Lenovo netbooks to incorporate Dolby headphone technology

Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 and IdeaPad S10-2 are the lucky ones to incorporate this technology

Lenovo IdeaPad S12 and IdeaPad S10-2 equipped with Dolby Headphone technology

 Dolby Laboratories has just showcased the Dolby Headphone technology which has been incorporated in Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 and IdeaPad S10-2 netbooks. This new technology creates a personal surround sound experience through any set of headphones, allowing listeners to feel immersed in the entertainment. It creates up to five virtual speakers in a virtual room. It thus creates an illusion of a 5.1 surround sound system placed in a room. It also models audio reflections from the walls and furnishings of a typical room. Moreover, it improves listening comfort and prevents the listener fatigue that often accompanies typical headphone use. Dolby Headphone works with any PC audio source.

Mary Anderson, Marketing Director, PC Segment, Dolby Laboratories said that, “Dolby is synonymous with rich, multichannel audio, and with Dolby Headphone, we’re proving that small portable products like the IdeaPad S12 and S10-2 netbooks need not sacrifice the entertainment experience for size.”

The best part about this technology is that it does not tax the system that means it does not affect the battery life and does not hinder processor performance. Dolby Headphone technology can be included in almost any product that has a headphone output and can process stereo or multichannel audio, including portable DVD players, PCs, digital TVs, and wireless devices. It would be really nice to see this technology in more devices.