Is a sound bar a good alternative to the home theatre setup?
I might be living under the rock here but I recently came across a bunch of home theatre sound bars which could very well be taken as alternative to the home theatre setup. Sound bars have become quite a popular option and owing to that there are a bunch of options to choose from in fact. In terms of these options, a few of those are Vizio Elevate Rotating Speakers in the Vizio Elevate 5.1.4.Home Theatre Sound bar and the V-Series 5.1 Home Theater Soundbar System.
The Elevate comes with every cord you could possibly need, and then some. You get a Stereo RCA to 3.5mm cable, HDMI cable, optical cable, 3.5mm to 3.5mm audio cables, all the requisite power cables, and the audio cables to hook up the rear satellites to the subwoofer. The subwoofer, thankfully, connects wirelessly to the sound bar. You could wall mount it if you’d like. The remote looks like the ones that come with cheaper Vizio soundbars but differs in two important aspects. There’s an LCD display at the top, and four buttons which help with setup at the bottom. Having both Effect and EQ options is a little confusing because they perform very similar tasks, and navigating menus via the different buttons takes a little getting used to.
Another one would be the above mentioned, V-Series 5.1 Home Theater Sound bar System.
It’s part of the 2021 lineup that aims to streamline its offerings and align Vizio’s home audio division with its TV lines. For instance, you could pair this soundbar, two speakers and a subwoofer system with a V-Series TV for an optimal experience. The V-Series 5.1 Home Theater Soundbar System comes with a 36-inch-long soundbar, a modest size subwoofer (that weighs just 5 pounds), a left speaker and a right speaker. The soundbar itself features three speakers inside. The sound bar comes with a MediaTek chipset at its core that ensures a steady and an uninterrupted performance at all times. TV should recognize that audio can be pumped through an external source, thanks to HDMI ARC support. Essentially, ARC allows signals to go both ways via HDMI, which means one controller for the whole setup: TV and audio. Alongside the ARC-capable HDMI port, you get an optical port, two audio jacks, a USB-A port and a power port. No issues in getting the soundbar to pair with the woofer.
