We have a laptop on which we watch movies regularly both in home and while traveling. The only issue we had was hearing them using only the factory laptop speakers. We initially looked at buying a cheaper surround sound set for at home, which comes with many pieces and needs to be plugged into the wall, etc. In looking online we came across this USB speaker. It was about $20 more than the other sets we were looking at but were intrigued with the option to travel with it as well, it's smaller size, and the fact that it had the USB plug which eliminated ugly wires and the nuisance of hooking it up every time we wanted to use it. We both agreed that we would have paid twice the price now that we have it. The product is exactly as described; it is both user friendly as well as not an eye sore. The sound quality for such a small speaker is perfect for what it is intended for. We noticed there were some previous reviews that complain of the sound quality but please remember..this is not intended to rock your house or replace your theater sound system. It gets plenty loud to play both music and/or movies in your room or quiet enough to listen to on a plane without being a nuisance to others. It comes with a great, protective case for storage or travel and is small enough to fit easily in a briefcase or purse. It has a built in clip on the bottom which connects perfectly to the top of our laptop, it almost looks as it's an original part of the computer, while it acts secondly as a table stand if you wish to not clamp it to your computer. It's as simple as plugging in the USB to your computer and pushing the volume buttons. Great value, great convenience.