VIZIO - 2.0-Channel Soundbar with Bluetooth - Black

To begin I was in the market for a wall mountable sound bar with no sub woofer. I wanted a 2.0 system to replace my previously bulky and cobbled up 2.1 system that was taking up a large amount of floor space and also disturbing people trying to sleep in my house. I had a sales rep that literally said, and I quote "If you're listening with your wallet, sure go with this one." and tried to talk me into getting this LG 2.1 system that was on sale. Literally making me have an expectation and gut feeling that I wasted my money as I was driving home. I set this up in literally 10 minutes screws and all using the template included and hardware included. I also used hand tools, I didn't even need a drill. I powered it up and turned Netflix on. As I slowly upped the volume I was already amazed by the quality even at like 20% volume. At 50% volume this thing really pumps out sound. I would say it is literally 20 times better than any built in TV speakers even on a higher end $500+ TV. This really is a quality product that I do not regret purchasing at all. I now have a very sleek wall mounted TV & audio system setup that I can be proud of and now I vacuum that corner and walk over there without bumping into speakers or having a mess over there. It really opened up the room and made the presentation of my room/office a lot more modern, comfortable and spacious. If you don't need lots of bass and want a good quality sound bar for around $100 or less then go for this. I wouldn't hesitate buying another. If you're someone that needs bass or wants bass but still want a sound bar configuration then you should definitely spend more around the ~$250 mark and get something that has larger speakers and a wireless sub woofer. I know bestbuy carries a Samsung and JBL flavor of these. Just to be real Samsung would be my best bet for quality and also customer support. They don't ever half you know what their products. I almost wanted to say it's a bit over priced but really thinking about it and looking at the other offerings it's very fairly priced for what you get.

I've owned this sound bar for just a couple of days and I've already fell in love with it. I bought it to replace my two Bose - yes, Bose - speakers in a particular setting. I cannot use the speakers with my desktop PC via BT or WiFi because there is always an unbearable 2-3 seconds lag. I tried to connect them via the wire (Aux) but they cannot be paired as stereo duo via Aux and for me "Stereo" is a must!. But back to what this review is about. This Vizio sound bar has a half a second or so lag too when connected via BT to my PC and that's acceptable for me. What I love about it is that I can also connect via Aux (wire) and listen in stereo without any lag - the main reason I prefer it over Bose (in this particular setting). It now sits on my desk in front of my monitor and everything feels right: the distance, the sound, the controls. Here it what else I like about this soundbar: • Perfect in a desktop setting - size, listening distance, within reach controls (besides the remote). • Unexpected powerful sound without any distortions even at max level • Immediate paring via Bluetooth and acceptable lag • Best "bang for the buck"...

I'd done my homework ahead of time when it came to selecting a soundbar for a bedroom with a wall shared with the neighbor. No subwoofer required as this wasn't my main family room set-up and once I set up the unit and plugged it in, I noticed the sound was *plenty* loud...when it is that it actually worked (which was roughly 5% of the time). Cutting in and out as I changed Netflix titles let alone went to different inputs, I found that most of the time I had no sound at all (even when I paired it to my Vizio TV). Repeatedly, I had to unplug and start again both the television as well the bar to get suddenly shockingly loud volume that would turn off as quickly and unpredictability as it turned on. One of the biggest complaints besides the unpredictable, faulty performance that would go from silence to ear-ringingly loud was the layout of small vertical dots. Four blink for connection by optical or one blinks if searching for an available connection, for example, and it's almost impossible to ascertain which setting you're in when you're counting dots right in front of the unit let alone more than six to eight feet away. A major disappointment, I wound up returning it less than 48 hours after first opening the box. Avoid the bar, even if you make the investment I did in a thicker, longer quality optical cord (a mere $7 Amazon purchase) as opposed to Vizio's hopelessly thread-thin model that came included with the unit. While I can't recommend Vizio TVs enough and love their quality, unfortunately, this was an awful introduction to their budget soundbar line.

