Enjoy audio from your PC or game console through your home theater with
Dolby(R) 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.

Dolby Digital Live technology is integrated into the motherboard audio
chipsets of many high-performance PCs. These PCs provide an S/PDIF connector
and use a digital cable for one-step connection to a home theater system.
Dolby Digital Live can also enable other future entertainment capabilities on
the PC because of its ability to deliver any audio source via a single digital
interface to an existing home theater system.

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                    Features 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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