Customer Ratings & Reviews

Got this on sale the day after Christmas. Couldn't be happier, is perfect for our living room and now we can get ride of that bulky receiver. Sound is great and better then our last entertainment system. I am glad we choose this instead of just a sound bar. Plus it was under $200!!!

Finally time to retire the old surround sound system and this sound bar fit my needs perfectly. Added benefit with the HDMI cable that allows me to turn the tv on and it turns the sound bar on. It also allows you to control volume with the tv remote. The only downside is the rear speakers needs more volume and need to be wireless. You have to go up to almost twice the cost to get that feature. If you need more volume and great tone quality that a flat screen tv just can't produce this is a great buy for the dollar.

I compared this to the Sony Dolby sound bar and picked this one. The Sony one sounded very “boxy” as this one had a much nicer clear crisp sound. Very happy with this purchase so far especially for the price point. No troubles with it at all up to this point and very easy to install.

Fantastic home entertainment center. Love the 5.1 channels. Did my homework and this Vizio ranked high. Great Sound plus I can control the whole system from TV to Movie to music. Best Buy had it installed professionally. Word of advice have the installer show you how to use the remote. Very Happy

Great sound bar for the money. Easy to set up and use, has an associated smart phone app. Wonderful audio quality that brings a new level of enjoyment to movies.

I already had the smaller Vizio 5.1 system for my living room TV, and knew how great it sounds, so I picked up this one too go with my projector. It was a ten minute setup, and the Chromecast was a great bonus. I can just ask Google for music, and it plays without turning on the projector.

This sound bar delivers great sound. The setup was a bit difficult, and trying to modify settings is also a bit difficult. I still don't have the sound set up to its optimum.

Picked this up during Cyber Monday in 2019. These work great. The subwoofer can have connection problems with soundbar if they are placed more than 6-7ft apart. It has heavy bass and the satellite speakers are good after you turn them up in volume a bit. Soundbar sound is perfect. Don’t get this if you plan on using it for pass through. It only passes up to 1080p @ 60hz, 4K won’t work, not even 4K @ 30hz. If you’re just using it for audio purposes, it’s a good purchase.

Setting up this sounder system was pretty easy especially with the wireless subwoofer. Placement is versatile. Sound quality is good and the subwoofer puts out plenty of bass.

The sound quality is awesome, the Connectivity is awesome, having chrome cast built in is awesome but it cuts off randomly, I've tried multiple speakers, and TV's, I've tried HDMI, BT and Optical, all sound formats and re flashing old, and new firmware, different cables nothing prevents the issue! no resolution from VIZIO no solutions at all. again the sound is awesome if only there was a fix, unit then i can't recommend t.

The VIZIO - SmartCast 5.1 Channel Sound Bar System with 5-1/4" Wireless Subwoofer - purchased was a great value. It has very good sound at a reasonable price.

Ill Be honest at first i was leary about buying this sound bar being that it was a Vizio brand. However I have been impressed by the Sound. Clear and bass is good plus the fact i can Bluetooth my music now is amazing. Def recommend this to anyone looking for a good sound at a reasonable price

Great sound for the price, true surround option. Only issue is lack of options in power management and slightly older technology when it comes to bluetooth.

Like the sound and looks for the price and so easy setup with Visio tv found nice bar to hang sound bar right on bottom of tv looks good sound great

Easy to set up. It sometimes drops out, but I’m not 100% certain if that’s the system or my settings. Good item for the price. Sound quality is good.

Speaker and woofer is so good except the volume is not turning on as soon as the tv is on. Quality of the sound makes other people to ask which brand it is

I like the added surrounds, which ARE separate rear channels, not the "fake" stereo surrounds. I have this connected via the HDMI ARC input on my TV. I have found even with making tweaks on the app, I have to play with the volume button alot, not sure if it is the TV or satelite that is the issue as I tend to believe it is the source of the occasionally uneven audio not a fault of this Vizio 5.1 set.. Either the dialogue is too quiet, but when I turn it up, some action happens and it is too loud overall. Still trying to zero in on a good balance, but this is an improvement over my previous 2.1 sound bar system, and I got this on sale.

Each one that i looked at has the ability to do the same job, but this one is not as "pretty" but the sound is good enough, not the best, but -- enough.

This is my second Vizio sound bar. I have one in our winter home, so when I upgraded to a 65-inch TV in our summer home and realized how poor the speaker quality is, I looked for another Vizio 5.1 bar. The system installed easily with just the included remote, though I could have downloaded an app to my smartphone to help. The sync signal from the TV turns on the sound bar when I turn the TV on. The only negative I've noticed is that the volume level occasionally changes during channel change (which may be partially the station's fault). I don't use (and didn't set up) the Chromecast function or the bluetooth function (though I use the bluetooth capability in my other Vizio soundbar and it works just fine.

Sounds great when it works properly. Sound bar works all the time, but subwoofer and speakers connect via Bluetooth when they want