Patent ID: 6918461

Claim:
In combination, a flat panel monitor for displaying visual images, said flat panel monitor of the type mounted in a housing and having a center location thereof, a pair of matched speaker housings, each of said speaker housings comprising at least left and right stereo speakers, each of said speaker housings further comprising a separate center channel speaker, such that said center channel speaker is housed in the same speaker housing as respective left and right stereo speakers, said center channel speakers located substantially equidistant from the center of said monitor, each of said center channel speakers having frequency ranges which are standard for both Dolby, AC3, DTS and the DVDA and SACD audio formats, means to provide a center channel signal, said center channel signal being connected to each of said center channel speakers so as to receive the same center channel monaural signal thereby projecting aural sound therefrom which appears to come from the center of said flat panel monitor while the stereo speakers project left and right stereo sound, said center channel signal supplied only to said center channel speakers located substantially equidistant from the center of said monitor and to no other speaker unless located on opposite sides of said monitor, and to no speaker located between the sides of said monitor.