Dolby Headphone

(January 1999-2006)
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Nicknames: "City in the Theater", "Headphone"

Logo: We zoom out of the City trailer where the Dolby theater is to reveal we're in a theater. We pan through the theater and lights go off at certain angles to illustrate virtual surround sound when listening. The lights shine toward the ceiling to flash, from which comes down a golden [D(I] with headphones. "DOLBY HEADPHONE" appears in its corporate font by flashing letter. The theater fades out to a black background and the logo shines.

Variant: Usually presented in a matted 1.78:1. A 4:3 variant is available on the Dolby "Explore Our World" demo disc.

FX/SFX: The lights and objects moving. Nice animation by Sunset Digital.

Music/Sounds: A cool synth theme with drums and sci-fi sounds that sound like it's coming from certain angles, by Paul Klingberg.

Availability: Appears before in-flight movies since its public launch on Singapore Airlines flights in May 1999. Also seen on the DVDs that came with the second-edition and third-edition copies of the book DVD Demystified, the DVDs of Pearl Harbor including the Director's Cut and Dolby's Explore our World. Originally premiered behind closed doors at CES 1999 in Las Vegas.

Legacy: Some nice, neat and serviceable CG for today, along with a cool cameo of the famous "City" trailer.