The HD PVR 2 GE Plus adds SPDIF and full surround sound audio to game recordings.

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Yeah, it doesn't emulate a full surround sound system altogether that well -- the clue's in the "virtual" -- but it looks pretty good and is definitely compact, which is sort of the point with these kinds of devices.

ENGADGET: Philips' CES booth tour

The Samsung rep kindly jacked up the sound for us while we were there, and while it's tough to give it a full critique from a busy show floor, it certainly seemed loud enough, and gave the full surround system -- in a glass room just to the side of it -- a run for its money.

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On the audio side it has a full suite of surround processing, including lossless Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

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The YSP-3050 offers full support for surround sound standards, including Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Pro Logic II and DTS Neo:6, as well as CINEMA DSP technology, to create realistic soundscapes in any room.

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An optical digital cable is a nice bonus if the PS3 owner has his or her system connected to a home theater and wants to take full advantage of its HD surround sound capabilities.

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NeoTV Streaming Player (NTV300) is a simple-to-use device that's an ideal solution for streaming thousands of movies, TV shows or songs to TVs in full 1080p HD and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound.

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The product is the first media device capable of delivering both free and premium TV shows and movies, videos, music, and photos from the Internet with support for full 1080p high-definition (HD) and 5.1 surround sound for popular digital media formats.

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