Thin-Film Speakers Add Big Sound to Big TVs | GadgetLab

Now some companies say they have a better way: Transform the front of the TV screen itself into a vibrating membrane, making it in effect a giant, high-fidelity speaker, giving your HDTV an acoustic range that would make Pavarotti proud.

Emo Labs, a Waltham, Massachusetts startup, has created flat, transparent “speakers” that go in front of the display. And it is not alone in its plans to put good sound right on the face of your TV. Warwick Audio and NXT Technologies, two British companies, and a Korean firm, Plasma & Ion Beam Corp., have similar plans.

Thin-Film Speakers Add Big Sound to Big TVs | GadgetLab