Dolby announces Vision release for Q1, Volume release for now

We can't say that we've ever been utterly stoked for Dolby Volume, but we suppose it's a nice extra in TV sets and set-top-boxes so long as the cost of inclusion is negligible to the consumer. That said, Dolby's making darn sure the crowd at CES knows that it's infiltrating sets in the US and Europe as we speak, and it'll be showcasing a number of Toshiba REGZA LCDs in particular. In related news, Dolby Vision -- part of its High Dynamic Range series -- will be showcased in a SIM2 prototype LCD here in Vegas. Better still, Dolby is currently working with SIM2 in order to develop an HDR-enabled LCD display, and while we highly doubt this is the set that's coming in Q1, we are told that the technology will be available in some form or fashion this quarter. Patience, friends -- it's the only choice.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 2:27PM]

Golly,
I thought that dial-norm was sposed to solve all these issues.
That seemed to be the rationale that the ATSC and FCC had when they announced that the US digital broadcast standards would have audio based on a Dolby product.

Am I missing something here?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 12:38PM]

Based on what is written in this piece, I have no idea
what this dolby technology actually does the the initial
piece says a lot of nothing.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 2:33PM]

http://www.dolby.com/consumer/technology/dolby-volume.html

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 7th 2009 2:46PM]

I want to see a separate Dolby Volume device I can add to older hardware. It is great to see it integrated into new devices but it would be great to add it in an existing stack as well.