VIZIO - V51-H6

I just purchased a Samsung Q990D for $1,060 after tax. Got it for an incredible deal ($1,500 for Black Friday + additional 30% off for First Responder discount) Before that I had a JBL Bar 9.1, it was good but the center channel would cut in and out at an unacceptable rate. I paid $900 for it on Greentoe Before that I had a Vizio V51-H6, it was surprisingly good for the price. Got it for $140 at Costco OP, I would stick with well known brands. Look at Rtings.com, they have incredible reviews and recommendations.

So, I bought this unit yesterday and returned it this morning. I set it up and tested it out prior to doing the firmware upgrade and will say that after the upgrade, the sound was much clearer and not so muddied. However, I found that dialogue, even with the ‘voice enhance’ on was particularly low, especially when using my Sony UBP-X700. This was even when watching Atmos content from the UHD player. I messed with the settings for a few hours, trying all different combinations, but still couldn’t get it to my liking. The sound coming out of my Apple TV 4K (latest model) was better, but nothing that really blew me away. Playing music through it wasn’t good at all. It sounded very ‘thin’. I get much richer sound out of my JBL Flip speaker than this setup. I am coming from a Vizio V51, which in my opinion, sounded better, even if the sound field wasn’t as wide. I ordered a Hisense AX5125H and am going to see how I like that. It’s gotten much better reviews than the TCL, so hopefully it’ll be a worthy replacement to the Vizio. I was really hoping to go from 5.1 to 7.1.4, hence the reason for the TCL purchase, but we’ll see how the 5.1.2 fares. I’m trying to do this on a budget and didn’t want to spend more than $500.

Go to Best buy or someplace else and listen to the Vizio soundbars in person. I'm not an audiophile but love good audio. Vizio definitely sounds better than tv speakers. I have the the Vizio V51 soundbar and I really like it. Their subwoofers are small but can put out a good amount of bass. My friend has the Samsung Q990 and he was shocked how much bass the little Vizio sub puts out.

My tv speakers were so bad I bought a cheap Vizio 5.1 and it’s great for my needs Left right and sub and I think two more speakers in bar Has a pretty good Bluetooth to stream pandora from my phone Paid $139 on Amazon refurbished several years ago. I noticed just this week that Walmart has news ones for $199. But I wouldn’t over look refurbished on Amazon. Warranty not bad

Out of the 2, the LG is better but not by enough to really warrant the price difference. Gotta Vizio.

It's this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sku/6583400.p?skuId=6583400&sb_share_source=PDP

I have that Vizio 5.1 and it's definitely worth it for the price

Got a Vizio 5.1 sound bar setup hooked up via HDMI arc Latency isn't bad, it's like on average like 85ms (more or less depending on the system and game). I only had to get it to 300ms on Fortnite Festival but that's just standard for some ungodly reason.

I have the 5.1 version of this that I bought years ago and I still love it. It’s being used right now! I can’t believe the amount of bass from the cute little sub.