Using Dolby Audio to enhance your Roku audio experience

A great audio experience is one of the most important pieces to a fantastic home entertainment system. I don’t know about you, but the right sound track can make or break a film for me. Realistic surround and clear dialogue is enthralling – it puts you right in the middle of the action from the comfort of your couch.

Dolby is a leader in the audio space and is synonymous with audio quality. All our new Roku players: Roku Express, Roku Express+, Roku Premiere, Roku Premiere+ and Roku Ultra will pass through Dolby Audio over HDMI®. The Roku Ultra also supports decoding Dolby Audio to ensure a quality experience regardless of the channel you’re watching.So, what are the advantages of Dolby Audio? It delivers crystal clarity, easy-to-hear dialogue, great detail, and realistic surround sound to make the entertainment you love even better. Dial up the impact of your entertainment with the enhanced sound of Dolby Audio for:

• Sound optimization automatically makes adjustments to the audio based on your equipment to maximize its capabilities and enhance your sound.
• Surround sound capabilities send the audio from multiple directions (channels) to create a more realistic experience on either 5.1- or 7.1-channel surround sound systems or devices.
• Accessibility features such as descriptive audio and improved audio cueing help everyone enjoy the show.
• Abundant content options give you great sound for decades of creative output from around the world across cinema, TV, music, gaming, and more.
• Dolby Atmos® compatibility allows you to stream premium content through to Dolby Atmos enabled home theater systems.

You can find Dolby Audio on the following channels on Roku players and Roku TVs: Netflix, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, HBO GO, and VUDU. More content partners are expected to deliver Dolby Audio in the coming months.

What are you waiting for? Make it a movie night.

Stream on!

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