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Sound specialist Creative has just announced a new sound blaster in the X-Fi family, that offers 5.1 Surround Sound over an USB 2.0 bus. The external sound card is completely detachable and allows high-fidelity enthusiasts to enjoy crystal-clear sound even on notebook computers.

The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 external sound card comes in a sleek, black shell with a metallic finish. Its clean and modern design seamlessly integrates with a home-theater system and the living-room furniture. Thanks to the underlying state-of-the-art technology, the sound solution can deliver a fully immersive multimedia experience when playing games, listening to music or watching high-definition video content.

The built-in Creative EAX Advanced HD effects can simultaneously render 64 spatial voices for a more realistic gaming experience. The X-Fi technology is comprised of two main features: X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer and CMSS-3D.

When enabled, the 24-bit Crystalizer adds extra clarity to low-quality music from compressed files or multimedia files streamed over the Internet. It is able to restore the information that has been lost during compression, by enhancing the highs and lows for a crystal-clear audio experience. Read the rest of this entry »

With Sony being one of the few electronic companies that has manufacturing and assembly plants in the United States, the Sony home theater is one of the highest quality home theater systems for the consumers to choose from.

The name Sony brings to mind a leading manufacturer of video, communication, information technology, and electronic products for the consumers. Well known for their state-of-the-art features, Sony has a range of home theater systems ranging from $200 to $2,000, satisfying the needs of all levels of consumers.

They are well known not only for their quality of products, but also for their advancement of the improved technology for these home theater systems. With these products, they offer a wide assortment for anyone. If we are after a home theater system that is state of the art, we should consider our options with Sony.

One nice thing about working with Sony is that we already know the quality that it has to offer from its past record and customer reviews Read the rest of this entry »

Home theater is a home cinema system that tries to reproduce video and audio in home that is of cinema quality and gives a real `cinema experience`. A basic system could comprise of an arrangement of a DVD and CD player, a television and a set of speakers. According to the people in the consumer electronics industry, a home theater is primarily an integration of high quality video and surround sound.

A home theater design generally comprises of input devices, processing devices, audio output, video output, and proper ambience and atmosphere.

Home theater input devices are sources of audio and video. There can be a single or multiple input devices for the same system. HD-DVD (High Density DVD) and blue-ray are one of the most preferred high quality formats that are being used. Often, VHS (Video Home System) and Video game systems are also included. They are available now, also have a home theater PC that acts as a library for video and audio content. Read the rest of this entry »