DTS Announces First Implementation of Headphone:X Through M-Go
Following an announcement earlier last week that CinemaNow would stream content in DTS-HD (see 1502240057), DTS said Friday that M-Go will be the first streaming service to offer DTS Headphone:X as part of a rollout of DTS-HD. DTS didn’t give…
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a timetable for implementation of Headphone:X surround sound, saying only that the Headphone:X experience will be available in “future applications” via M-Go on “any set of headphones.” While DTS-HD via CinemaNow is limited currently to Samsung TVs and Xbox One consoles -- along with Blu-ray players, AV receivers and soundbars with DTS-HD decoders -- DTS-HD programming from M-Go will launch on a “wide variety of connected devices, including smart TVs, consoles, set top boxes, and Android and iOS mobile devices” and “is not limited to just Samsung and Xbox One,” a DTS spokesman told us. Headphone:X, which provides a surround sound experience for headphone users, is delivered by the DTS-HD stream, he said. DTS Headphone:X is shipping on Qualcomm Snapdragon 810-based mobile devices and will also be deployed through the M-Go apps on Android, Windows and iOS in the coming months, he said. According to the Qualcomm website, 60 “premium-tier” mobile devices based on the Snapdragon 810 will be in the market over the next few months, including the LG G Flex2. Qualcomm didn’t mention DTS technology under the audio section of the Snapdragon 810 page, but it did say the processor supports “professional quality audio” via Dolby Atmos and “up to 24-bit/192kHz music playback.” Meanwhile, DTS told us at CES the company was eyeing a March debut of its object-based audio technology, DTS:X (see 1501070021). The spokesman would only say the company will “announce plans soon” about DTS:X, which figures prominently in the proposal DTS submitted to vie for selection as a certified audio codec for the next-gen ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard (see 1501210023). The ATSC’s call for proposals (CFP) for the ATSC 3.0 audio system (see 1412090019) included a March 9 deadline for “detailed system descriptions" from candidates. ATSC will inform “certified proponents” through letters of acceptance by March 20, according to the CFP.