This soundbar has beautiful sound. It's clear at mid and upper ranges as well as providing a big deep bass you can crank up if you want to. Greatly improved the sound of my new Samsung 42" and the price was great. BUT, there proved to be no way on the planet to sync the sound bar with the TV or cable box so I didn't have to use two remotes all the time. As someone who's constantly readjusting the volume (down for crashy parts, up for dialogue), two remotes are much too cumbersome for me. No 4-digit code from the new TV,, no Mediacom expert, no Best Buy expert or tech elf could solve the problem and eventually a more experienced Best Buy sales guy told me it couldn't be done. Returned the bar with disappointment and bought a Best Buy DVD/5.1 surround home theater system. Better sound than the Samsung TV, of course, but not such great sound as the bar. So I recommend this bar to anyone who has a home theater system or universal remote that can accept it - and be sure you talk to a senior tech person about exactly how to do this. .

I was weary of the "you get what you pay for" when approaching the buying of a sound bar, but we just don't have the budget to tap into a larger, more luxurious sound system right now. All that went away when I brought this home and plugged it in. For the price-point, this sound bar really impressed me. It is very sleek looking and I like the minimalist design of the light that signifies the current volume (as well as other audio controls). All we needed was to finally rid ourselves of the dreaded, unbalanced stock TV speakers effect of not being able to hear any dialogue/voices without having to blast the speakers and hear the crashes and booms of background noise. Now we have a more balanced sound where we don't have to blast the speakers. It isn't perfect, depending on the input, sometimes we need to still turn the volume down when the music/SFX gets too loud (since we live in an apartment) but it serves its function well. I think the best balanced system would be to have true surround sound with speakers behind you as well but this does the general trick for now. The bass is plentiful, in fact, we had to turn ours down because it was too punchy! For those on a budget, you won't be disappointed by this product.

I had an issue with my Vizio soundbar, but can't say for sure if it was my soundbar's fault or TV. I have an LG TV and when I hooked the soundbar up to it, when I pressed the up arrow on the soundbar's remote to increase the volume, it went all the way to the maximum. When I lowered the volume, it would go all the way to mute. There were no intermediate levels. I was ready to return it but then I decided to try it on an older flat-screen that we have in the basement. I am not down there at the moment but I believe it is a Toshiba. Anyhow, the soundbar worked fine with that TV and the volume would increase and decrease in increments. So now I am hesitant to buy another type of soundbar for my LG because I don't know if I will have the same problem or not. So, I may be unfairly giving this 3 stars. With that said, my LGTV is fairly new (only 2 years) while the TV in the basement is around 9 years old, so I would think this soundbar should have no issue with a newer TV.

I purchased this alongside a Vizio TV since I bought the TV open box and had enough leftover to grab a sound bar. I couldn't believe how good the bass was when I first used it. The associate that showed it to me in-store cautioned that it didn't come with a subwoofer, but I wasn't looking for anything crazy bassy, so this was perfect for me. I haven't messed with the settings since the out of the box sound was alright with me, so I can't say much about the equalizer settings. The only problems I have with it are 1)There have been a couple of instances when I switched to a different game console or switched to Bluetooth to play music on my phone and it decided to do a loud, constant beep like it has a connection problem. I just turn the speaker off and on again, and that has fixed it. I would I recommend keeping the volume down when making switches like that, just in case. 2)If I keep the volume at the lowest it will go, it seems to dip the volume to being inaudible randomly. If you need to keep it way down for any reason, keep that in mind.

Seems crazy that I am complaining about too many inputs. However, there are too many, if the way to switch between them is to click through one at a time. Also, you know what input you are on by the position of the two missing dots on the left side of the speaker. I use optical and analog RCA. For the first month or so, I had to keep a key on the remote to see which set of dots are needed for my input. Very annoying! It would help if it auto switched when a signal is detected. Oh well. Very good sound, certainly fuller than my TV. It also has a subwoofer out if the onboard bass is not enough for you. I am keeping it because I like the sound for the price but It would have been better with less inputs- The more expensive version with chromecast has less inputs and works great.