SRS Labs
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Audio technology Audio engineering |
| Predecessor | Year unknown: previous unit of Hughes |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Fate | Acquired by DTS, Inc., merged, then dissolved |
| Headquarters | Santa Ana, California, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tom Yuen (Chairman and CEO) |
| Parent | DTS, Inc. |
| Subsidiaries | SRSWOWcast |
| Website | www.srslabs.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 1, 2008) |
SRS Labs, Inc. was a Santa Ana, California-based audio technology engineering company that specialized in audio enhancement solutions for wide variety of consumer electronic devices. Originally a part of Hughes Aircraft Company,[when?] the audio division developed the Sound Retrieval System technology, and in 1993 was separated off to form SRS Labs, Inc. In 1996 SRS Labs became a publicly traded company on Nasdaq, SRSL.
The company developed audio enhancement solutions and licensed those products to companies including Microsoft, Samsung Group, LG Group, Toshiba, Vizio, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, ViewSonic, Sharp Corporation, Haier, and Hisense.[1]
In 2008, approximately 36 million SRS-equipped flat-panel TVs were shipped, representing an estimated 30 percent market share.[2]
SRS Labs had more than 300 electronics manufacturing partners, and more than 150 patents for its technologies.[3] SRS manufactured its own products, including MyVolume - Volume Leveling Adaptor, SRS iWOW for iTunes, SRS Audio Sandbox for PC, and SRS iWOW Adaptor for iPod.
In 2012, SRS Labs was acquired by DTS, Inc. and operated as a subsidiary. It was later fully absorbed into the DTS parent company. [4][5]
Products
[edit]The company licensed and produced a number of products including:
- TruVolume
- StudioSound HD
- TruSurround HD
- TruSurround XT
- TheaterSound (Equipped only on high-end Samsung 2010 Televisions.(Series 6 and above) and Samsung 2011 Televisions.(Series 5 and below)
- TheaterSound HD (Equipped only on high-end Samsung 2011 Televisions.(Series 6 and above) and T27A950 3D TV monitor.)
- Headphone 360
- TruSurround HD4
- TruBass
- Dialog Clarity
- WOW
- WOW HD
- TruMedia (for Android devices based on Qualcomm MS7x27 series)
- Circle Surround
- CS Headphone
- CS Auto
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Our current partners". SRS labs. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "SRS Labs Targets 46 Million SRS-Equipped Flat Panel TVs by End of 2009". Business Week - PR Newswire. Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "SRS Labs Reports First Quarter 2009 Results". SRS Labs. 2009-05-07. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
- ↑ "In 2012, DTS acquired SRS Labs, a leader in audio processing and enhancement". dts.com. 2014. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via The Internet Archive.
- ↑ "SRSL SRS Labs no longer listed on Nasdaq". SRS labs. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
External links
[edit]- Official Site Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine.
- SRS' Sounding Off Blog Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine.