3DsoundSurge Press Release: Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 Digital Surround Card Now Certified by DTS

Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 Digital Surround Card Now Certified by DTS

A Boon for PC Enthusiasts and Gamers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1999--Digital Theater Systems (DTS) has completed its certification process and notified Yamaha of its approval of Yamaha's XG-Movie 5.1(TM) Digital Surround Card. The Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1, targeted at PC enthusiasts and game users, includes Yamaha's YMF744 and YSS912 audio chips, which support DTS(TM) Digital Surround and Dolby Digital(TM). The new audio card provides a variety of surround effects such as church, jazz, hall, disco, live, stadium and theatre using a sub-DSP (digital signal processor) in the Yamaha YSS912.

Following in the footsteps of the parent Cinema division, DTS soundtracks are now available for a wide variety of Consumer applications, including 5.1-channel Music Recordings on compact disc, Movies on DVD, and soon Games and other programming on DVD-ROM. Each DTS-encoded soundtrack is sonically identical to the original audio master, when decoded through the XG-Movie 5.1 sound card, resulting in 5.1 discrete channels of incredible sound, for all PC audio playback systems.

The Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 is a high fidelity, PCI sound card that outputs 6 (5.1) channels of audio (left, right, left-surround, right-surround, center and LFE, sometimes referred to as subwoofer) and delivers cinema quality effects. The card accepts both analog and digital input sources and provides both analog and digital output.

``We've worked closely with Yamaha to develop this affordable upgrade for PC audio playback systems,'' said David DelGrosso, Director of Consumer Marketing for DTS. ``Both DTS and Yamaha are dedicated to perfecting and enhancing the audio experience for everyone from movie goers, to gamers and PC enthusiasts, and this 5.1 sound card represents a major advancement in the entertainment value of everyone's PC system.''

``DTS has ignited a whole new surround sound market with their Digital Surround technology, making them an excellent partner for Yamaha,'' said Jose R. Villafuerte, Director of Sales and Marketing, Yamaha Systems Technology, Inc. ``At Yamaha we look forward to continuing this relationship which will benefit listeners everywhere.''

Features of Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 Sound Card

--   Complete Dolby Digital/Dolby Pro Logic/DTS Digital Surround
     solution providing 6 channels of audio (left, right,
     left-surround, right-surround, center and sub-woofer.)
--   6 analog inputs (TAD, Mic, AUX, Video, CD and Line-in).
--   Full DOS mode through a TSR.
--   Full duplex hardware for telephony functions.
--   PC99 compliant (Microsoft WHQL certified).
--   SPDIF I/O with coaxial/optical connectors.
--   PCI Bus Master Interface (PCI 2.2 compliant).
--   Supports 4-channel AC97 output.
--   MPU-401 UART-compatible MIDI interface on a second bracket.
--   Software DVD movie player included.
--   Yamaha YSTATION32 audio/music player rack included.

Price and Delivery The XG-Movie 5.1 sound card is shipping now. The expected retail price is $199.

Yamaha Systems Technology, Inc. was founded to manufacture and market integrated circuits, board level products and complete systems to OEMs and Distributors. The product line includes multimedia audio, graphics and communications products, as well as custom and semicustom ASICs, and CD Recorder products. www.yamahayst.com.

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Contact:

     Yamaha Systems Technology Inc.
     Jose R. Villafuerte, 408/467-2300
     jvillafuerte@yamaha.com
        or
     The Lekas Group, Joyce Lekas
     480/991-6959
     joyce@lekas.com