With the ever increasing popularity of the HD formats and the need for new platforms to try to enter this arena the flexibility of the Dolby Digital Plus format has enabled multi channel sound compatibility on a number of new exciting formats.

On line services, mobile handsets and PC’s are gradually supporting Dolby with onboard decoding for Dolby Plus. Movie on demand providers such as Netflix and Showtime are providing content and with Nokia supporting it on their new N8 phone you have the ability to stream out of the on board mini HDMI jack to display HD movies.

Music provider may not support 5 or 7.1 channels but they do provide high quality audio with Dolby Digital Plus 2 channel and more content will follow soon from the likes of Omni Phone and Sony Music.