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unusual facts about Dolby



Badminton Hall of Fame

The inaugural members 1996 were Colonel S S C Dolby Apd, Sir George Alan Thomas, Betty Uber and Herbert Scheele.

BrightSide Technologies

The Chief Technology Officer was Helge Seetzen, who went on to join Dolby as becoming director of HDR Technology at Dolby (2008 to 2010), before going on to found Tandemlaunch Technologies, a Montreal based technology incubator.

Brisbane, California

Some of the larger office tenants in Brisbane are Cutera Inc.(Medical Lasers), IGN, Dolby, Tercica, Sing Tao, and Intermune.

David C. Dolby

Dolby died at age 64 on the morning of August 6, 2010, while visiting Spirit Lake, Idaho, for a veterans' gathering.

Evie and the Birdman

The cast for the Bondi Pavilion show were Anthony Cogin as "Lester's father", Benj Daddario as "the Birdman", Ryan Desaunier, Amanda Dolby, Sam Moran, Emma Pask, Katrina Retallick as "Evelyn", Alyson Standen as "Miss Yahwhohow" and Alicia Wolfe.

HTC Desire HD

The HTC Desire HD incorporates Dolby Mobile, Sound Retrieval System WOW Surround Sound, DLNA, Adobe Flash 10.2, and DivX/Xvid video playback support, however, not many audio codecs are supported and apps have to be downloaded in order to support more formats.

Jimmy Zavala

Other artists Jimmy Zavala has performed and/or recorded with include Dr. Dre, Willy DeVille, Rick Springfield, Carole King, Eric Burdon, Rita Coolidge, Thomas Dolby, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Yes, Rick Price, Corey Hart and Shakespears Sister.

Keeping Score

Two concert performance episodes of the works explored in the series were produced using high-definition technology and 5.1 Dolby surround sound, and aired on High-definition PBS stations throughout the country.

Marina Bosi

She became Dolby's representative to the MPEG audio standards committee and served as the Editor of the committee that developed the "Advanced Audio Coding" (AAC) standard that was later brought to mainstream attention by its use in the Apple iPod.

Mercury Villager

The first generation Villagers had Dolby sound systems which were divided into "Premium Sound" and "Super Sound" categories.

Needham, Norfolk

The television series The West Wing had a recurring character named, "Lord John Marbury, Earl of Croy, Marquess of Needham and Dolby, Baronet of Brycey."

One of our Submarines

The song was recorded in August 1982 and remains a favourite among Thomas Dolby fans.

Sandra Stahl Dolby

Sandra Stahl Dolby aka Sandra K. D. Stahl (b 1946) is a professor in Indiana University’s Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and the American Studies Program.

She Blinded Me with Science

The song was showcased as part of Dolby's appearance at the South by Southwest 2007 music festival.

Although a success in the United States, peaking at No. 5 in the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 weeks at No. 1 in Canada's RPM Magazine, the song barely managed to score among the Top 50 in Dolby's native United Kingdom, peaking at No. 49 in the UK Singles Chart.

Soundscape SSHDR1

Optional software packages for Auto-Conforming (for film and TV post-production use) and CD Mastering were available as well as a selection of plug-in effects developed by well known companies such as TC Electronics and Dolby.

The Mama Tour

The Mama Tour was released on DVD, with 5.1 DTS and Dolby Digital sound, in November 2009 as part of The Movie Box DVD set.

Zdeněk Mácal

In 1995, he made Dolby Surround recordings of the Symphony No. 2 in C minor and the suite from the ballet The Red Poppy by Reinhold Glière.


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