Gefen, the company known for their signal switchers and converters, has announced the GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder, which remixes 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround audio for stereo (L/R) outputs. What this means is that the unit lets any movie or television program broadcasting in 5.1 Dolby digital audio to be decoded, and output on a pair of analog speakers.

This will give two-channel stereo systems the ability to convey some of the same surround sound information as a proper 5.1 system, but without the artificialness that usually accompanies such enhancement.

The Cell Ranger has nothing to do with the Lone Ranger in a jail cell, though if that happened he would in fact be that cell’s ranger. It’s a cell phone booster, like this one. It plugs into your computer through the USB port and then, with an on-board microprocessor filtering out unnecessary signals, it amplifies the signals that your cell phone actually needs.

The end result is a few extra bars of reception. If you need better reception, this should be near the top on your list of cool stuff to buy.