Atmos enabled speakers.
Dolby Atmos (and other Microsoft Spatial Sound engines; see AudioObjectType in SpatialAudioClient.h) additionally support a virtual "8.1.4.4" configuration, to be rendered by a HRTF. [45] The configuration adds to 7.1.4 with a center speaker behind the listener and 4 speakers below.
The Dolby Pro Logic IIx system, available since 2003, can take two-channel stereo, Dolby Surround (sometimes called Dolby Stereo Surround) and Dolby Digital 5.1 source material and up-convert it to 6.1 or 7.1 channel surround sound.
Dolby Atmos: This rather magical technology adds "height channels" to the listening experience — basically another way to simulate 3D sound. The Sonos Arc, for example, accomplishes this via a ...
Dolby Surround, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro Logic II, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, and Dolby Pro Logic IIz: these decoders expand sound to a greater number of channels. All can decode surround sound that has been matrixed into two channels; some can expand surround sound to a greater number of speakers than the original source material.