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Article: More networks tune into surround sound.(cable networks are working to improve their soundtracks to Dolby Laboratories Inc.'s 5.1 Surround sound)
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- Multichannel News
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- March 31, 2003
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Much of cable technology has centered on improving the video image, but these days there's also a movement toward making a sound investment in better-quality audio.
Several major networks are looking to upgrade program soundtracks to Dolby Laboratories Inc.'s 5.1 Surround sound, to mimic the theater experience.
But it is still more expensive to film and produce video using that format, and at a time when most viewers are tuned into sets that can't relay surround sound, programmers are making careful choices about which content gets the full Dolby 5.1 treatment.
To start with, Dolby 5.1 is not your dad's old digital audio. It consists of five ...