Altec Lansing Brings Professional Theater Heritage and Contemporary Designs Into the Home MILFORD, Pa. and SANTA CRUZ, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Leveraging 70 years of professional theater expertise, Altec Lansing, a division of Plantronics, Inc., today introduced a new portfolio of high-end audio systems for the home theater. The new Powered Theater Series provide elegant designs and wireless surround sound for flat panel TVs. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070628/AQTH012) "While digital audio plays a central role in homes today, the majority of systems are difficult to set up, involve a web of wires and lack designs that consumers want to showcase in living spaces," said Robert Heiblim, senior vice president of Marketing for Altec Lansing. "Altec Lansing's new home theater products provide the convenience and simplicity of wireless, without compromising great sound or designs that truly complement home decor." Home Theater Surround Sound, Without the Wires Altec Lansing's new Powered Theater (PT) Series deliver theater-quality surround sound with sleek, elegant bar-style speakers that eliminate bulky and conspicuous components. The PT speakers provide immersive cinematic audio experiences and designs that match the streamlined form factor of today's flat panel TVs. -- PT8051: The two-speaker PT8051 system provides the ultimate surround sound experience through left, center and right channels within one front speaker as well as left / right channels included in a rear wireless speaker. The system's matched 8" x 11/2" NXT(R) Digital balanced audio transducers have flat radiating surfaces that cover more sound and more room area than conventional cone speakers. Movie sound is incredibly realistic through automatic engagement of Dolby(R) and DTS(R) listening modes. -- PT7031: The PT7031 is a one-piece, easy-to-set-up speaker system that utilizes virtual speaker technology from Dolby Labs to deliver five-channel surround sound experience. The three matched 8" x 11/2" NXT(R) Digital balanced audio transducers have an advanced surface that is virtually free of distortion. The Altec Lansing PT8051 system and PT7031 have MSRPs of $999.95 and $599.95, respectively. Both products are available in August at major retailers and http://www.alteclansing.com/. For more information about Altec Lansing's Fall 2007 product portfolio, please visit: http://www.plantronics.com/launch. About Altec Lansing Altec Lansing, a division of Plantronics, has designed and manufactured high-quality consumer and professional speaker systems for more than 70 years. A market leader in digital audio, Altec Lansing makes a wide range of audio systems for the home and office; a line of headsets and headphones for personal listening; and the popular line of inMotion speaker systems for portable digital players. The company's Professional division manufactures speakers for the fixed installation market. Altec Lansing is headquartered in Milford, PA, with offices in Luxembourg, and Hong Kong, as well as an ISO 9002 and SA8000 certified manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China. The company employs approximately 1,300 people worldwide. Altec Lansing is a registered trademark of Altec Lansing, a division of Plantronics, Inc. Apple and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. More information can be found at http://www.alteclansing.com/. COMPANY CONTACT: PRESS CONTACT: Jennifer Shanks Kim Fleischman Plantronics / Altec Lansing The Hoffman Agency for Altec Lansing 831-458-7084 303-327-5480 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070628/AQTH012 http://photoarchive.ap.org/DATASOURCE: Altec Lansing CONTACT: company, Jennifer Shanks of Plantronics-Altec Lansing, +1-831-458-7084, ; or press, Kim Fleischman of The Hoffman Agency, +1-303-327-5480, , for Altec Lansing Web site: http://www.plantronics.com/ http://www.alteclansing.com/

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