Audio Video News

When Dolby Digital Plus made its debut a few years ago, it didn't seem to get many takers aside from a few Blu-ray releases. But the improved lossy codec is now hitting its stride and the latest taker is video streaming service RoxioNow.

While Dolby Digital Plus doesn't match the lossless perfection of Dolby TrueHD, it's a sonic improvement over old-school Dolby Digital, and ideally suited for uses where bits are relatively scarce.

Sonic Solutions' RoxioNow has wide support among studios and is built into several brands of TV, Blu-ray player, and other products. RoxioNow just adopted old-school DTS several months ago.

Another recent high-profile adopter of Dolby Digital Plus for streaming is Netflix.

See press release.