Sleek Soundbars at CES

Every year at the CES, new trends quietly percolate up among the product displays. One thing that stuck out was the proliferation of soundbars, those long, sleek speaker systems that typically claim to produce simulated surround sound despite having only 2.1 capability (that's "2" for the number of side





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Subscribe to commentsMattJan 14th 2009 1:16PM
2.1 is not 2 side speakers and a "base" speaker. It is a Left and Right channel and a low frequency channel... where the BASS comes from. For example 5.1 is L, R, Center, Rear L, Rear R and Low frequency.
Will SaferJan 14th 2009 1:36PM
Thanks for the correction. Noted above.