Dolby Pro Logic IIz or rip off?

[S.R. Johnson]

http://www.dolby.com/consumer/technology/prologic-IIz.html

Is it just me or Dolby Is stealing another page out of Yamaha's play book?
They already did that when they put out Dolby Headphone and yamaha already had Silent Cinema.

 

[WINGNUT4772]

http://www.dolby.com/consumer/technology/prologic-IIz.html

Is it just me or Dolby Is stealing another page out of Yamaha's play book?
They already did that when they put out Dolby Headphone and yamaha already had Silent Cinema.

They gotta find some way to get us to buy more crap.

 

[jamie2112]

Its a rip in my opinion....... Its just an effect, Bunch of crap fogettaboutit no way not gonna have it waste of time this will not stand . The dude abides.......

 

[Lordoftherings]

Any official confirmation?

So, Dolby Pro Logic IIz, which was showed In Las Vegas at the CES,
is a false rumor, a true thing coming or what?

I'm confused to say the least!

Can anyone shade some concrete light, please?

________ Bob

 

[skers_54]

this will not stand . The dude abides.......

Love the Big Lebowski quote . You're out of your element!

 

[gene]

Actually this technology debuted at our SOTU event 2 years ago! Dolby and AIX Records teamed up and recorded 7.1 channels of discrete music just for our event and added the height channels. At the time they didn't call it PLIIz or anything for that matter. They used a Denon AVR-5805 specially configured to run it along with B&W Nautilus speakers. The speakers were a bit dwarfed by the room size but the presentation was quite impressive.

In order for this to work well, you need at least 10ft or higher ceilings in your house. Its alot of speakers to say the least and a challenge enough to get people to do 7.1 let alone 9.1 or higher!

 

[GlocksRock]

Definitely sounds like Yamaha's prescence channels, but those can only be used with their Cinema DSP's. This sounds pretty cool, but I don't think I would be interested in this.

 

[brendy]

Nothing more than Yamaha's presence channels repackaged.

 

[santeini]

What,s next Dolby Pro Logic II zx, they have to show you that your next purchase will come with bell,s and whistle,s previously unavailable. Let,s be frank here,how much more can they manipulate the good old stereo signal. Pure crab if you ask me.