News Creative Labs owes you $62

Is that SGD or USD? I'd prefer the latter, what with the exchange rates at the mo... Anyhoo, according to the Inq, the sound card manufacturer owes you (if you purchased a Creative Audigy or Extigy back in 2003) a whole 62 and one half bucks:

SINGAPOREAN soundcard maker, Creative Labs, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit related to misleading marketing of its Audigy and Extigy range. Actually, it appears this settlement was agreed in principle at the end of last year, but few potential claimants yet know about it.

Creative claimed that the products in question could handle 24-bit audio at 96Khz – indeed this was stated on the product boxes in bold letters, and in all advertising. But complaints filed in 2003 pointed out that this was only true in a very limited set of circumstances, and pretty much all of the audio passing through the cards would actually be processed at lower quality.

The difference probably wouldn't concern the average gamer or casual MP3 enthusiast, but many of those planning to use the Creative cards for professional-quality audio were outraged by the labelling.

More here

 

Cheers GOO might put it towards some cheap 5.1 speakers, mmmmmm 5.1

 

How do i claim???

/me hugs exitigy.

 

Hmm..25% discount on a new sound card from the US Creative store. After shipping, tax etc I may end up with a card no better than the one I have in the first place!!

Will anybody bother?

 

/me waves his Audigy around.

Now where do I claim?

 

http://www.audiocardsettlement.com/form.asp

 

Mmmm.. free money

Thanks GOO!

Oh... it's only good off of a purchase at their site, 25% or $62.50 whichever is less. But still.

 

Damn, ordering from US only. Far too much bother.

 

LOL, where else would i find it, on my Radeon??

 

Anyone know if there is a way to get the discount if you live in the UK?

 

"Country (Only US residents qualify)"

And they still put in a box that lets you choose a country??

 

Exactly the reason I'm confused and none of the stuff I've read states that the ruling is US only