DTS today released the new wireless surround sound “Play-Fi-Heimkino” for the general public. Play-Fi home cinema, which runs via conventional WLAN, enables TV sets to have a surround sound function without additional hardware on the manufacturer or consumer side.
WLAN-enabled TVs , which support the new DTS Play-Fi home theater, are slated to hit the market in the third quarter of this year and are compatible with the existing ecosystem of Play-Fi sound bars, speakers and amplifiers already available on the market, compatible.
The new Play-Fi system is intended to address two areas: on the one hand, the sound of current televisions, which are sometimes so narrow that they hardly offer any space for good-sounding speakers, and on the other hand, offer an aesthetically pleasing solution for a surround sound system that Consumers often shy away from the necessary wiring in their own four walls.
Play-Fi home theater is to pursue a flexible, modular approach in that the speakers of the television set with Play-Fi home theater either remain part of the surround system themselves or can be replaced by a Play-Fi-enabled soundbar or speakers. Additional Play-Fi-enabled speakers can then be added as surround speakers, as well as up to two Play-Fi-enabled subwoofers. In addition, the output can be transmitted to several rooms via Play-Fi by grouping or via the app to headphones. The system always adapts to the number of speakers connected to the television and can be expanded later by purchasing additional speakers.
Play-Fi-enabled devices are available so far, for example, from Philips, Hisense, Sharp, Loewe, Acer, HP, Pioneer, Onkyo and Klipsch. DTS offers suitable apps for Android, iOS, Amazon Fire and Windows and also supports streaming via AirPlay, Spotify Connect and DLNA with up to 24 bit and 192 kHz.
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