Widescreen television with multichannel sound is quickly gaining popularity, but the majority of users will stay with monophonic or stereo reproduction. Stereo compatibility is, therefore, a strict requirement. This can be achieved either by simulcast or by matrixing. This paper discusses different matrixing options as well as other requirements, such as dynamic range compression, multilingual, and low complexity.

Authors: van de Kerkhof, L.; Stoll, G.; Theile, Günther; ten Kate, Warner R.
Affiliations: Philips Sound and Vision, Eindhoven, The Netherlands ; Institut fur Rundfunktechnik, Munchen, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 100 (May 1996) Paper Number: 4238
Publication Date: May 1, 1996 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Signal Processing
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