RX 2 Media Chair to Appear on Super Bowl Segment for NBC’s “Today”
Richmond, British Columbia – January 27, 2005 – With Super Bowl XXXIX just around the corner, sports fans across the globe are gearing up for the definitive football experience. The RX 2 Media Chair, exclusively distributed by Empower Technologies, will make its “Today” show debut this Friday morning, January 28 during a special “Men's Journal Ultimate Super Bowl Party” segment. Featured prominently alongside a 60-inch plasma screen and an Xbox console, the RX 2 will be exhibited on the Today main set as hosts and guests view NFL-based movies and experience the new John Madden 2005 Xbox game.
"We are very excited to have the RX 2 Media Chair on the Today show ,” said Paul Leung, chairman and CEO of Empower Technologies. “It’s an amazing and rare opportunity to showcase the power and versatility of a product such as the RX 2 to such a wide viewing audience. As a top-rated morning program, Today provides Empower with a new outlet to reach our target markets.”
Priced at $1,599 USD MSRP and exclusively distributed by Empower Technologies, the RX 2 Media Chair is the most revolutionary piece of home entertainment equipment available on the market today for your digital living room! Winner of a 2005 CES Innovations Award, the RX 2 features a complete Xbox © 5.1 Surround Sound System, manufactured under license by Spherex. With this amazing sound system strategically installed into the frame of the chair, RX 2 creates the most immersive experience for gaming, movies and music playback.
RX 2 exhibits Spherex Optimized Surround Sound – a culmination of cutting-edge technology from a number of industry leaders, fine-tuned and calibrated for an incredibly realistic sound experience:
- Mirage-patented OMNIPOLAR TM speaker dispersion and technology
- 6 channel, 300W RMS Direct Digital Amplification (DDX) from Apogee Technology
- Aureus ™ Digital Signal Processor from Texas Instruments decoding Dolby Digital, PLII and DTS
- MaxxBass â bass extension circuitry from Waves
- Tactile transducer from ButtKicker for sound you not only hear but also feel
The RX 2 Media Chair is exclusively distributed by Empower Technologies, online at http://www.empowertechnologies.com/.
Today supplies viewers with breaking news as it happens. Broadcasted from the glass-walled, ground-floor production facility at the corner of 49 th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, this three-hour live program provides the latest in domestic and international news, weather reports and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment and sports. Today is co-anchored by Katie Couric and Matt Lauer.
Tune in to NBC’s “Today” show this Friday morning, January 28, 2005 for the amazing RX 2 Media Chair. Check your local cable provider for listings.
About Empower Technologies:
Founded in 2000, Empower Technologies, Inc., a Washington State registered company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Empower Technologies Corporation of Richmond, B.C., is a provider of embedded system technologies and solutions for the consumer electronics industry and the intelligent appliance market.
Empower is an innovative company, who through the development of quality partnerships and strategic alliances is positioning itself to become a leading provider of embedded system technologies and solutions for consumer electronics manufacturers .
About Spherex Inc.:
Spherex Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Audio Products International Corp. (API). Founded in 1972 and privately owned, API is one of the largest loudspeaker manufacturers in the world. API brands include Mirage, Energy and Athena Technologies loudspeakers. Xbox 5.1 Surround Sound System offers an exciting, immersive audio experience for gaming, movies and music playback. It exemplifies Spherex’s dedication to superior sound quality and affordable pricing.
About Xbox:
Xbox (www.xbox.com) is the video game system from Microsoft that brings people together for the most exhilarating game and entertainment experiences. Xbox delivers an expansive collection of breakthrough games, powerful hardware and the unified Xbox Live online service. The new tag line, “it’s good to play together,” captures the spirit of Xbox as the social hub of the new digital entertainment lifestyle. Xbox is now available in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia.
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The Xbox 5.1 Surround Sound System is manufactured under license by Spherex Inc.
Microsoft Xbox and the Xbox logos are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or in other countries and are used under license from Microsoft.
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