PCs Advance Home Theater Experience with Dolby`s Latest PC Audio Technologies

New Audio Optimization and High-Frequency Enhancer Technologies Highlight
Audio`s Full Potential on Acer Consumer Notebooks
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today unveiled two important advancements in
PC audio technology with its third generation Dolby® PC Entertainment Experience
Program. New Audio Optimization and High-Frequency Enhancer technologies help to
recreate the cinema and home theater experience on PCs like Acer® Aspire®
Gemstone Blue series notebooks for consumers. Dolby fine-tunes these notebooks
to optimize and customize parameters for enhanced audio quality.

As part of the new Dolby Home Theater® v3 and Dolby Advanced Audio technology
suites, these new offerings help PC makers optimize the listening experience for
their customers-whether through built-in speakers or an external surround sound
system with up to 7.1 channels.

The Audio Optimization technology makes great sounding notebook PCs sound even
better by correcting frequency response issues commonly associated with laptop
computers. High-Frequency Enhancer synthesizes and boosts speaker high
frequencies by reintroducing those lost during encoding at typical user bit
rates-a common occurrence in highly compressed music or movie files.
High-Frequency Enhancer reproduces audio closer to that of the original content
with no audible artifacts or side effects.

"Dolby`s uncompromising approach to providing the best possible audio technology
is well suited to Acer`s innovation in their line of multimedia PCs," said
Francois Modarresse, Vice President Marketing Planning at Dolby Laboratories.
"We are proud to have worked closely with Acer in enhancing their Gemstone Blue
series consumer PCs with these new technologies, as it allows their users to
enjoy music, movies, and games in a simple and elegant way."

"In 2007, Acer led the PC trend as the world`s first manufacturer to offer Dolby
Home Theater for virtual surround sound across a full line of consumer
notebooks," said Campbell Kan, Vice President, Mobile Computing Business Unit,
Acer Inc. "Today, we are once again the first in the industry to feature the
Dolby Home Theater v3 suite in our Aspire Gemstone Blue series notebooks. All
Acer products are designed with the goal of improving people`s life through
technology. We welcome Dolby`s audio technology advancements that further
enhance the user experience."

The new Dolby PC Entertainment Experience Program offers two levels: Dolby Home
Theater v3, a premium set of technologies and Dolby Advanced Audio, the
mainstream offering. Dolby Home Theater v3 includes an advanced set of audio
tools so that listeners can enjoy a cinema-style, surround sound experience
through a variety of output options, including the built-in PC speakers,
external surround sound speakers or any set of headphones. Dolby Advanced Audio
is a suite of technologies specifically designed to adjust and tune audio output
through the built-in PC speakers to provide the best possible listening
experience.

In addition to Dolby Audio Optimization and Dolby High-Frequency Enhancer, Dolby
Home Theaterv3 offers the following:

* Dolby Pro Logic® IIx creates a vivid 7.1-channel surround sound experience
from any stereo (two-channel), 5.1, or 6.1 movie, music, TV, or game audio
source
* Dolby Headphone enables personal surround sound using any set of headphones
* Sound Space Expander produces a wide stereo image and in the process improves
the separation of instruments without diminishing the center of the mix
* Natural Bass provides up to an octave of downward extension in the bass
response of most speakers and headphones
* Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal from a PC or game console into
Dolby Digital for easy connection to home theater systems through a single
digital cable

The Dolby Advanced Audio suite offers High-Frequency Enhancer, Audio
Optimization, Natural Bass, and Dolby Headphone.

About Dolby Laboratories

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) is the global leader in technologies that are
essential elements in the best entertainment experiences. Founded in 1965 and
best known for high-quality audio and surround sound, Dolby creates innovations
that enrich entertainment at the movies, at home, or on the go. Visit
www.dolby.com for more information.

Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the
performance and capabilities of Dolby`s PC Entertainment Experience Program and
next generations of Dolby Home Theater and Dolby Advanced Audio technologies and
Acer`s new PCs, the potential benefits that manufacturers and consumers may
derive from the incorporation of these Dolby technologies into PCs, and the
anticipated market acceptance of updates to Dolby's PC Entertainment Experience
Program and Acer`s new PCs, are "forward-looking statements" that are subject to
risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on
management's current expectations. The following important factors, without
limitation, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements: risks associated with building system integrators;
customer and consumer acceptance of and demand for PCs with high-quality sound
capabilities in general, and for Dolby Home Theater and Dolby Advanced Audio
technologies in particular; risks associated with successfully incorporating
Dolby technologies into PCs; rapid changes in technical requirements for the PC
sound technology market and for high-quality audio technologies generally; risks
associated with having Dolby technologies adopted as industry-standard
technologies; competition risks; and other risks detailed in Dolby's Securities
and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including the risks identified
under the section captioned "Risk Factors" in its most recent Periodic Report on
Form 10-Q or 10-K. Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information
contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.

Dolby, Dolby Home Theater, Pro Logic, and the double-D symbol are registered
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Acer and Aspire are registered trademarks of
Acer, Inc. S09/21275 DLB-G

Dolby Laboratories
David Yang, 415-645-5679
dyang@dolby.com

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