Customer Ratings & Reviews

Hands down the best I have experienced in a long time

This is such good sound from a small device as this

Thinking about sending it back. I have a Samsung 65” tv and when you power everything thing on use if the hdmi arc connection the sound comes on for about 45 seconds then goes off you have to power everything off then turn it right back on before it works without issues. When it work however love it

Totally mindblowing sound and it comes from all directions.

Easier to use than others suggest. Sounds amazing!

Budget friendly and sound great. Definitely worth it

Works as advertised. Very satisfied. Would recommend

I love the sound of this system. The bass is great

Sounds amazing loud and clear tons of things u can do with

This ok the sorround sound but the subwofer of sonyhtc90 that i have before it was better

When it works the sound is amazing, the problem is that I’m having constant issues with this sound bar connecting and staying connected and actually working like it supposed to..

Average sound great for the general consumer with decent expectations.

Perfect size and works well with my tv speakers . Awesome

When it works right it’s great......with that said, it’s a known fact that this soundbar has issues when it comes to HDMI ARC. The sound will keep cutting out. If you use any other connection it will be fine. The Dolby Atmos effect isn’t as profound as it should be. I recommend something else.

Sounds great when it works but the software and firmware are not very well done. Just like the Visio television the Visio sound bar has problem syncing with the television or with other devices like a phone. The app is also garbage. Visio simply has terrible software in there electronics.

It is great, didn't know what I was missing before.

