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Play games in surround sound
Your game console is connected to an HDTV, but great video is only half the experience. You're not truly in the game unless you're immersed in surround-sound audio from the front, sides, and rear.
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Immersive audio means better gameplay.
Ask any Halo player: aural cues are just as important as visual ones. Unleashing the surround-sound capability of your game console will add an extra dimension to your gameplay.2
Maximize your game collection.
The stereo sound you're hearing from your TV's puny speakers represents only a fraction of a game's audio potential. Many games--especially those for Xbox and Xbox 360--are encoded with a soundtrack that directs specific sounds to each speaker in a surround-audio system.3
Surround sound actually means fewer wires.
Everybody's seen a standard analog stereo-audio connection--the red and white RCA jacks. But one of the great advantages of surround sound is that it only requires one wire: the PS2 and Xbox use a single optical digital audio cable.
What you say
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"its awesome"
by liza121870 (see profile)July 29, 2008
i would do this cuz loader is better i have blown so many speakers it would be nice not to have to worry about how...
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"You can actually feel that you're..."
by anik360 (see profile)December 18, 2005
When you play games in surround sound like me it feels like you are inside the game like you can see the cars zoom by...
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"A little advantage.."
by MidniteRaider (see profile)August 9, 2005
I use it while I'm playing Halo 2 online. It helps me hear footsteps, which especially helpful when radar is off. It...
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