2.0 USB 5..1 surround acutally work?

Hello,

I have a laptop and bought 5.1 speakers. Later, I found out that I can't use 5.1 with E1505. So I went to ebay and looked for external sound card, and there were couple usb 2.0 external sound card. Does this actually work? Anybody tried them before?

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-5-1-CH-...218QQihZ014QQcategoryZ170QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

That thing definitley doesn't give you true 5.1 sound.
I think what it claims to do it give you "virtual" 5.1 sound from only 2 speakers. I know such things exist, but I wonder if that thing does it well.

For real 5.1 sound I use this and it works fine....
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=206&product=10702
It costs $50.

 

if its for a notebook, u may actually want to try this:

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=205&product=10769

 

the e1505 doesnt have a PCMCIA slot, so that won't work. A pity, though, as it's pretty small....