New DAE-3 Platform for Digital TV Builds on Life-Like D2Audio SoundSuite Sound Processing

AUSTIN, Texas (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) November 12, 2007 -- In answer to consumers’ demand for realistic audio to match their TVs’ beautiful, high definition video, D2Audio Corporation announced today, a new Intelligent Digital Amplifier™ chip that adds home theater quality sound to flat panel TVs without adding additional cost. Sleek, modern designs and small speakers create challenging audio playback issues for TVs that only audio Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) can address. The new D2Audio 3rd generation Digital Audio Engine™ 3, DAE-3 for Digital TVs (DTV) uses a true DSP specifically designed to deliver life-like enhancements, including D2Audio SoundSuite to digital TV audio, without any cost increase.

The DAE-3 delivers home theater quality sound using sophisticated algorithms that enhance the flat-panel TV audio without adding system cost. Consumer electronics brands are impressed that the DAE-3 delivers a unique means of differentiating their products in the increasingly competitive flat-panel TV market.

Flat-panel TVs are moving beyond the living room and media room. According to the Consumer Electronics Association of America (CEA) research data, 40% of new purchased flat panel TVs will be located in secondary viewing locations such as bedrooms, game rooms and dens¹. Consumers are often unable to support the cost and space requirements for a second independent home theater system, and are forced to rely on the TV speakers for sound reproduction, reflected by the fact that 76% of flat panel TVs are used without a separate audio amplification system². With realistic home theater sound in a primary location, many consumers have been disappointed with the sound quality coming from standard TV speakers in secondary locations. Consumer electronics brands leveraging the advanced DAE-3™ TV digital amplifier technology and D2Audio® SoundSuite™ audio enhancement software can now bring a realistic home theater experience to secondary TV locations without adding additional cost to the TV.

Consumers have demonstrated a preference for consumer electronics equipment with sleek modern styling. To accommodate consumer style preferences, digital TVs (DTV) speakers have been made smaller and are often located out of sight, which makes delivering realistic audio very difficult. The new DAE-3 digital amplifier family for digital TV audio deals with this challenge by offering speaker correction, speaker tuning and immersive audio enhancements that compensate for the traditionally inexpensive speakers that have become standard in today’s televisions.

In addition, the recent explosive growth of digital media content resulted in an incredible range of media types and genres with greatly enhanced audio content. Because the DAE-3 digital amplifier controller contains an integrated audio Digital Signal Processor, it is able to correct the unpleasant effects of small, inexpensive, ill-placed speakers and adds home theater-like audio experience, allowing consumers to enjoy the true impact of advanced media on their D2Audio-based DTV.

“High volume consumer electronics brands are embracing the D2Audio advantage,” said Dr. Skip Taylor, Chief Technology Officer and founder of D2Audio. “The DAE-3 delivers home theater quality sound using sophisticated algorithms that enhance the flat-panel TV audio without adding system cost. Consumer electronics brands are impressed that the DAE-3 delivers a unique means of differentiating their products in the increasingly competitive flat-panel TV market.”

CE brands adopting DAE-3 Digital TV sound processing stand apart from their competition by:

• Adding realistic sound quality that is a hallmark of the D2Audio brand and technology

• Leveraging psycho-acoustic algorithms to engulf the listener in a rich sound stage

• Achieving superior sound quality even from the tiny speakers dictated by modern styling

• Using D2Audio SoundSuite audio enhancement software for a “home theater” sound

• Displaying the D2Audio SoundSuite brand with standard features that include:
• D2Audio DeepBass™: delivers rich booming content of digital media from tiny speakers
• D2Audio WideSound™: broadens the audio sound stage for a much wider stereo effect
• D2Audio DigitalEQ™: provides consumer personalized adjustments in sound character
• D2Audio AudioAlign™: elevates sound from bottom-mounted speaker and aligns with video
• Delivering seamless support for advanced 3rd party algorithms, such as those from SRS Labs, D2Audio DAE-3 flawlessly integrates SRS WOW HD™ audio, bass and HD enhancement technology, SRS TruSurround XT™ virtual surround sound technology, and the new SRS TruSurround HD/HD4™ advanced virtual surround sound and HD enhancement technologies.

“The audio solutions from SRS Labs together with the speaker correction techniques from D2Audio, such as AudioAlign and DigitalEQ, combine to deliver a great total solution for digital TV,” said Joanna Skrdlant, Sr. Director, Americas Platform Partner Program, at SRS Labs. “The new family of DAE-3 digital TV audio solutions from D2Audio delivers the processing power and the necessary output support to take advantage of our newest multi-channel audio processing algorithms, such as SRS TruSurround HD™ and TruSurround HD4™, which deliver realistic home theater quality surround sound and improved dialog clarity and bass through the TV’s built-in speakers.”

The DAE-3 family of digital TV audio solutions was developed with great attention to minimizing system cost. By considering the entire system cost structure, D2Audio developed a cost reduced approach to digital TV sound systems while still delivering dramatic and realistic audio. System level enhancements that reduce cost include: integrated support for multi-channel HDMI data, analog audio inputs, SPDIF input and output support, DSD input over HDMI. 12-channel output support handles standard and multi-channel output requirements, including integrated Power Amplifier and Pre-Amplifier Line-Out audio plus headphone output signals. The DAE-3 family of products also incorporates a powerful high performance sample rate converter (SRC) necessary for removal of the noise and jitter that is inherent in the audio data streams from standard HDMI inputs. But above all, the most important system cost saving device is the integrated audio DSP that supports speaker tuning/compensation via the D2Audio SoundSuite processing algorithms, including a variety of automatic tuning and enhancement technologies.

The DAE-3 family of Digital TV solutions is available now, including a full range of hardware platforms for evaluation. For more information on the D2Audio DAE-3 Digital TV audio solutions, qualified customers should visit: http://www.d2audio.com/default.aspx?c=678&t=DAE-3+for+Digital+ TV+Solutions&k=

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About D2Audio Corporation

The D2Audio Corporation, maker of the world's only Intelligent Digital Amplifiers, supplies a full line of cost-efficient, powerful, multi-channel platforms. These systems include ICs and firmware with market-leading performance and superior sound quality for digital media applications in consumer, professional, and automotive industries. The patented D2Audio Intelligent Digital Amplifier technologies, now with D2Audio® SoundSuite™, deliver an immersive audio experience using the D2Audio® Digital Audio Engine™ (DAE) IC platforms. For more information on D2Audio and its products, please visit www.d2audio.com.

¹ Consumer Electronic Association - “Audio Consumption 2005”

² Consumer Electronic Association - “Display Opportunities: Present and Future,” Feb. 2006

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