CALABASAS, Calif., Sept. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- DTS, Inc.
(Nasdaq: DTSI), a global leader in high-definition audio solutions,
has announced Pioneer and Onkyo as its newest hardware partners in
the DTS Play-Fi® whole-home wireless audio
ecosystem. Both brands will upgrade select 2016 soundbars, AVRs,
lifestyle products, and home theaters-in-a-box with DTS Play-Fi
technology via firmware updates. DTS Play-Fi integration will
expand into their 2017 models, as well as additional product
categories. Company executives will be available to discuss this
news and provide demos at IFA 2016 in Berlin, Sept.
2-7, at Reseller Park (Hall 25), Room 31.
DTS Play-Fi technology provides listeners the freedom and
flexibility to stream their music wirelessly in high-quality
lossless audio from smartphones, tablets, laptops or desktop PCs
over an existing home Wi-Fi network to any number of speakers
throughout the home. DTS Play-Fi is a platform that allows products
from different brands and manufacturers to interoperate seamlessly,
giving consumers an optimized whole-home streaming experience
without the constraints of a single brand system. The innovative
technology enables wireless audio streaming from the world's most
popular music services, Internet radio stations and personal music
libraries on any supported product.
"We are proud to announce that Pioneer and Onkyo are the latest
brands to join DTS Play-Fi, the world's largest ecosystem of
premium wireless audio products," said Brian Towne, executive vice president, DTS, and
president DTS Asia Pacific. "DTS is committed to providing
listeners with the most flexibility and choice of products when it
comes to their wireless home audio system, and this expansion
further increases the Play-Fi ecosystem's industry-leading
selection of audio products."
"I'm very pleased to announce that we start adopting DTS Play-Fi
technology to Pioneer and Onkyo products today," said Nobuaki Okuda, director and CTO, Onkyo
Corporation and president, Onkyo and Pioneer Technology
Corporation. "We will keep expanding implementation of the
technology to a broader range of our products to meet global
customers' demand to deliver a great entertainment
experience."
Wireless Surround Sound and Qobuz Music Service
DTS
Play-Fi continues to revolutionize the industry with the
introduction of wireless surround technology to provide an
immersive home theater environment with discrete 5.1 surround
sound, which will begin rollout in late September.
Qobuz is the latest music service to join DTS Play-Fi's
constantly growing collection of top services. Qobuz is dedicated
to delivering a premium listening experience to its users, and
features a library of more than 30 million titles to stream in true
CD quality and 'A la carte' Download on more than 45,000 albums in
Hi-Res 24-Bit showing its dedication to offering a complete
experience to all passionate music lovers.
Qobuz joins a roster including Amazon Prime Music, Deezer,
iHeartRadio, KKBox, Napster, QQ Music, Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify
and Tidal, thousands of Internet radio stations, as well as
listeners' personal music libraries.
Benefits of DTS Play-Fi Technology
- Multi-Room, Multi-Zone, Multi-User Listening Experience:
Connect multiple audio systems that incorporate Play-Fi into a zone
and enjoy music in every room of your home, perfectly synchronized
with no lag. Or create multiple zones and stream different music to
different rooms from the same device. Play-Fi technology makes it
possible for every user in the home to simultaneously stream from
different devices and PCs that incorporate the Play-Fi
software.
- Exceptional Sound Experience: Play-Fi wirelessly
transmits high-quality lossless audio.
- Whole-Home Range: Play-Fi works everywhere your Wi-Fi
does, even if range extenders are used. It also works over
Ethernet, Powerline, and other IP-based networking technologies.
There is no need for proprietary bridges or routers. Most homes
already have everything that is needed.
- Stream Anything. Control Everything: In addition to
streaming music services, users can download Play-Fi apps for
Android, iOS, and Kindle Fire to gain access to more than 20,000
radio stations, podcasts, local music, media servers, and select
cloud-based music services. Set-up, link and control all of the
speakers on the network from the same streamlined interfaces.
- Audio/Video Synchronization with Windows PCs: DTS
Play-Fi supports true audio/visual synchronization when streaming
audio from YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, or any other video
source to a DTS Play-Fi speaker from a Microsoft Windows PC. DTS
Play-Fi is the only multi-room streaming platform to offer lip-sync
accurate synchronization with a video source, and the only
whole-home platform with operating system-level integration
compatible with every application and streaming service. The A/V
sync feature is available for existing and new purchasers of the
premium DTS Play-Fi HD Driver ($14.95). Additionally, all DTS Play-Fi Windows
software supports Windows 10.
- Enhanced Play-Fi App: The DTS Play-Fi mobile apps have
been significantly enhanced with a brand new design and clean,
bright user interface. Users will have streamlined access to basic
and advanced controls, a new "switch" feature to easily transfer
music from one speaker to another, and built-in coaching points and
help throughout the app.
For more information about DTS, please visit www.dts.com, or
connect with DTS on Facebook, Twitter (@DTS) and Instagram
(@DTS).
About DTS, Inc.
Since 1993, DTS, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTSI)
has been dedicated to making the world sound better. Through its
pioneering audio solutions for mobile devices, home theater
systems, cinema, automotive and beyond, DTS provides incredibly
high-quality, immersive and engaging audio experiences to listeners
everywhere. DTS technology is integrated in more than two billion
devices globally, and the world's leading video and music streaming
services are increasingly choosing DTS to deliver premium sound to
their listeners' network-connected devices. For more information,
please visit www.dts.com.
DTS-I
Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160725/392708LOGO
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pioneer-and-onkyo-join-dts-play-fi-wireless-audio-ecosystem-in-wide-reaching-agreement-300321816.html
SOURCE DTS, Inc.