Dedicated Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
STV82x8
Figure 12: Audio Processing for Loudspeakers, Headphone, SCART and S/PDIF outputs
4.3 ST WideSurround
STV82x8 offers three preset ST WideSurround Sound effects on the Loudspeakers path:
● Music, a concert hall effect
● Movie, for films on TV
● Simulated Stereo, which generates a pseudo-stereo effect from mono source
“ST WideSurround Sound” is an extension of the conventional stereo concept which improves the
spatial characteristics of the sound. This could be done simply by adding more speakers and coding
more channels into the source signal as is done in the cinema, but this approach is too costly for
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