Toshiba HDTVs New Feature: Auto Audio Leveling
May 3, 2008 by Zach Flauaus
Filed under Electronics
We’ve all run into that situation: You’re watching something on TV (usually cable or satellite) and your program is quiet and goes to a commercial (OxyClean anyone? “BAM!”) and your ear drums have ruptured, with a pending lawsuit on the way to the cable networks. Well, Toshiba and Dolby Labs have come up with a new technology to help level out those differences, and my main comment? It’s about time.
Due to the nature of human hearing, many subtleties of the content can be lost when listening at low audio levels. To address this problem, Dolby Volume continually analyzes the audio and properly balances low, middle, and high frequencies to maintain the nuances and impact of the program material regardless of playback volume.
Seriously, why didn’t anyone come up with this sooner? We’ve all been there at 3am in and out of sleep and then being awoken by a blaring commercial. Now then, if only they could license the technology into cable and satellite boxes without having to make us buy new TVs…
Read [Business Wire]
Via [EngadgetHD]
