While you won't be getting the same quality as a full cinema Dolby Atmos setup without spending an astronomical amount of cash, it's still possible to achieve similar results in the home. If living in a relatively large city, this can be used to track down cinemas that support Dolby Atmos near you. Other examples of commercial usage include Ministry of Sound's London-based club, which uses Dolby Atmos to power a 64-speaker, 22-channel setup.ĭolby currently offers a tool on their website to search for cinemas utilizing the company's technologies. However, between a high initial setup cost and lack of supported content, the current return on investment leaves many companies cautious in rolling out the required hardware. Select movie theaters across the world have been equipped with additional surround and overhead speakers and offer full support for the technology. To witness Dolby Atmos firsthand today, one of the best (and cheapest) experiences you'll find is at a cinema.

These are the most common ways consumers can experience Dolby Atmos today. This allows content to easily translate between professional systems, home setups, and other supported speaker systems. Whether experienced through a weak mobile speaker or a top-of-the-line theater, the Atmos technology attempts to harvest the best results from the hardware in use. Factoring in sounds and their positional data, setups can scale the Dolby Atmos output, regardless of the limitations of any particular configuration. One of the other beneficial traits of Dolby Atmos is its adaptability, with different form factors which provide varying levels of audio quality. Source: Matt Brown / Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Matt Brown / Windows Central)

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