Write a Creative Short Story About An Experience You’ve Had With Loud Commercials or Volume Spikes And You Could Win a VIZIO Home Theater Speaker Bar Featuring SRS TruVolume™

You know the scenario; you are switching channels or the program changes to commercial and then, BAM! The volume changes like a knife in your ears. Drastic volume changes or dips can ruin any audio experience.

From October 20, to November 17, 2009, SRS Labs, Inc. is hosting a creative writing contest, and invites everyone to participate by sharing a short (500 words or less) creative story on our blog about an encounter they’ve had with annoying volume fluctuations while watching TV (can be either fiction or non-fiction). On December 15, 2009 SRS Labs will choose three winners and award them with a VIZIO Home Theater Speaker Bar featuring SRS TruVolume and their stories will be eligible to be chosen as the creative motivation for a future SRS commercial. Visit www.TruVolume.com for inspiration.

SRS TruVolume Creative Writing Guidelines:

• - Stories must be no more than 500 words
• - Be free from profanities or any other inappropriate language
• - Stories must be related to volume fluctuations
• - Entries must be submitted as a blog comment at http://srslabs.com/contest
• - Must be a U.S. resident (Click Here for Official Contest Rules)
  
• - Be creative!

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Earlier today I read an article that discussed some information that the NPD Group had found in a consumer study they conducted. The article claimed that about 25 percent of consumers plan on buying a new TV within the next six months. The study also discovered that screen size and screen resolution are important factors when selecting the right HDTV. It’s surprising to me that they didn’t ask if great sounding audio played a roll in their purchasing decision. We’ve conducted quite a bit of research ourselves and have learned that consumers find “audio quality” is important to them when making a buying decision and that more than 70% of consumers use only their TVs built-in speakers for their TV audio. With so many people relying upon built-in speakers, it’s no wonder consumers want to buy an HDTV with not only stunning picture, but one with stunning audio quality as well?

When you visit a retail store this holiday season, the vibrant colors and life-like picture quality of these new HDTVs may charm you, but remember, if the audio sounds dull and tinny, then the full experience of that TV is far from High-Definition. You may notice that retail stores rarely ever have the audio of the TVs on, so, how do you know if a TV has audio quality that matches its stunning picture? The answer is simple; look for the SRS logo. All TVs that feature SRS audio solutions have been custom tuned personally by SRS engineers to provide the kind of natural, immersive sound that even a pure audiophile will enjoy.

We believe that our logo stands for premium quality audio, and we wouldn’t allow any product that features it to take its place in your home unless it sounded its absolute best. So, this season when you shop for a new TV, make sure to ask your sales representatives to show you TVs that have SRS built-in.

Happy humpday readers! At SRS we have a lot of different technologies designed to make any kind of CE device sound its absolute best. Though many of you know that various SRS audio solutions can be found built-in to products like TVs and home theater equipment, did you know that we also have software designed to improve the audio quality of your iTunes music collection on your Mac or PC? The software is called SRS iWOW and today I recorded a little demo to show you what kind of impact it has on sound quality. This particular demo was done using a MacBook running Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Check out the video below, to see more videos by SRS Labs, visit our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/SRSLabs.

Just a reminder the writing contest ends November 17th, there is only a couple weeks left

Write a Creative Short Story About An Experience You’ve Had With Loud Commercials or Volume Spikes And You Could Win a VIZIO Home Theater Speaker Bar Featuring SRS TruVolume™

You know the scenario; you are switching channels or the program changes to commercial and then, BAM! The volume changes like a knife in your ears. Drastic volume changes or dips can ruin any audio experience.

From October 20, to November 17, 2009, SRS Labs, Inc. is hosting a creative writing contest, and invites everyone to participate by sharing a short (500 words or less) creative story on our blog about an encounter they’ve had with annoying volume fluctuations while watching TV (can be either fiction or non-fiction). On December 15, 2009 SRS Labs will choose three winners and award them with a VIZIO Home Theater Speaker Bar featuring SRS TruVolume and their stories will be eligible to be chosen as the creative motivation for a future SRS commercial. Visit www.TruVolume.com for inspiration.

Entries must be submitted as a blog comment at http://srslabs.com/contest

SRS TruVolume Creative Writing Guidelines:

• - Stories must be no more than 500 words
• - Be free from profanities or any other inappropriate language
• - Stories must be related to volume fluctuations
• - Entries must be submitted as a blog comment at http://srslabs.com/contest
• - Must be a U.S. resident (Click Here for Official Contest Rules)
  
• - Be creative!

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