SRS Labs
Subsidiary | |
Industry |
Audio Technology Audio Engineering |
Predecessor | year tbd: unit of Hughes |
Founded | 1993: SRS Labs, Inc. |
Headquarters | Santa Ana, California, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Tom Yuen (Chairman and CEO) |
Parent | DTS, Inc. |
Website |
www |
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, 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 develops audio enhancement solutions and licenses those products to companies including Microsoft, Samsung Group, LG Group, Toshiba, Vizio, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Sony and ViewSonic.[1]
In 2008, approximately 36 million SRS-equipped flat-panel TVs were shipped, representing a 30-percent estimated market share.[2]
SRS Labs has more than three hundred consumer electronics manufacturing partners, and holds more than 150 patents for its technologies.[3] SRS has also recently begun to manufacture 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 run as a subsidiary but has now been fully absorbed into the DTS parent company.[4]
Products
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 HD
- TruMedia (for Android devices based on Qualcomm MS7x27 series)
- Circle Surround
- CS Headphone
- CS Auto
References
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "SRS Labs Reports First Quarter 2009 Results". SRS Labs. 09-05-07. Retrieved 2012-06-03. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "In 2012, DTS acquired SRS Labs, a leader in audio processing and enhancement." DTS. Retrieved 2013-07-29. http://www.dts.com/corporate/dts-history.aspx