SenSurround – the audience is going deaf

In repsonse to our recent coverage of 3D movies, one TG Daily reader wrote in about seeing a movie in SenSurround way back when.



SenSurround, in some ways, may have been the precursor to THX – right as theater sound technology was going through radical changes. Remember, we didn’t even have Dolby Stereo in theaters until the late ’70′s, but all that changed thanks to Star Wars.

SenSurround was the innovation of the late Jennings Lang, a Hollywood producer who knew the power of showmanship.



He was the first to call a film an “event” back in 1974 for Earthquake, which like many disaster films of the day featured an all star cast including Charlton Heston, Walter Matthau, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, and more.

“My dad was one of the last true showmen,” says his son, Rocky Lang. “He rea

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LaCie Reveals Stunning New Porsche-Labeled HDD Line

LaCie and Porsche, together at last? We can’t say we ever really expected these two names to join forces in any significant way, but they have, and the result is nothing short of stunning. Both of these companies are well known for amazing design, and now that they’re working together, it’s just easy to love what’s coming out of their collaborative efforts. The two just launched an exclusive P´9000 electronics category: the LaCie Porsche Design Mobile (P’9220) and Desktop (P’9230) Hard Drives.

Both of these rely on USB 3.0 and feature aluminum frames and ‘purist designs.’ In fact, the two have worked together off and on since 2003, and these just so happen to be the newest fruits of their labor. Read more…

MSI announces Military Class II-accredited AMD Llano mainboard supporting DirectX 11 for smooth operations of DiRT3 games

MSI announces Military Class II-accreditedAMD Llano mainboard supporting DirectX 11 for smooth operations of DiRT3 games

  (Taipei-Taiwan)World famous mainboard and graphic card manufacturer MSI today officiallyannounces their brand new AMD A75-Series mainboard A75MA-G55 with MilitaryClass II components to equip the mainboard with the best quality and higheststability. The amazing graphical performance of the A-Series APUs iscomplimented by the implementation of USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s ports to give thefastest performance when you’re playing games, video editing, transferringfiles from mobile devices. Wi

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EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB SuperClocked PCI Express Video Card – $139.99 after Rebate

Our Deal of the Day today is the Tiger Direct – EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB SuperClocked PCI Express Video Card – $139.99 after Rebate + $2.99 Shipping!.  Offer: Great price for this EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 SuperClocked Video Card! It features:  - 1GB GDDR5 RAM – PCI-Express 2.0 – Dual DVI – Mini HDMI – SLI – Fermi Core – Limited Lifetime Warranty with Registration  EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GEFORCE GTX 460 1GB SUPERCLOCKED PCI EXPRESS FERMI VIDEO CARD SALE  $30 MAIL-IN REBATE expires 06/30/2011.

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Leica M9-P 18-megapixel Digital Camera

Leica has introduced a new digital camera which could be described as the twin of the Leica M9 that was introduced sometime back. The Leica M9-P comes equipped with an 18-megapixel CCD image sensor, it comes with a 2.5-inch LCD display which is used to preview captured images, the LCD display comes with an anti-reflective coating and it is also scratch resistant. The Leica M9-P comes with a vulcanite leatherette body finish which allows a much better grip plus it also comes in the classical Leica silver chrome finish or in black. Read more…