Dolby's Typical 5.1-CH Room Layout vs. Home Theater Room Layout

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Typical 5.1-Channel Room Layout ***from Dolby Labs document "5.1-Channel Production  Guidelines" - 2000

The ITU-R 1 room layout designed -referenced on page 27-28*** (The ITU, International Telecommunication Union, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. ITU-R refers to the Radiocommunication Sector.) ***from Dolby Labs document "5.1-Channel Production  Guidelines" - 2000 NOTE: Worst case listening position

Figure 21-3

If your seating area is wide, with several viewers in a row as in a movie theater, it�s best to place the left, right, and center speakers all in line as shown in Figure 21-3 and use no center time delay.

HOME THEATER Typcial Room Layout Matches the Typical 5.1-Channel Layout - see image Top Left from Dolby Labs (above graphics no longer online)

See my HT/Family Room & JBL Speaker Dispersion pattern diagram

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PI - Feb. 9, 2001