Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- SB36512-F6
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- SKU:
- 6288824
Customer reviews
Rating 4.1 out of 5 stars with 2102 reviews
(2,102 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.3
Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.2
Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.0
Rating 4.0 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers appreciate the soundbar's sound quality, with many describing it as excellent and loud. The Dolby Atmos feature is also well-received, with users praising its great sound. The soundbar's easy setup and reasonable price point are additional advantages that customers highlight. However, some users have experienced connectivity issues and concerns with the remote control and app.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy set up great sound
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought these to upgrade our current living room set up. The wireless sub and attached surround speakers to the sub make it easy to set up in our living room without having wires laying all around
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice sound
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.sound is great just haven't found the correct settings yet will watching a movie when ever it cuts to action and plays music the music is low when it should be high like at the theaters
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Dolby Atmos Surround Sound
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The sound system has been everything I hoped for! System set-up is very simple and takes little time. I truly feel the sounds of various movies and TV show sound effects! 10/10
I would recommend this to a friendRated 3 out of 5 stars
Good for small rooms and small budgets
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.average budget buy. My room is perfect dimensions for soundbar 12x16. "wireless" surround is very convenient. Loud for my small room, but may be lacking in medium to big room. CEC doesn't always work, but does most of the time
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Best product in price range
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Initially I was skeptical about buying this sound system but after setting it up in my house & listening to the Dolby atoms quality I didn’t have any second though about this product. It’s highly recommended
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Quality sound
||Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So Far I love this surround system, no issues with it and I use it for everything music, movies, videos etc... I have it installed in my room to play games and it’s just amazing
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Great surround sound
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great sound bar system, only thing i hate is sometimes it takes a while to connect via hdmi and I have to change the input in order to hear sound
I would recommend this to a friendRated 2 out of 5 stars
Great Sound, but ARC Doesn’t Work
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is a pretty good budget Dolby Atmos soundbar system. I’ve been impressed with the depth for a $500 system. I’m having two major issues: 1) I can’t get ARC to work. It functioned for a few minutes once, but I haven’t been able to fix it. It might be my new TCL 5 series, but looking at the other reviews, ARC seems to be a pretty consistent issue. 2) There is major video lag with my Apple TV plugged directly into the soundbar. The AV delay settings have pretty much resolved this issue, but it’s disappointing when a device can’t sync audio and video properly. If I could get ARC to work, I’d bump this up to 4 stars. Until then, it gets 2 stars.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from VIZIOEntertainmentExpert
Posted .Can you give us some additional details about the issue you are experiencing? This is not typical so I would like to learn more so we can assist with troubleshooting/resolution. Please visit support.VIZIO.com and click on ‘Contact Us’. We’ve got agents ready to chat, text message, or speak with you on the phone.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing sound for a little bar at a Great price
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing sound and with the 2 extra surround speakers you don't need to spend more money this is so clear and it really fill any room with the sound form a small to a medium room size ..enjoy
I would recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
If I could give it one star, I would.
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I bought this and just after a year, it just stopped working. No audio coming out in any capacity. When I contacted Vizio about it, they said that I should try and talk to Best Buy about it because it would be cheaper to just buy a whole new system. Talk about standing behind your product. After this experience, the constant headaches of the soundbar’s intermittent inability to work with their app or at all for that matter; I will never consider another Vizio product and won’t be recommending them to anyone looking to buy a sound system.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 3 out of 5 stars
Good sound bad software
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The sound is great but if youre looking for 4k passthrough, it doesn't work. You either get Atmos without 4k or 4k without Atmos. That's the reason I bought this system but they're suppose to release an update to fix it. Don't know when though.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from VIZIOEntertainmentExpert
Posted .Hello Sean, this sound bar should absolutely pass a 4K and HDR signal from your devices as long as you are using certified HDMI cables that can support the video signal. We’d really love the opportunity to have our tech support team run through some troubleshooting steps to see if we can get the TV up and running for you. When you have a free moment, they’re available through text message, chat, or over the phone. Just go to support.VIZIO.com and click on ‘Contact Us’.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fills up the room and sounds awesome!
