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To: BillyG who wrote (26392)	12/9/1997 2:57:00 PM
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Zenith Digital Set-Top Box Is First to Gain 'Dolby Digital' Licensing Approval December 9, 1997 12:56 PM GLENVIEW, Ill., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenith Electronics Corporation ZE has developed the first digital set-top box to be certified by Dolby Laboratories Inc. for "Dolby Digital" audio performance, the companies announced today. Zenith's digital set-top box (Model Z12C), currently in production, delivers crisp digital pictures and CD-quality sound, as well as increased channel capability and interactive services. With Dolby Digital audio, network operators can be assured that Zenith's digital set-top technology is prepared for the future of digital entertainment, Zenith said on the eve of the Western Show, the cable industry convention, which starts tomorrow in Anaheim, Calif. Charles Seagrave, general manager, Digital Technologies Licensing Group, Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, said, "Dolby Laboratories is pleased to have Dolby Digital technology introduced into the digital cable market segment via Zenith's digital set-top box. This is the first set-top box product to meet Dolby's stringent performance requirements for Dolby Digital licensing." "We are proud that Zenith's is the first digital set-top to receive certification, because Dolby Digital takes the home theater audio experience and kicks it up yet another notch," said Allen Brown, division vice president and general manager, Digital Media Group, Zenith Network Systems. "It offers sound in five channels plus a subwoofer, so if you're watching a movie, you're getting sounds literally moving all around the room. It's as close to a true theater-at-home experience as you can get today." Feature films have been heard in Dolby Digital in movie theaters since 1992, and according to Brown, more movies and other entertainment content will be featuring Dolby Digital in the next year, and subscribers will expect to be able to experience it. "The Z12C will be ready when this content arrives," Brown said. "Dolby Digital gives us an advantage because it serves the needs of all types of subscribers -- from those with the simplest home sound systems to the most sophisticated systems owned by true audiophiles. It assures our customers they are getting the most state-of-the-art set-top technology in the industry." Zenith Electronics Corporation, based in Glenview, Ill., is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of: Network Systems products, including digital and analog set-top boxes for wired and wireless networks, and cable modems sold to cable and telecommunications companies; Consumer Electronics products, primarily television and video products for consumer and professional markets; and Display Devices, such as color television picture tubes, computer display tubes and components. Zenith is a leader in the development of high-definition television. Dolby Laboratories is the developer of audio signal processing systems used worldwide in consumer audio and video products, on consumer audio and video entertainment software, and in professional sound applications that include music recording, broadcasting and motion picture sound. The privately held company is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Tokyo and European headquarters in England. SOURCE Zenith Electronics Corporation Worried about security? Please read this. If you're not using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you're not seeing all that Microsoft Investor has to offer. Terms of Use. c 1997 Microsoft Corporation and/or its suppliers. All rights reserved. c 1997 PR Newswire. All rights reserved.