Sound Retrieval System Labs (SRS Labs) has announced that LCD panel and monitor manufacturer BenQ has selected SRS Audio technologies for its new line-up of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) televisions and LCD monitors. SRS Labs' premiere stereo enhancement technology, SRS WOW will be incorporated into the 20.1" model H200 LCD TV. Meanwhile its core 3D sound technology has been selected as the standard audio enhancement system for BenQ's premiere LCD monitors -- the 15" FP591 and the 17" FP791.

SRS Labs provides innovative audio, voice and semiconductor technology solutions. An official release informs that SRS Labs' patented technologies were developed after years of research on the psychoacoustics of sound and the dynamics of the human hearing system. Both SRS and WOW restore audio realism that is masked by traditional recording and playback techniques and create a full and rich listening experience from smaller speakers or speakers close together. These are generally found in televisions, home and portable audio products and automotive entertainment systems. SRS and WOW claim to deliver audio that explodes beyond the internal speakers in both the vertical and horizontal planes and fills the room with a panoramic 3D soundstage.

WOW, comprised of several patented SRS technologies including the core SRS 3D Sound, also compensates for the bass limitations inherent in the smaller speakers that are usually found in televisions with the inclusion of TruBass. This is a patented psychoacoustic technology that creates the perception of deep rich bass in systems which are otherwise incapable of producing lower frequency information.

SRS Labs' technology solutions for television manufacturers encompass a wide range of audio techniques that overcome many sound deficiencies associated with TVs, such as speakers that are too close together, limited speaker size, muffling of dialog and location of the speakers close to the floor. SRS Labs has stated that its technologies address all types of television products, from standard analogue colour and black and white models to the latest advanced projection, LCD, plasma and high definition television (HDTV) sets. In addition to stereo enhancement technologies, SRS technologies for the TV market also include surround sound over two speakers, or a 5.1 surround decode technology that can be used by manufacturers of home theater-in-a-box systems that include a television.