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Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars with 2472 reviews

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    Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars

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85%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are positive about the sound quality, easy setup, price, and bass of the SmartCast 5.1 Channel Sound Bar System with 5-1/4" Wireless Subwoofer. They appreciate the clear sound, simple installation, affordability, and strong bass. However, customers are negative about the connectivity, remote control, durability, and auto power-off feature. They have experienced issues with the sound bar disconnecting from the TV, the remote control not working properly, the sound bar not lasting long, and the sound bar randomly turning off.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great Surround Sound, bad everything else

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    To sum it all up, for the money, the sound is great, but any of the fancy internet apps and services are complete garbage. I would recommend this to anyone who just wants a surround sound. Think of it as a dumb surround sound. It does its main job correctly and very easily but that's it. Also, it is very frustrating that 2.0 signals can't be sent to all speakers like on most surround sound receivers but, again, you get what you pay for.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great sound

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is really good and has exceed my expectations because of the sound

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good sound!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It adds so much to my new 4K tv! Price was awesome & worth every penny!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Bass, Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good for the money

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Not top of the line sound but for the money, pretty good. Enough bass to feel it in the furniture.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Bass, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great sound for great price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This sound bar has great sound quality especially for me living in apartment and I don’t want something super loud. The base is very nice and I get great range and quality from this unit and I would definitely recommend it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great 5.1 for the price.

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This Visio soundbar with wireless (rear speakers are connected to the Sub) surround has great sound for a compact unit and price is fantastic. You won’t get better sound for anything cheaper and sometime even more expensive 5.1 system.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Easy setup, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good for the price

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Super simple set up with my VIZIO tv. Plugged it in, changed one setting on the tv and boom, done. The sound itself could be a little better but the base is amazing. Really good product for the price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Easy setup, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love this product for the money

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This product far surpassed my expectations! The set up was easy, it synced well with my existing system and the sound quality was great for a 30x30 room. I recommend this product and I am very happy with my purchase.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Constant Syn Issues

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Sound Wise this soundbar is great it produces great sounds when watching movies and great surround support with things like a sports game, Hits in madden sound brutal. I use this over Arc and let the soundbar power off or down when my TV shuts off. The subwoofer doesnt seem to have a power save mode outside of whats built into the soundbar. I owned a samsung sound bar and its subwoofer had two modes, Not connected and connected it was really simple. I think I lost the sync between the two only once. With this sound bar the Subwoofer and Soundbar become disconnected atleast once a day and I spend almost 10 to 15 mins power cycling and repairing until the subwoofer works again. The instructions provided by Vizio do not always work and usually you need to involved some combination of Pressing the power button on the woofer, powering your TV on and off, while also doing the instructions vizio has in their booklet. I wish their was a way more stable connection between the soundbar and subwoofer as this is easily the weakest part and truly does not justify spending hundred on a product if i need to restablish the connection on an almost daily basis. With that fustation aside like I said it sounds really great once you mess with the various setting in the vizio app.

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from VIZIOEntertainmentExpert
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      Hello ehernandez, the connection problems you are describing are not normal for the sound bar setup. We’d really love the opportunity to have our tech support team run through some troubleshooting steps to see if we can get the sound bar 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’. VIZIO

  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great Soundbar for the price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    After reading numerous reviews on a number of soundbars, I settled on this one. While I almost purchased the cheaper Vizio 36" soundbar system, I wanted the built-in Chromecast Audio and HDMI-ARC of this model. I'm glad I chose this system. It took me a day or two to get the sound settings to my liking, but this system really does sound excellent with both movies and music. The dedicated center channel speaker is great for dialogue, and the surround sound is pretty cool.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Disappointing

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I was going to buy the Sonos Playbase or Playbar but then came across the Vizio as the Playbase and Playbar had some negative reviews. Plus the Vizio is much cheaper. So why not. Well the soundbar is okay. Both the subwoofer and the 2 smaller speakers are a joke. They barely put out any noise. There was a review about this issue but i thought it was because it was just that one unit that was bad. However, I think this is the norm for the Vizio. I really want to return this but have already thrown out the box and it would take a lot of effort because I have also bought the Sanus speaker stand which I have already put together. Not good. This is the first time I wrote a review. I felt compelled to warn others not to make the same mistake as I did. One more thing. These are not bad speakers, no i mean speaker. Just the soundbar is okay. If you are expecting Bass and true surround sound that you can hear, then don't buy this. The only sound that is coming out is through the soundbar.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from VIZIOEntertainmentExpert
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      We truly appreciate your review and would love to speak with you directly about your experience to see if we can help in any way. Please contact our customer support team at 877-878-4946 VIZIO

  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great quality

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This sound bar is great sound and great price. Highly recommended.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality
    Cons mentioned:
    Connectivity

    Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Sounds good, extremely unreliable

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Regularly restarts while watching movies/tv/gaming, and requires constant soft power cycles to maintain connection to the subwoofer and two satellite speakers. After dealing with this issue for months I looked into it and realized that I along with hundreds of others are dealing with these issues. I would say that on average the soundbar cuts off while the tv is playing at least 2 times a day for the last 6 months or so. I am at the point where I'm using my plan to hopefully get a different product because the issue appears to be with soundbar itself. Considering I also own a Vizio P-Series in the same week, I would expect the soundbar and TV connectivity to, at a minimum, not restart while I'm playing a video game or a movie. And yes, I checked, Eco-power setting is turned off and I have hard reset the system multiple times. The sound quality was great when it worked, and I like the ability to cast - that's why it's 2 stars and not 1. Avoid!

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Decent for price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The bar was hard to install and I had to call the 800 number for vizio. The tech helped us out. Must be plugged into HDMI 1. Once installed, it is pretty decent

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Easy setup, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this sound bar system for my den. The sound is great and the set up was easy. I have an older TV so I had to use the AUX for it but still gives a great sound.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great sound, iffy functionality at times

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The sound on this is great, no issues there at all! I however cant get it to work with my bluray player using arc. Bluray to soundbar to tv gives me hdcp errors. And essentially tells me something is wrong, and wont play any discs. Bluray out to tv in, then arc out to soundbar in works fine. Soundbar is the culprit but I'm hoping a firmware update fixes this. Other than this issue, it's a great soundbar. Especially for the price!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great soundbar for smaller rooms

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great soundbar for smaller rooms. Has enough bass and dynamic sound for the price. It does not have dolby atmos built in, so if you are looking for that sound, this is not the soundbar for you. Although, if you are looking to upgrade your sound from your tv speakers without breaking the bank, this is a great system. Plus it has two rear surround sound speakers as a bonus. I would recommend for the average audio system experience.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Easy setup, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great surround sound

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Not only is this an easy set up, the blue tooth is easy to connect and the sound is great. When I ply a movie, I feel like I am hearing real quality sound coming out of all the speakers.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Bass, Sound quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best Soundbar Best Value

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The sound quality is great especially with the satellite surround sound speakers. The Soundbar produces so much sound. Subwoofer has a lot of bass. I highly recommend buying the sound system

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Bass, Sound quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Sounds amazing!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I went to the store and prices matched with Sam's club and got this . Sounds great and baaa is fantastic

    I would recommend this to a friend