🔊 VIZIO SB36512-F6 Dolby Atmos 5.1 Soundbar Home Speaker (Renewed): Immersive Audio Experience at an Amazing Price! Review

I am unexpectedly impressed with this set. I've read countless reviews, all touting its high performance and reasonable price, but none of them have told me how good the unit actually sounds. Look, I know this isn't a dedicated Atmos system. There are no ceiling speakers that reproduce real overhead sound. I know the subwoofer performance and frequency response is not up to par. Note that this system will not compete with the dedicated Atmos system. But for $2-300, you can't beat this deal. I…

Sounds great for the price. Sounds very good for movies, great bass and easy to understand dialogue. Maximizing surround sound is great when listening to Atmos or 5.1, but you'll want to turn it off for non-surround media as it generally causes terrible echoes and muddy sound. But if you understand that, everything is fine. music sounds ok I haven't played with it too much, but the basic quality for music just doesn't seem to hold up. I was very surprised at how well packaged it was for an…

To be honest, when I first opened the box I was a little surprised at how small everything is. I immediately started having doubts about my purchase but found out, set it up and returned it. Literally in 10 minutes everything was connected and working. Nothing needed to be paired or set up, just plugged into the HDMI ARC on both the soundbar and my TV and the audio started playing right away. I was expecting the subwoofer and surround back speakers to require echo correction or time delay, but…

Easy to set up. The sound quality is great when it works. I've read that others have had a lot of experience with this system, but personally I'm struggling with connection issues. When I set up my system, everything worked great. I connected my Blu-ray player to the HDMI input and the soundbar from the HDMI-Arc to the HDMI-Arc port on my TV. Everything sounded great. I tested the system with some nice blurry images and the sound was great. Then I tested the sound of atoms with some of my…

Very pleased with the condition of the product out of the box. was basically like new. The soundbar was very easy to set up and comes with plenty of cables for easy hookup. It worked right out of the box as soon as it was plugged in, and once I figured out how to get Dolby Atmos content on the devices I use, it responded well. The wireless subwoofer plugged in out of the box and once powered it worked and fed the surround back speakers. They put out a surprising amount of sound for the size of…

Very good system for the price when it works. Unfortunately, I've had a few issues with it and my experience seems normal. Even with expensive high-speed cables, the HDMI ARC input was sometimes not recognized. After struggling with this for a few days, I gave up and went from source to TV via HDMI and from TV to the soundbar via optical audio. In theory, the optical sound quality isn't that great, but I certainly can't tell the difference, so this workaround works for me, but it's not ideal. a

Recently purchased new from Costco and according to Vizio support returned with a defect even though I have a better Vizio P series TV. I really wanted it based on the reviews. Well Revain had this Renewed at a very reasonable price, the refurbished Vizio was well packaged in a double box as stated on the box and indistinguishable from new. In fact, all the accessories were still boxed at the factory. Guess what ended up being built, everything worked and sounded so good I wouldn't trade it for

This is a really great Atmos 5.1 soundbar for the price. Add a "renewed" discount and you'll get an even better deal. I recommend people invest in a 3-year warranty of around $30 to protect against potential mishaps. Now let's get to my review. Installation: Super easy, it only took about 20 minutes to unbox and install. Everything will be connected automatically following the "Quick Setup" instructions. I don't want to mess around with WiFi or Bluetooth, so I can't comment on that. It took me…