Allion has recently been recognized by IMAX Corporation and Xperi Corporation as an Authorized Test Center (ATC) for the IMAX® Enhanced program. Allion now offers a testing solution for home entertainment equipment by providing consultancy and testing services regarding the certification of the new program.
About the IMAX® Enhanced Program
Launched by IMAX and audio leader DTS®, a subsidiary of Xperi, the IMAX® Enhanced program is a new certification and licensing program. It combines the highest-end consumer electronics products, IMAX digitally re-mastered 4K HDR content, and DTS audio technologies to offer consumers a new level of quality in immersive sight and sound experiences for their homes.
Certified home entertainment products will be required to meet a set of the highest audio and video performance standards, set by a certification committee of IMAX and DTS engineers and Hollywood’s leading technical specialists.
A number of global consumer electronics and entertainment market leaders, including Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, and Sound United (parent company to Denon and Marantz), have been announced as launch partners in the new program.
Getting the IMAX® Enhanced Program Certification
As one of the first authorized test centers to perform IMAX® Enhanced program tests, Allion will provide vendors a one-stop solution to accelerate certifications for their products. For more information, please visit www.IMAXenhanced.com.
Target Vendors: Home entertainment device/peripheral vendors such as 4K HDR televisions, A/V receivers, sound systems, and other home entertainment equipment vendors.
The one-stop solution includes:
- IMAX® Enhanced program certification
- Pre-certification: Allion has qualified testing equipment and facilities that resemble real-testing environments
- Other related technical consultancy
In addition to the IMAX® Enhanced program, Allion also provides authorized testing services on image transmission technologies, including HDMI, DisplayPort, HDR10+, UHDA, and DisplayHDR. Allion also offers vendors various certification tests, debugging tests, interoperability tests and so forth.
About Xperi Corporation
Xperi Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) and its brands, DTS, FotoNation, HD Radio, Invensas, and Tessera, are dedicated to creating innovative technology solutions that enable extraordinary experiences for people around the world. Xperi’s solutions are licensed by hundreds of leading global partners and have shipped in billions of products in areas including: premium audio, automotive, broadcast, computational imaging, computer vision, mobile computing and communications, memory, data storage, 3D semiconductor interconnect, and packaging. For more information, please call 408-321-6000 or visit www.xperi.com.
About IMAX Corporation
IMAX, an innovator in entertainment technology, combines proprietary software, architecture, and equipment to create experiences that take you beyond the edge of your seat to a world you’ve never imagined. Top filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX theaters to connect with audiences in extraordinary ways and, as such, IMAX’s network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the globe.
IMAX is headquartered in New York, Toronto, and Los Angeles, with additional offices in London, Dublin, Tokyo, and Shanghai. As of June 30, 2018, there were 1,410 IMAX theater systems (1,314 commercial multiplexes, 12 commercial destinations, 84 institutional) operating in 79 countries. On Oct. 8, 2015, shares of IMAX China, a subsidiary of IMAX Corp., began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code “HK.1970.”
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