Customer Ratings & Reviews

Sound is great when it works, if you pause what you are watching it loses connection and has to be power cycled to hear again. I have turned off the energy saving mode for the soundbar system, so that is not the problem. I have a Vizio p series tv, and it is connected via hdmi arc, so it should just work.....

This surround system was very easy to set up and has a lot of bang for the buck.

Sound is great u can hear all the conversations in movies and setup is easy as 123

I really would give this a 5/5 if my ONLY flaw with this is that the action scenes get softer in sound, but louder in regular non action scenes. still delivers great Atmos overhead effects and good rear surrounds. Endgame and Hacksaw Ride are highly reccomened for Dolby Atmos with this soundbar where both of those movies had me ducking my head!

Was a bit hard to connect to the Vizio app and to update to latest firmware, but once connected, update when smoothly. Subwoofer was a bit overpowering, but once that was turned down to minimum, the overall sound was very balanced. Works well through hdmi Arc on my Sony X900h for both movies and gaming.

I have never had a sound bar or home theater of any kind... I got this for the Dolby Atmos... It sounds really good to me... It arrived with the latest firmware.. For what I paid I am completely happy and no regrets... You MUST use the Vizio app to adjust the sound to your liking. Put surround sound ON to hear the rear speakers. All speaker levels can be adjusted... We have gone in our house from TV speakers only to the point where we actually complain if a movie doesn’t use all the speakers... It worked well with HDMI ARC... we use ARC as the input source... the green light for Atmos is momentary now in the latest update... use info on the Vizio app and it will say Atmos if you want to verify it truly is in Atmos mode... As to the hearing of sound locations and upfiring speakers, I am not such an audiophile to discern it well... It just sounds really nice... No sync issues with the video, but I purchased a new 40” tv also... The sub is amazing to us... So far no complaints from my apartment neighbors...

Look up the rtings review for more details on the technical. I been waiting for a full Atmos system that checked all the boxes for awhile and this one was it. My buddy has a 1500 dollar Sonos system that sounds slightly better then this, but not 1k better..

The Vizio 5.1.2 soundbar system has turned out to be an even better audio experience than I had expected. After getting a new 4K Apple TV and new TV I wanted to upgrade my audio and really wanted something with Dolby Atmos. However the systems offering Dolby Atmos were very expensive and it was difficult to justify the cost. After reading reviews for this Vizio, I purchased. Set up was very easy. The upward firing speakers in the soundbar bounce the audio off my ceiling which in and of itself make a huge difference over my old Bose Cinemate system. But it is the addition of the two small surround speakers that really make this system shine. The surround makes everything better, but when the audio source supports Dolby Atmos, the experience is amazing. In my mind there is no reason to spend more if your room is average size.

Just picked up the soundbar yesterday. It took about 30 minutes to set it all up. Set up was pretty easy. It is replacing a Sony CT290 2.1 soundbar. Which was great but I wanted a 5.1 or Atmos setup. For the price of this soundbar it was an easy decision. Sounds amazing compared to my Sony. I have a Sony X930E hooked up to it over the HDMI ARC. No issue getting Dolby Atmos with Vudu app on the TV. I know it’s the lossy format which is sent over Dolby digital + but it sounds great. I have my Xbox One X hooked up to the HDMI on the soundbar and had no problem getting Atmos on the Blu-ray app playing my 4K Blu-rays. Also the Microsoft movies app supports some movies in Atmos too. The only small issue I ran into is that my Apple TV 4K won’t do Atmos over arc. It has to be connected to the hdmi input on the soundbar. But that’s on Apple. Apparently they use a different way of sending Atmos over DD+. My TV won’t recognize it to send the signal to the soundbar. All in all I’m very happy with the purchase.

I was replacing an older AV amplifier with 2 big speakers, just to save some space and clean up a bit. But honestly, this system sounds even better. When it kicks in with the surround and subwoofer, it can be pretty shocking. I never got that with the 2 speaker setup with a lot more watts. It’s very clear too. I have a Vizio TV too, and this thing plugs directly into its HDMI port for control/pass through, and it just works! The TV automatically just started using the sound bar, and the TV remote automatically started controlling the sound bar, and I didn’t have to do anything. The Apple TV picked up the new sound system too and started doing the big Dolby Audio without me having to do anything either, except click on OK to switch to the new Dolby. I couldn’t be happier with this. Oh, it all powers on and off with the TV remote too. It’s like it just merged with the TV.

This is a really great sound bar. The surround feels good with things happening all around you. Not five stars because the ARC connection can be glitchy. Sometimes when turning on the TV it will “connect” but no sound comes out. I either have to turn it off and on again or cycle through the inputs to get sound. Otherwise, I’m very happy with the actual sound experience

A lot of bang for the buck. Compared to other systems that were up and running at the store the sound quality from this Vizio 5.1 was one of the best. Obviously you can spend more to get better sounding gear. Using this for our patio sound system and streaming music

Dolby Atmos Sound is amazing if you can find it on your shows and movies. Not many shows have it now but more and more are coming. The only dislike I had were the rear speakers were not wireless and the wires are not easy to hide where you need to put the rear speakers. The subwoofer is all you can bargain for as it is deep and thumpin.

Flip, flang, flew...this is a great system. The sound is very very very good. Set up was okay. Takes a little know-how. I’m happy with the system overall but occasionally I have no sound and have to unplug and restart. Frustrating

Fantastic sound for the price. With Covid and movie theaters closed, I needed something to replace my love of going to the theaters. This definitely satisfied my needs. It really thumps to the dismay of my wife lol

I had the vizio 5.1 system before this but the small sub was over boomy, very annoying. This 5.1.2 system is well worth the extra money over that one. Sub has no extra booming from bottoming out. Have not really tested Atmos out with actual 4k disks only streaming from Netflix and others. Will update this when actually test out the Atmos with 4k disk to fully hear the system. I got it on sale also, so that helps.

Was really easy to set up and works really well with my Vizio television. Really nice that the Subwoofer is wireless and that the surround sound speakers connect with the subwoofer instead of the main sound bar. That way there’s not cords going across my room.

The sound quality, setup, price is all good, but with issues. Some channels of the soundbar take about a second to respond after an episode of absolute silence. This applies to the navigation clicks of a TV or console, silence between videogames scenes, sometimes the first second of a video or resuming it after a pause. I have even raised and lowered the volume of the soundbar but it wouldn't respond until a restart, counted times but it has happened in 5 days of owned. It is sad because the price gap between this system and another one a little bit better or similar is very very big. Besides this, the only thing I think would be needed to improve, are the height speakers for a better immersion experience. Subwoofer and rear speakers are okay. I am returning this system for these not so little details personally.

Easy setup, it only took me about 15 minutes to put together. The sound quality is great too.

Pretty good sound and the wireless sub is surprisingly nice sounding for this price point. It’s not going to rumble your house but it definitely adds some punch and realism. Because I was not wowed by the overall sound with Atmos, and the price is fairly high for this item, I’m giving it 3 stars.