quisition ▁of ▁Bright side ▁Techn ologies . ▁( D ol by , ▁the ▁company ▁responsible ▁for ▁lic ens ing ▁its ▁surr ound - sound ▁techn ologies ▁to ▁consumer ▁electron ics ▁manufact ur ers .) ▁ ▁Dol by ▁renamed ▁the ▁Bright Side ▁technology ▁to ▁Dol by ▁V ision . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁S IM 2 ▁Mult imedia ▁announced ▁the ▁professional ▁version ▁of ▁their ▁Sol ar ▁Series ▁display ▁using ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁available ▁Q 2 ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁with ▁ 1 6 ▁bits ▁per ▁color , ▁and ▁a ▁contrast ▁ratio ▁of ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 : 1 ▁( 1 9 . 9 ▁stops ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁Sony ▁announced ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁acquired ▁the ▁license ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁Dol by ▁V ision ▁technology ▁in ▁their ▁Bra via ▁L CD ▁HD TV s . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Dol by ▁released ▁the ▁Dol by ▁Professional ▁Reference ▁Mon itor ▁( D ol by ▁PR M - 4 2 0 0 ), ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁PR M - 4 2 2 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁Dol by ▁team ▁who ▁developed ▁the ▁Dol by ▁Professional ▁Reference ▁Mon itor ▁received ▁an ▁Oscar ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Academy ▁Awards . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁Dol by ▁employees ▁on ▁stage ▁to ▁receive ▁the ▁award ▁was ▁Thomas ▁W an , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Bright Side ▁employees ▁who ▁originally ▁started ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁technology ▁while