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A flat panel monitor frame (10) with integrated speakers (26) as well as planar speakers (50a, 50b, 50c) for facilitating a consumer's selection of an aesthetic visual effect and for enhancing an acoustic experience for a flat panel monitor (22), having user-detachable and replaceable trim (36) for

A flat panel monitor frame (10) with integrated speakers (26) as well as planar speakers (50a, 50b, 50c) for facilitating a consumer's selection of an aesthetic visual effect and for enhancing an acoustic experience for a flat panel monitor (22), having user-detachable and replaceable trim (36) for facilitating blending of the frame (10) and flat panel monitor (22) into the room decor, and having an array of speakers (26) within at least one frame side (12, 14, 16, 18), reducing the need for additional floor or wall-mounted speakers.

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What is claimed: 1. A flat panel monitor frame, comprising: a plurality of frame sections suitable for bordering a flat panel monitor, the frame sections comprising: a frame top; a frame right side extending downward from the frame top; and a frame left side extending downward from the frame top, a

What is claimed: 1. A flat panel monitor frame, comprising: a plurality of frame sections suitable for bordering a flat panel monitor, the frame sections comprising: a frame top; a frame right side extending downward from the frame top; and a frame left side extending downward from the frame top, at least one section mountable on a wall independently of the flat panel monitor; at least one speaker residing in at least one of the frame sections; and a conductor for electrically coupling the at least one speaker to a source of at least one speaker signal associated with the flat panel monitor. 2. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, wherein the at least one speaker comprises at least one right speaker mounted in the frame right side and at least one left speaker mounted in the frame left side. 3. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 2, wherein the at least one speaker comprises at least one speaker chosen from the group of speakers comprising a ribbon speaker, a quasi-ribbon speaker, an electrostatic loudspeaker, a distributed mode loudspeaker, and a conventional speaker. 4. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, wherein the at least one speaker comprises at least one speaker chosen from the group of speakers comprising a ribbon speaker, a quasi-ribbon speaker, an electrostatic loudspeaker, a distributed mode loudspeaker, and a conventional speaker. 5. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, further including a at least one removable grill disposed over the at least one speaker. 6. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, wherein the at least one speaker is mounted in an aluminum extrusion. 7. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, wherein a planar speaker processing circuit resides in at least one frame section of the plurality of frame sections. 8. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, wherein each of the frame sections have at least one speaker mounted therein. 9. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, further including a frame bottom. 10. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, further including a removable replaceable trim. 11. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 10, wherein the removable replaceable trim comprises wood. 12. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 1, wherein each of the frame sections have at least one speaker mounted therein. 13. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 12, wherein the at least one speaker comprises at least one speaker chosen from the group of speakers comprising a ribbon speaker, a quasi-ribbon speaker, an electrostatic loudspeaker, a distributed mode loudspeaker, and a conventional speaker. 14. A frame system for a flat panel monitor, comprising: a frame including a speaker portion and a trim portion, the frame comprising: a frame top section; a frame right side section extending downward from the frame top; and a frame left side section extending downward from the frame, at least one section mountable on a wall; a back support board attached to the frame, said back support board adapted for supporting the flat panel monitor; a plurality of speakers residing in the speaker portion; a plurality of removable and replaceable grills disposed over the speaker portion; and a removable and replaceable trim disposed over the trim portion. 15. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 14, wherein the plurality of speakers comprises two or more speakers chosen fiom the group of speakers comprising a ribbon speaker, a quasi-ribbon speaker, an electrostatic loudspeaker, a distributed mode loudspeaker, and a conventional speaker. 16. The flat panel monitor frame of claim 15 further having an electronic circuit for power conditioning and audio/visual processing, said processing comprising one or more functions chosen from the list of functions comprising music and movie surround decoding, tuner functions, pre-amplifier functions, power amplifier functions, remote control receipt and processing, input signal selection, and display of control information on the flat panel monitor. 17. A speaker and frame system for a flat panel monitor, comprising: a frame comprising: a frame top section; a frame bottom section; a frame right side section connected between the frame top and the frame bottom sections; and a frame left side section connected between the frame top and the frame bottom sections; at least one section mountable on a wall; at least one right planar speaker housed in the frame right side; at least one left planar speaker housed in the frame left side; and at least one top planar speaker housed in the frame top. 18. The system of claim 17, further including at least one circuit for processing at least one speaker signal for the at least one right planar speaker, the at least one left planar speaker, and, the at least one top planar speaker.