Why every home should come standard with surround sound

Picture this.

You come home from work and are excited to enjoy the latest james bond film that you just rented. It was amazing in theatres and you are looking forward to seeing it a second time. You put it in you dvd player and go and sit on the couch only to realize that the screen is so small that to read the menus you need to move the couch closer. So you get up and move the coffee table behind the couch and scoot it forward. The movie begins and you cant quite put your finger on it but something is wrong. It doesn't sound right. In the last scene Mr. Bond just blew up an entire building and it sounded like the neighbors just flushed the toilet. So you think to yourself, "Maybe I just don't have the volume up high enough." So you crank it up more thinking that this will give you that experience. But no as you turn the volume up it just gets worse and worse. Slowly you begin to realize that this is just not the same. Tears begin to well up in your eyes. Frustrated and crying you turn off the movie to watch American Idol because it sounds the same no matter what volume you have it at.

Sadly this is a true story for many Americans. Especially the part about American Idol. Why else would their ratings be so high? A simple three letters could stop all of this madness. THX.

There is nothing like watching Transformers and feeling like a car actually flew over your head. Something that should be felt at home as well as at the movie theatres. Not only does surround sound help you better appreciate action movies but it works on any kind of movie. My wife loves to watch Friends and while watching it one day I kept hearing a phone ring on my right side and I thought that I should go grab my cell phone. But then I realized that it wasn't my cell phone ring, it was coming from the movie! When I watch The Office I feel like I am in an office.

This is something that I think every human being should have. Which is why I am petitioning Congress to make an American Surround Sound stimulus package. In this time of economic peril there is no way we can afford not to give every American home its own surround sound system. If not addressed this issue could turn into a crisis of major proportions. Without quality surround sound to enjoy movies people will turn to the streets and riots will break out in almost every state. I hope that this issue will addressed soon. Until then I'm going to go watch The Dark Knight.