ps my old rottwieler's name was gonk.

I've never used the Dolby Virtual Speaker stuff, since I already had surrounds before having access to this sort of processing. It's one of those things that I just suggest giving it a try to see what you think of it.

There's an old 486 tower PC sitting in the attic that ended up being named "gonk" back in college because of its similarity to the Star Wars droid. I borrowed the name as my screen name a few years later. It's a good pet name, too, though - could see it for a rott or for a big cat like our persian or maine coon...

actually go out and rent the old "elvira" dvd (the original) and you'll see where gonk comes from. pretty decent movie too suprisingly, thumbs up from siskel and ebert.

Ratso - which movie are you speaking of?
http://www.netflix.com/Search?v1=elvira&search_submit.x=17&search_submit.y=8

I've seen the Elvira movie but don't recall where gonk cropped up - might have to watch it again one of these days. In my case, gonk comes from:

yup thats it, elvira mistress of the dark. long time viewers of the show (on tv) might remember her poodle on her lap with a pink mohawk, that was gonk.
watch the movie to learn more about gonk, including a big suprise with him at the end.

ok so actually i lied, it's really gonq, not gonk in the movie.