Excellent sound! Really shows how outdated my other soundbars are compared to the richness of the sound. The others are also 2.1 setups so there is that too and just meant to be better than the tv speakers. If purchasing solely for Dolby Atmos feature read below. This makes my 3rd Vizio soundbar since 2011 and they get better each time. This unit was on sale over the Black Friday weekend and at that price point was a steal! Even at full price it is worth the consideration. Out-of-the-box setup is quite easy. It does recommend not setting up a device to pass through the content before the initial paring of the sub/surround speakers has been completed; to which I followed. Styling is very sleek. Depending on the height of your tv, the soundbar should not block most IR receivers. I don't like soft touch covered speakers, they attract dust and hair and are harder to clean, but its the speaker standard, so not much to choose from. I love that mounts for the soundbar and satellite speakers have been included. They are simple wall pucks, and in my experience are the easiest ones to mount. The soundbar mounting points are also centered straight line across the back, unlike Samsung that feels its better to offset and make the mounting experience extremely difficult. My soundbar was bundled with Sanus speaker stands and while it is possible to use the stands, the plug style for the satellite speaker protrudes just enough that the speaker cannot be positioned perfectly in a vertical stance. I'm also not a fan of proprietary plugs, some good ol'speaker wire would be nice here. You definitely have enough wire to stretch the speakers out were you want them, just now for Dolby Atmos, the placement and distance is a bit more specific. The subwoofer for a 6" gives great deep sound. And the satellite speakers after adjusting the sound level output via the Vizio Smartcast app were even better. Dolby Atmos, while the idea is compelling, I'm not sure a soundbar with two satellite speakers can actually replicate it. As a 5.1 system it does a great job and as expected and wireless rear speakers have come a long way (they do draw power and sound from powered subwoofer). Wired is still better, but for a simple home theater setup, this does better than fine. Back to Dolby Atmos, more parlor tricks. If your ceiling is more than 12ft tall or shorter than 8ft and is vaulted, the trickery will not work to bounce the sound off the ceiling. My ceilings are of the typical 8ft-9ft flat variety and not popcorn finished, so it has a nice hard surface to bounce sound. When using content specifically designed to harness the Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 setup, it was very hard to distinguish the sound being bounced from the ceiling. Sound was definitely heard, but giving the 360 degree feeling of things coming from overhead never quite captivated the senses. As 5.1 it was fantastic. The Vizio 46" 5.1.4 may offer a better experience as the soundbar height speakers are isolated from the satellite speakers, so it may be able to project the sound better. I would say the 36" 5.1.2 gave more of a 7.1 affect than a Dolby Atmos affect, which again is not bad, just no so much as advertised. I have not had many experiences yet with other products of this type promoting Dolby Atmos, but from other product reviews and sites I can see that the technology at least at this point is really hard to replicate effect without actually running wires and installing speakers in the ceiling. Of which I am not opposed, but not really looking for the full theater setup yet. However, most of this point is moot simply because the access to Dolby Atmos content is very hard at this point. Netflix has options, Vudu, and good old 4K Blu-Ray's. If going the Vudu and Blu-Ray route Dolby Atmos is only packaged with the 4K content even though the sound profile is not dependent on the resolution content. Netflix, though will give access to the Dolby Atmos profile (for the content that has it) irrespective of the resolution content, but you do have to have the Ultra HD package to gain access to the extra feature and the source of accessing must also be able to access it ie. Xbox One S in my instance. I had to use the HDMI IN on the Soundbar for the audio to default. For Xbox One owners have I noticed that my Xbox won't always keep the audio settings set for Dolby Atmos. I have also noticed at times it does not like Dolby Digital Plus. I do feel most of these issues are with the Xbox, not Vizio soundbar. I have not extensively looked into Xbox issues yet. So if your heart is set on Dolby Atmos, I would say look elsewhere for the actual effect, and still be ready to be disappointed even by other manufacturers as the true setup requires ceiling mounted/installed speakers; anything other is just trying to mimic. If you just want a great 5.1 system, you're in for a treat! Inputs/Features: AUX, optical cable (I did find that my TV supported soundbar vol using this option too), HDMI ARC, Bluetooth, Chromecast Audio. Don't be fooled by that last one, I thought it had a Chromecast built-in, but in fact it is Chromecast Audio, which only works with casting sound from Apps like Pandora, Spotify, and Google Play Music, etc. It is way better than Bluetooth as it is a lossless format and doesn't require you to be near the soundbar as it uses WiFi. I have an Vizio soundbar in the garage with a Chromecast Audio dongle just for this purpose and it is great. Setting up the Chromecast Audio was litte more difficult than it should have been using the Vizio Smartcast App. The instructions no where linked the two, and it takes figuring out in the app. It took me a few times to get it to work, once simply because I thought it was supposed to cast Video, but also because it would not recognize my local network. I immediately scanned for firmware updates for the soundbar, however, I am not sure if it even did it, there was no confirmation that the system was up to date or that it was even checking. You will definitely want the app as its the only way to tweak the soundbar settings. It has a very limited equalizer setup: Music, Movie, Direct. My guess is the direct allows the TV equalizer to be used. Have not messed with it much in that regards. So far the only setting I tweaked was turning up the rear speakers as they were way to quiet at default setting and the soundbar overpowered the rear even though they were closer to my head. For those with older TV's especially LG, in the past it was a known issue that Vizio and LG did not play nicely. Case in point my 2011 LG 55" LED 3D TV using Optical cable (did not have ARC) would not work with a Vizio soundbar on that input; I don't remember the specifics, but it had to do with Vizio only supported one audio profile PCM, but it was different in some way that the LG sent the signal. Using 3.5mm worked fine, but was only stereo, not 2.1. That being said, I have had Samsung Soundbar hooked to that tv for some time and never had issues. I bring this up as I did encounter some sound issues when using the Vizio 36" 5.1.2 via optical cable on this same TV. It was a highly intermittent issue that happened a couple of times at best and seemed to stop or remedied by turning the soundbar off/on but nonetheless it happened. There has been a couple of instances where using the Xbox with the soundbar in HDMI ARC and HDMI in setup has had sound leveling issues. Slime Rancher game it was consistent through out. Using Netflix via Roku also had the issue. This happened using a 2012 Insignia LCD TV. I have also had this system hooked up to an Insignia 4K Amazon Fire TV and had no issues with sound at all. There is only one issue that I have been able to replicate and it lays solely with the Xbox One S. I still highly recommend the product, the issues thus far have been intermittent or mitigated by the setup choice and even then stem from 7 year old problems, so I don't feel like I can fault Vizio here. Seeing as my newest TV showed no issues in sound, I can only think its my older devices that are causing the issues. I cannot say that 100%, but its probably the case. Looking at upgrading the TV the soundbar is currently setup on to a Vizio come tax season. So i'll know then if where the issues lie. In the mean time I'm as pleased as 5.1 surround sound punch.

This sound bar sounds good (not great) for the money. Lots of Bass tones.

Soundbar system has great speakers that work exceptional

The soundbar worked great for about a year until it started having issues with an update loop. Anytime the soundbar is unplugged (power outage, moving the item, etc) it gets stuck in an update loop for about an hour. It eventually comes back to life until it loses power again. Vizio support offered the same troubleshooting steps that are found online, but since the issue only started until after a year of ownership (now out of warranty), they advised to "buy a new one". Definitely the last vizio product I'll ever purchase.