sound stereo system

How It Works

How it Works: A TV Speaker That's Almost Paper-Thin

Loud and realistic sound without the separate stereo system

You don’t need big speakers to get big sound from your television. Emo Labs’s Edge Motion pumps tones out of a vibrating plastic sheet, just two hundredths of an inch thick, that sits over a TV screen. Its wide surface produces louder and more realistic sound than the small speakers in most TVs, but it takes up a lot less room than a separate stereo system.

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Bridging the PC-TV Gulch

Photos, songs and movies belong in your living room, not your office. Four ways to free your files.

Dept.: Geek Guide

Investigator: Steve Morgenstern

Home tech: PC-to-TV bridging

Cost: $200 and up

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