2.0 Soundbar w/Dolby Atmos & DTS:X, Bluetooth Speaker, QuickFit™ Compatible – SV200M-08 (New, 2024 Model)

I've paid more money and more equipment over 30 years that never performed nearly as well as this! You have all the right adjustments that you can make for your specific tastes and the remote is on your phone. I leave it on all the time and it automatically picks up the correct type of sound and goes to the right speaker. You can feel the base and create your own little bubble. My wife was not all that excited about it until she heard the difference for awhile. This is one of those times I've received more than I paid out for the system. The set up was flawless. I had purchased another system which was more expensive but I sent it back within 24 hours because I couldn't get it to set up with blue tooth and there was no Customer Service. Well spent money!!

I originally got the ultra-cheap (short) 2.0 version of this bar for small TV in our summer house and I was impressed with the quality. So I finally decided to replace my $600 Yamaha soundbar at home. I am super impressed with the quality and functionality of this bar. Volume normalization (DRC I suppose) and dialog enhancement is the best I've ever seen, and for the price this seems ridiculous. It works flawlessly via HDMI eARC with my LG TV and Fire Cube. The only negative I found is that it doesn't include a remote but it works flawlessly with both TV and Cube remotes so I don't think an issue. Additionally it's a nice touch that settings are adjustable via the bluetooth via the App - it'd be a hassle to change them otherwise.

I love this Soundbar’s sound, so much so that I replaced or acquired the same model for 4 other smart TV’s. For $159 for 5.1.2 it shreds a $2500 Sony 3.1. Works great with Sony, Samsung, and TCL, however with Pioneer, the TV often and unpredictably loses the sound bar and switches itself to internal TV speakers. It’s rarely used in the basement and mostly it’s the kids who don’t even notice the sound difference, so I haven’t had the inclination to debug it. The subwoofer makes the windows shake. The super long cables for the rear speakers plug into the subwoofer and are literally magnets for the robot vac’s that prowl the house. I swear they are programmed to always engage any wire or cable in sight. I find them doggedly trying to get around whatever obstacle I’ve put in place to stop them attacking the wires. Packaging was well constructed with thick cardboard and ensured a dent and ding free delivery. Setup was intuitive and relatively painless. I am still wondering what the HDMI Out does on a soundbar? I connected it to one of the only 3 HDMI In’s ports on the TV, but when I select it, nothing happens. No Signal. At the very least they should have a banner landing page and a GUI interface to the soundbar’s controls. When we got a new TV, I mistakenly thought I had found the best brand and Holy Grail of Soundbars, and bought a pricier Vizio with 225W that came with NO HDMI Out port and NO remote, only a QR Code link to download the remote app. It’s got nowhere near as crisp trebles or smooth base that this model features. If Vizio had a “Suggestions” box, I would recommend that they add a cheap but useful webpage interface to configure the devices. Functionality similar to routerlogin.net, if you’ve ever configured a Verizon home WiFi network away from it’s default settings.

My home theater uses a now $600 soundbar with separate powered subwoofer from JBL, and this Vizio performs with higher quality in some aspects and simply expectedly less powerful in others. It is definitely AMAZING using it in my guest room and renders a similarly cinematic theater experience beyond expectations. While the onbard TV speakers are adequate, the tweeter and subwoofer punch from this unit are truly incredible and seem like magic to someone like me born four decades ago. Music is lively with instruments and voices clearly distinct, movies boom with bass swells from orchestra strikes or explosive action, and video games are quite engaging. The app is a little bit of a pain to setup, but once is enough and then easy to access; the numerous settings available are quite appreciated and make perfecting the installation easy. I especially like the height adjustment and the “clear dialog” mid-range adjustability, and that separate inputs remember separate settings. The review bot for my review wants me to talk about cord length for some reason, but that’s not really germane and kind of asinine.

