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Razer buys THX to boost audio and video quality

article published on 17 October, 2016

THX, the AV quality assurance company founded as part of Lucasfilm, has been acquired by gaming hardware company Razer. According to Razer, the brand THX will be "spun out as a startup" (despite being 33-years-old) and run independently under its current management team but with capitalization from Razer. THX was founded in 1983 and has been sold multiple times including a purchase ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		18. October 2016 @ 15:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is a WASTE for Razer!!!


THX is simply a "standard of sound/video quality". It's got very little to do with the technical part.

So how will a Razer mouse, keyboard, mousepad make use of audio/video standards from THX.

THX is the listening standard that GEORGE LUCAS WANTS US TO HEAR. Or, as the sounds/video of the movie that George wants us to experience.


Razer is gonna bomb this one and regret their decision...U watch!
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Bozobub
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_ 		18. October 2016 @ 22:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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 ...we think of the THX brand in audio as akin to what Razer is in gaming.
What? Overpriced, fragile, and a terrible value?
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hearme0
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_ 		20. October 2016 @ 12:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Bozobub:
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 ...we think of the THX brand in audio as akin to what Razer is in gaming.
What? Overpriced, fragile, and a terrible value?
I would certainly agree with this!


I only appreciate the nostalgia that comes with watching Terminator 2 with the THX intro.

But yeah.......overpriced and again.......THX is simply George's standard of "how he wants you to hear/see his film"
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