It uses a 2-gigahertz Intel processor and offers 7.1 HD surround-sound audio playback for more realistic Hollywood explosions.
Although a bit hollow-sounding where it counts, the Freeway's three speakers create virtual surround sound playback of reasonable quality and in my tests it was more than capable for playing back podcasts and a little light music.
Those larger machines are the Clié's obvious rivals -- they, too, are clearly aimed at the kind of people who pay extra for brushed metal -- but lack the Sony's sound playback and remote-control features.
Conversely, it's a joy to see a gargantuan corporation like Sony, for example, dreaming up innovative features (like the sound playback and remote-control functions) as though it were a feisty little startup with something to prove.
Free-ranging individual fish were observed using a baited remote underwater video (BRUV) system during sound playback experiments.
Also, in contrast to using a pure graphics engine, sound playback, physics and networking abilities are already present.
Four speakers placed in each corner of a room will have been used to create a surround-sound playback from the cockpit voice recorder black box.
The Mpact can handle, simultaneously, all of the computational work behind these functions: Dolby stereo sound, playback of full-screen digital films, a 33.6-kilobit-per-second fax/modem, videoconferencing and crisp 3-D graphics.
To complement the first-class video capabilities the new Toshiba tablet with stereo speakers allows for a high quality sound playback.
Both can output Blu-Ray movies in 1080/24p and feature PQLS (Precision Quartz Lock System) for high-quality sound playback, BD Live, DeepColor 36bit, TrueHD/DTS-HD, an HDMI interface and two USB ports (the only notable difference is that the BDP-LX53 performs better sound-wise).
