DTS History
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History 1990 · Entrepreneur / scientist Terry Beard founds DTS. 1993 · DTS introduces DTS Digital Sound, which utilizes a proprietary time code on the film print to synchronize playback from CD-ROMs encoded with 5.1-channel digital surround sound. Soundtrack is played back through five full-range discrete speakers and a sub-woofer. · Investors including Universal Studios and Steven Spielberg fund DTS. JurassicPark marks the debut of DTS in motion picture theatres on 876 screens. · Company releases its first product, the DTS-6 Digital Playback System for cinema. 1994 · DTS opens its first European office in Belgium. 1996 · DTS receives an Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences Scientific and Engineering Award for the Design and Development of DTS Digital Sound System for Motion Picture Exhibition. · Company introduces the DTS-5SV Special Venue unit, becoming the only digital sound format enabling digital surround presentations for large screen and motion-based ride films. 1997 · DTS opens satellite office in Tokyo, Japan. · DTS introduces DTS Coherent Acoustics, a proprietary and scalable digital audio architecture applicable to a broad spectrum of consumer digital devices and multimedia formats. Company begins incorporating its technology in consumer and professional audio products. · Company offers content owners the DTS Encoding Service. · DTS launches DTS Entertainment, a label dedicated to producing high-quality multi-channel music. · First CDs and laser discs incorporating DTS technology available. · Unit sales of consumer electronics products with DTS technology reaches 3,000. 1999 · DTS relocates its European office to Twyford, England. · DTS establishes licensing agreements with most major consumer electronics manufacturers worldwide. · DTS Cinema Division releases the DTS-6AD Cinema Processor and the DTS-ES Extended Surround Decoder. 2000 · DTS Consumer / Pro Audio Division releases the CAE-4 Mastering Encoder and begins selling DTS hardware and software encoders directly to content providers. · DTS introduces DTS-ES, the only digital audio format capable of delivering 6.1 channels of discrete audio in the consumer electronics market. · DTS Digital Sound featured on 100 percent of films released by all major Hollywood studios. · Unit sales of consumer electronics products with DTS technology surpasses ten million. 2001 · Company introduces DTS 96/24, offering an unprecedented level of audio quality for multi-channel sound on DVD-Video and DVD-Audio. · First PC software containing DTS decoders becom e available. · DTS Consumer / Pro Audio Division launches the Software Development Kit (SDK) for video game developers. · First video games and game console containing DTS technology released, offering the true discrete multi-channel experience. · More than 20,000 motion picture screens worldwide utilize DTS digital sound playback systems. · 70mm screening of Buena Vista’s Pearl Harbor at baseball stadium in Japan features DTS 8-track sound. · DTS Cinema Division introduces the DTS-CSS Cinema Subtitling System. · DTS Entertainment releases its first DVD-Audio titles. · Unit sales of consumer electronics products with DTS technology surpasses sixteen million. 2002 · 60 sound cameras worldwide incorporate DTS timecode generator hardware. · More than 70 million home, auto and portable entertainment products incorporate DTS trademarks or technology. |