The out of the box sound of this isn't super great. Highs and lows are almost non existent. Setting the EQ to direct and turning on TruVolume via the app gets it 90% of the way to sounding good. Then adjusting the various other sliders for your specific room should do the rest. If the sound was half decent out of the box, this would be 5 stars. The out of the box sound is truly terrible though. Having to set up an account for the app is annoying, but being able to use an app to tune everything is a much better experience compared to fighting through menus or worse, deciphering led blinks on the sound bar (the solution some other sound bars use). Setup is easy, and the mix of wired and wireless is nice (no cable running to the back of the room, but also no hunting down for separate outlets for the speakers). No pairing was required, which was nice. There don't seem to be any drop outs either, even in the dense area I'm in. I do wish there was an additional input option, other than HDMI (like some sort of toslink/optical) as I don't really have free HDMI ports, but for the price one port is acceptable. It does mean there isn't any input fiddling which is nice I guess. Overall, good value for the price, after some tuning. Update: After using this for a while, I've encountered a few other issues I wanted to note here. First, some content causes the sound bar to get quiet randomly. It seems to happen the most with YouTube videos that have periods of absolute, bit perfect silence between someone talking and less frequently with games that have chiptune music. I believe the sound bar is changing modes (like switching from Dolby to PCM or similar) due to the quiet audio, then taking a moment to switch back when audio resumes, however I can't say for sure. This has happened with multiple different TVs and source devices. Second, the wireless sub will occasionally (as in once every several months) disconnect from the sound bar. Unplugging both and reconnecting them fixes it 95% of the time, and manually reconnecting them fixes it the other 5%. Both of these issue have lost this an extra star from when I first reviewed it.

Amazing sound and easy to hook up. Bought to go with my vizio 55 inch tv. Highly recommended. Very pleased with bass, midrange and treble. Easy to adjust tones to personal taste. Do not pass this one up. Great sound, great value, great ease of connection to tv. Simply great!!

I honestly was worried that I’d spend $200 and not like the sound quality. I have sophisticated ears and can be picky about speakers. But in this price range, I don’t doubt these are the best. Everything is crystal clear, the soundbar really does sound like 3 different speakers (left, right and center). I’ve experienced zero distortion (and the first thing I did was put on Man of Steel to hear it deal with intense music and a lot of action), and I’m surprised at the difference it immediately made. Once you dial it in to your taste, it’s exactly like being at the movies. And no more dialog being super quiet while music and action are super loud. It’s easy to setup, comes with everything you need right in the box. I have little side tables on each side of my couch, so the satellite speakers sit in line with the back of the sofa, the subwoofer is on the bottom shelf of the left side table. My apartment living room isn’t big, the TV is about 8 feet away with the soundbar underneath. Once I turned it all on and put the app on my phone it immediately connected to the soundbar via Bluetooth, and this is how you change settings and adjust EQ and balance. A lot of people complain about this, but I like it. I like being able to have more than a button on a remote, I like the visual representation of what I’m adjusting. Once you’re happy with the balance and EQ, your TV remote should adjust volume (at least mine does, connected via HDMI ARC). So you won’t have to use the app every time. The speakers have weight to them, even the small satellite speakers. They don’t feel cheap, even though they’re made of hard plastic with fabric over the fronts. The power cables could be a little longer (they’re standard size, 3’ or 4’), but the speaker cables from the woofer to the satellites are very long. It’s cool they included little Velcro cable ties, so you only need to unravel what you need and it stays organized. Literally my only complaint is having to create a Vizio account in the app to control this system. Love the app, hate junk emails.

I had the 2022 model of this system and it was perfect for the price point. Great fidelity, super clear and adjustable. Had all the features I would've wanted. The only reason I upgraded was because my 2022 model after moving multiple times finally started to get a random buzzing in the right channel of the soundbar, which I'm particular about. When it comes to value, volume, fidelity and clarity, this new model is equal if not better than my old model. Sounds great, price point is the same, very happy there. My issue is the functionality that was lost from the old model. The old model came with a physical remote while this model did not. The old model also had physical buttons on the sound bar itself for control, which is also missing on this model. Sure, they allow you to control all the same features on their Vizio phone app, but it also requires that you make an account and agree to all their trash terms of service to use it. I'd rather just have a remote and buttons. Lastly you lose out on a lot of ports. On the old model, you had Optical, BT, eARC, AUX, and AUX VA, on this new model you ONLY get eARC, BT, and USB for some reason over AUX... This is a big bummer for me because I connected the amp for my Vinyl Turntable to my old system via AUX and now I have to find an alternative. Plus I preferred using Optical on my TV. I know fidelity wise, it's not as good as eARC, but I always had issues with eARC on the old system, and also optical is perfectly fine for a 5.1 system like this one. So far I haven't had any issues with the eARC on this system, but if that changes I will be returning it. My gripes are minor, and I still think this is a great value, but I am not a fan of losing compatibility and features.