VIZIO V-Series 2.1 Home Theater Sound Bar with Dolby Audio, DTS Virtual:X, Bluetooth, Wireless Subwoofer, Voice Assistant Compatible, Includes Remote Control - V21x-J8

NEW EDIT AND UPDATE BELOW!What a disappointment. This particular Vizio soundbar is twice defective. Do not buy this soundbar. I am most disappointed because I also own a great 65" Vizio TV and an older model soundbar used in the bedroom. This one/model I purchased for my office and was planning to use it with a Panasonic plasma TV. Yes, the plasma is now considered old/outdated TV technology. However, it has a beautiful picture and works great.The following is my experience with this soundbar and Vizio support. The first SB I received would only work for about 5 seconds and then silence. And BTW - this SB is really easy to set up. Just plug in the power cord to the subwoofer, connect the power cord to the SB, and plug in the HDMI-ARC cable from the TV to the SB. Once you do that the SB recognizes the input and begins working. Easy! However, it would only stay on for about 5 seconds and then turn off. After my initial troubleshooting, I contacted Vizio support. We tried everything several times and nothing resolved my issue. (actually Visio's issue now) Vizio then shipped me a complete replacement. I did have to provide them (Vizio) a CC so they could place a hold for the price I paid Amazon in case I didn't return the SB.The second/replacement SB I received at first worked great. For a while. Again, the setup was easy and the SB worked and sounded great. The next morning I turned on the TV and SB and it worked for about 3 hours. Then it failed. Once again I tried troubleshooting it. No luck so I called support again. This time after about 1 hour - 15 minutes with Level 1 support and without resolving the issue I requested a call back from a higher level support. Crickets. No call back after waiting several hours.There is something very strange and wrong about this SB. Once it turned itself off I discovered that if I lightly touched the SB it would come back on - for about 5 seconds and then shut off. One time I got it working again and then slightly scooted it - and it shut off. Something is very wrong with this SB and I haven't a clue why it doesn't work properly. Vizio doesn't seem to know either. It's such a simple SB as it's only the bar/speaker and subwoofer. Very similar to the one in my bedroom which has been awesome! Bottom line - do not buy this model of Vizio soundbar.EDIT and REVIEW UPDATE 8-27-24After all of the above I resend my Do Not Buy suggestion and 1 star rating. Here's why....I received a phone call from a high level customer rep and support person and on the day I was going to return both SB's. Now it's working great. During my discussing with the support rep I mentioned that I could simply touch the SB and it'd start working for 5 seconds before turning off. She then suggested that I move the SB away from the TV as far as the cables allowed. (I had the sound bar positioned right next to and centered in front of the TV screen.) I then sat the SB on the floor about 4-5 feet away from the TV. And guess what? It started working perfectly and did so for a short test period. As you can see from the photo, I now have the SB sitting just below the TV on a shelf. It's been working perfectly and the sound quality IMO is really good from a fairly low cost SB and subwoofer setup. It seems that this 12 year old Panasonic plasma TV emits some sort of magnetic or other field/wave that interferes with the SB. Strange. Anyway, I'm very pleased with the SB and now recommend it with 5-stars.

This speaker and sub are absolutely incredible. The sound is top tier and the bass is fantastic. Do not let the size of the sub fool you, it brings moviee like bass to your room. The setup is incredibly simple. Just plug it into your HDMI and wall and it's good to go. The sub auto syncs to the bar as soon as you plug it in. It has a voice feature where it tells you what EQ mode your in so you don't have to guess. There's a handful of other nest features built in, one to make it more surround sound sounding which surprisingly works well. The sound quality is amazing. I have a $400 sony bar in the other room and this is definitely better in every way. And for$130 idk if you can find anything better out there.

If I can give 200 thumbs up, I would. This sound bar looks simple and elegant. But it does the work really good. Clarity. Base. Sound quality. Its like you are in a movie theater. Sometimes though, the voice is on the low side. I love how simple the remote is. No unnecessary buttons on it. It enhances everything overall. For its price, I would get this than the other ones. You get a lot for it. Happy shopper I am with this. 🤍

After much research I decided on this model based based on reviews and owning Vizio sound products in the past. It arrived quickly and well packaged in a very highly promoted box. If you live in an area where theft could be a problem be sure to be there when it arrives or change the packaging type when asked if you prefer manufacturer boxing or not. Sometimes that is an option while checking out from Amazon online. The most awesome part was how simple and quickly installation was. I literally plugged in the bar and subwoofer and connected the HDMI cable to my tv and bar and suddenly I heard a voice. The sound bar talked me through set up! Crazy cool! As far as how it sounds. This is an area I feel like I'll never truly be pleased. As a musician that plays many instruments but prefers bass guitar, I'll never feel like there's enough bass. For "normal" ears it's probably fine. You can definitely hear low ends and it's not muddy. Or a constant low end hum. But it also doesn't rattle the floor, pictures on the wall, or cups in the cabinet. Nor can you feel it in your chest. It is loud enough and you can clearly hear dialogue. It's also nice that you can adjust the subwoofer separately from the sound bar. There are preset equalization settings and also separate treble/bass adjustments. The LED lights in the sound bar light up to show you levels on adjustments. The bar comes with wall mounting brackets and hardware. It's a good value and fair price. I'm happy with it. It would get a solid 5 star if the bass hit harder. It's close.I would happily recommend this product.

It is really good the Bluetooth is super easy to use but just a little trouble with pc so just use Bluetooth but it sounds great

I have used Visio sound bars for years. This one is definitely not dissapointing. It is very clear with a good base. It’s a great addition for enhancing a flat screen TV.

This is a POS. Been trying to get it to work for 2 days. Plug into hdmi 1 where ie says to plug it in. Can get sound bar to work with sub. It only works with tv for local channels. But it Don't work when you’re using hdmi 2 or 3 for dvd or blue ray, get picture but no sound. I’m retired from electronics specialist for 28 years.Plus you have to use the remote for soundbar.

So i received this set and I plugged it to the tv and I noticed that the speaker was rattling, I was confused lifted up the subwoffer and noticed two screws missing. I looked around the floor and found them, when I try to screw them back in the wood was strip and wasn't holding. I took the other two screws off and noticed the frame of the speaker was warped. Had to replaced the original screws and now it sounds great.