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I am using this in a house, approximately 450sq ft area this system is installed on an LG tv. Works great and sounds awesome in the open space it is installed. I do recommend this product!!
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Great budget 5.1.2 soundbar
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Excellent budget Atmos for a small 9x 10 room. Surrounds are pretty loud for being small. DTS-X mode is just ok, sounds better in Dolby digital Atmos through HDMI.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Big sound in a small package!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.We have a small room, so we wanted a system work a small foot print without sacrificing performance. Can'timagine a bigger sound at this price point.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 1 out of 5 stars
Great sound, but a few hiccups ruin it for me.
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So this thing makes great sound. But I have a huge issue with it. I have my Nintendo Switch hooked up to the bar, and then the bar hooks up to the TV, like the diagram says to do. But some games have a little "dead air" during loading scenes, and this sound bar does not pick up the first few seconds of sound after dead air, EVERY TIME. Best example would be after battles in Splatoon 2 or after battles in smash bros. It cuts out the first 3-5 seconds, before it realizes there's sound playing, and then it starts to play it. It drives me insane, but my family doesn't notice because they're not obsessed like I am. It even does it on the Switch's menu screen. Usually when you move from icon to icon, it makes little clicks. But this does not do that until you've moved it a few icons (3-5 seconds of sound is ALWAYS cut off). If the game/media has non-stop sound, it works perfectly. But if there's ever any dead air, it drops the sound completely and waits 3-5 seconds before it starts playing it again. My other big problem with it is when switching from media to media (like from Switch to Netflix, or vice versa) the soundbar seems to forget that it's supposed to play sound. To get it to work again, you have to turn off the whole TV, and then turn it back on to the media of choice. Then it works fine. It just can't seem to switch seamlessly from playing video games to watching TV or streaming from services. I don't get it. My wife is really frustrated with that, and so are the kids. I've taught them that's what they have to do, but before that I'd get texts all day long asking me to troubleshoot the soundbar again. And again. And again. I finally figured out it's just switching from media format to format that it seems to hate. If you can get over these things, then this is a great value. I feel a little bad giving only 1 star. Even though this is a lower tier sound set up, it's still not cheap and is a critical part of the experience, I'd hope it would work better.
I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from VIZIO
Posted .Hello Mjeku, sorry to hear you are not having a smooth experience. I would love the opportunity to have our technical support team learn more about the issues you are experiencing. When you have a free moment, they’re available through text message, chat, or over the phone. Just go to support.VIZIO.com and click on ‘Contact Us’.
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
PROBLEMS WITH SOUND
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Sound continuously does not start when the speaker is on and on the correct input. Even when the eco setting is turned off, it does not correct the issue. Sometimes I have to turn the sound bar off and on 3 to 5 times and cycle through the inputs multiple times before the sound activates. Unfortunately per other reviews, this is a very common issue with Vizio. You would think with the complaints, they would figure out a permanent fix. Even though the sound quality is good when the speaker works, I recommend staying away from Vizio brand sound bars.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
excellent
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought this to go with new lg tv. We replaced our old sony wired surround sound. It was really nice not having the wires like the old one. The sound is much better than the Sony.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
DJ
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is the one of the best quality sound system we bought. The good thing was we got it connected to our Visio tv and works great.
I would recommend this to a friend- Cons mentioned:Rear speakers
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Visio soundbar
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Not very loud, rear speakers non existent. Did not have a very good experience with this for the few days that I had it
No, I would not recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Amazing Atmos at a bargain price
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I didn’t know I needed this soundbar, it fills the room with sound, simple to set up, great app paired with it. If you are looking for entry level atmos, this is the one to get.
I would recommend this to a friend


















