VIZIO VSB200 Soundbar
Product Description
Product Overview Designed for home theater enthusiasts, this Sound Bar includes cutting edge sound technologies such as SRS TruSurroundHD for an enveloping sound experience and features such as four 3-Inch high efficiency hand built mid/bass transducers and two ¾-Inch high performance aluminum dome neodymium tweeters. The VSB200 is the perfect edition to your home theater and will give you the HD sound experience you’ve always desired.
VIZIO – Where Vision Meets Value! Additional Features Include: High-Performance 32-Bit 150MHz DSP Audio Engine, Impressive Sound Pressure Level measuring 98dB SPL max @ 1M, Advanced 24-Bit Linear PCM to PWM Engine with integrated thermal, over-current, over voltage, over current protection, Latest Virtualization & Volume Leveling Technology from SRS Labs, SRS TruSurround HD virtual surround, SRS TruVolume eliminates undesirable loud commercials and channel to channel variances SPEAKER BAR DIMENSIONS ,Length: 39-5/8-Inch,Depth 4.26-Inch deep,Height: 4.67-Inch with stand, 3.69-Inch without stand
Features:
- Speakers Included: 1
- Speaker Features: Volume Leveling, Enhanced Surround Sound Technology
- Sensitivity: 100dB
- Frequency Response: 60Hz-20kHz
- Peak Power Handling: 60 Watts
- Wired Connectivity: Optical, Stereo, RCA
- Speaker Enclosure Type: Self-Enclosed
- Tweeters: 2
- Tweeter Speaker Size: 0.75 “
- Tweeter Type: Aluminum Dome
- Midranges: 4
- Midrange Speaker Size: 3.0 “
- A/V Equipment Compatibility: Home Stereo, TV, Gaming Equipment, MP3 Players
- Includes: Audio Cable, Remote Control
- Material: Plastic
- Dimensions: Length: 39.62 “; Width: 4.26 “; Depth: 4.67 “
- Product Weight: 11.7 Lb.
- Warranty Description: 1 Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty on Parts and Labor
Price At Amazon.com: $135.86
Average User Rating: 4.0
No of Reviews: 3
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VIZIO VSB200 Soundbar
Black Knight 76
17 Dec, 2009
I purchased this sound bar to give my TV better sound quality and have somewhat of a home theater feel to my bedroom. Out of the box, the sound bar worked and sounded nice. It produced virtual home theater quality sound quite nicely. The highs and lows were very nice and the bass wasn’t that powerful on the bar itself, but perfect enough to enjoy. You can add a powered sub woofer if you want more bass to your system if you wanted, which I did and i worked lovely. I had connected my system to both analog and digital optical connections and it worked nice. Almost had a hard time distinguishing the quality but of course digital optical is the better.
Now here is the big downfall as to why I didn’t give this bar a 5 star rating. This bar, although it says its universal, didn’t work properly with my TV (Panasonic TH-46PZ85U). When connecting it to through digital optical port, it would make crackling sounds when there is silence (ex: playing movie but silent moment, it crackles). This applied to EVERYTHING I watched or played. The only way to solve it was to connect through the analog port (which I didn’t want). As far as I know, this only happens on my TV. I tested this bar on other TVs in he household and they worked fine. I contacted customer service for both Panasonic and Vizio and both came to the conclusion that the bar is simply not compatible with the TV, digital optical connection-wise. In the end, I returned it.
So unless you have the same model TV I have or even a Panasonic, just beware that it may not be compatible with the digital optical port connection. Otherwise, this bar sounds perfect for any small home theater system in a bedroom or small living room. Heck, it almost sounds as good as Sony’s HT-CT100 sound bar system.
User Rating: 4 / 5
fisherKing
17 Dec, 2009
I got this for $99. refurbished; no tax, free shipping. read all the reviews (here & elsewhere), and seemed like a great deal.
easy setup. i bought an optical audio cable in advance, so could hook that up to my samsung tv. hooked an airport express up to the analog inputs (wireless itunes from my macbook). at first, thought the unit was dead; no audio. turns out the remote did not work. replaced the battery and…still nothing. emailed the retailer. but…bent the battery contacts carefully with a small screwdriver, and now it’s working. should not have had to do this.
the unit sounds great. i usually do NOT use the surround gimmick (but it sounds great on “big” movies, ie “the fifth element”, etc). remote works ok, it HAS to be pointed in the right place.
what i don’t like: when i first took it out of the box, it could sit right up against my tv; but, with the cables (in the back center), it has to stick out a bit. shame the cables weren’t on the back to one side. and the silver plate with “vizio” is a mistake; my eye is drawn to it periodically; the unit would be better all black (like a lot of soundbars); i want to watch the tv, not the soundbar. the remote not working, and now, working (but finicky).
still, overall, a great deal (even new at $150). the remote could be better, would be nice to have some eq settings options (even presets like “movie” “stadium” etc), but a great deal overall and worlds better than the internal speakers in most tvs.
3 1/2 stars really (docked a 1/2 for the remote).
EDIT: bumped up 1/2 star. vizio (quickly) sent me a new remote; i also removed the faceplate (and replaced the default ‘legs’ with small black rubber ones…
and am happy(er)…
EDIT 2: 2 days later, and the new remote stopped working. had to bend the battery clips inside this one as well… so 3 1/2 stars after all…!
User Rating: 4 / 5
Cass G
17 Dec, 2009
I love watching movies, and sound can be a big enhancement but with neighbors and roommates couldnt really do a whole stereo set up, this works great for a small space where you want enhanced stereo sound for TV/Movies. I have it hooked up opticly to my tv, and rcad to my ruku, and dvd player, works as expected, it also has an output for a sub. Remote is a little flimsy but the unit is perfect for my needs. I just noticed the other review here for this, I have it connected to a Panasonic VIERA C12 Series TC-L32C12 and it works fine for me with this set.
User Rating: 4 / 5