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CES: Dolby promotes next-gen console audio peripherals |
Listed in: Wii, PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: CES, Dolby, Dolby Digital, headphone
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Dolby, a company famous among gamers for Dolby Digital 5.1, a technology used to deliver vivid sound on the Sony PlayStation 3, and the Microsoft Xbox 360 (don't forget Dolby Pro Logic II for the Nintendo Wii), presented several technologies at the ICES that should deliver expansive sound experiences in consumer devices. The technologies demonstrated included the following:
Dolby Headphone – a technology that is set to offer virtual 5.1 surround over regular stereo headphones
Dolby Virtual Speaker – a technology that should provide compelling surround sound experience using any regular pair of stereo speakers
Audistry – a technology that offers a suite of audio enhancements that give a big boost to TV sound
Dolby Volume – a technology that promises to allow television makers to address to problem of having inconsistent loudness in broadcast TV.
Perhaps what is most pertinent to gamers though is that Dolby announced that it is collaborating with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., to create and market a new category of game peripherals designed to deliver superior audio. At CES 2007, Dolby and Freescale demonstrated a new reference design for an Xbox 360 accessory cable that supports Dolby Headphone and Dolby Virtual Speaker.
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The xbox 360 for me is dreadful. Sure Xbox Live is the most amazing service ever. But seriously though the 360 doesn't have a lot of good exclusive games apart from Halo, Fable and Gears of War. And it hasnt had a good release in the past 6 months apart form gear of war. Sure it has a bundle is good games but nothing special. Even Halo 3 isnt as good as it as been hyped up to be. It little things that make the 360 annoying, such as no HD-DVD playback unless you buy an add-on, and no upgradable HDD that you can do straight away without waitin for microsoft to make one. Even the fact that games can't be put on HD-DVD disks annoys me as games may start to come on 2 disks in the future. I think that the 360 for what it is, is overpriced seriously. It doesn't have wireless internet out of the box, HD playback out of the box, and Xbox costs you £40 yearly (which isnt a lot but is annoying) on top of your broadband fee.
The Playstation 3 recently as had a lot of bad press, but this is over its price. People find ways to critize a console when it costs a lot because.... well it costs a lot. But people are forgetting the features that the PS3 is offering for the price. Such as Blu-Ray playback out of the box, upgradable HDD (up to 300gb) out of the box, Free Wireless online play out of the box, and Linux for hackers and people out of the box. Sony has offered all this and people begin to forget it. Sure Sony has lost some exclusive but not important ones, and its no like you still can't get them on the PS3 anymore. In fact most people forgot its exclusives it has left! Here is a list of up and coming games for the PS3 which are amazing in my personal opinion:
PS3 Exclusive and up and coming Games:
-Coded Arms Assault
-Devil May Cry 4
-Eight days (SCE)
-Final Fantasy XIII
-Final Fantasy Versus XIII
-Formula One (Published by Sony)
-Grand Turismo 5 (Published by Sony)
-Heavenly Sword (Published by Sony)
-Killzone 3 (SCE)
-Lair
-Full Auto 2: Battlelines
-Genji: Days of the Blade
-Metal Gear Solid 4
-Ratchet and Clank 5 (Published by Sony)
-Motor Storm (Published by Sony)
-Resistance: Fall of Man (Confirmation)
-Ridge Racer 7 (Confirmation)
-The Getaway (SCE)
-Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (SCE)
-Warhawk (Published by Sony)
-Unreal Tournament 2007
-Silent Hill 5
-GTA IV
-Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (Published by Sony)
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