But with all the strides Bluetooth technology is making, Wi-Fi is still the king for streaming audio, and bars like the Yamaha YAS-209 have proven it is possible to have that kind of feature in a budget bar. The connection was solid, and the sound was good. Your options for streaming music are Bluetooth - and only Bluetooth. There are a few legitimate features built into this bar, but a few things that are “technically” features are oddly overdressed by Vizio marketing to be far more important than they actually are. I was never a huge fan of those old Vizio remotes, and it seems like Vizio is moving in the right direction here with something that reminds me of my Nvidia Shield clicker. The new remote seems more functional as well, with buttons for EQ, Setup, Level, and Effect all available to help you toy with sound settings. The standard Vizio soundbar remote gets a refresh, too, adopting a slightly more rounded, gentle approach than its more brick-like older relative. The stereo inputs, for example, will only produce two-channel sound. Just be advised that certain connections will limit your sound format options. Is this a fairly solid lineup of connections for the price, regardless? Also, yes. Would I have liked to see Vizio drop the old-school stereo audio inputs in exchange for another HDMI port? Yes. There’s a retro 3.5mm stereo audio input (the good ol’ red and white inputs), as well as an optical port, an HDMI ARC port, a 3.5mm auxiliary input, and a USB port that Vizio says will only support WAV and MP3 formats. Head to the rear of the soundbar, and you are met with several connections.
#NEST 5.1 NEW FEATURES DRIVERS#
There are three drivers in the bar, one for each of the front left, center, and right channels in a 5.1 system.
But, as we’ll get to, the system packs a punch for its size. The size honestly made me worried that Vizio had possibly gone too compact (are we making a home theater for ants?) and sacrificed sound in the process.
The sub enclosure houses a 5-inch woofer, and the speakers are easily dwarfed by some older Vizio rears I dug up for comparison. The rear speakers and subwoofer, though, are petite. The bar itself isn’t incredibly different from recent soundbars that have sat on my media stand: At 36 inches long, it’s just two inches shorter than the Sony HT-G700 that sat there before it. Vizio says it took a low-profile approach to this year’s new budget system, which may be a bit of an understatement. It’s probably as close to plug-and-play as a soundbar system can get. There’s no Wi-Fi to configure with this bar – something we’ll touch more on later – and there aren’t any other setup hoops to jump through. Be ready to act quickly and connect your phone via Bluetooth or stream something on your TV, because the Vizio voice prompt does get old after the first few times it announces that it’s searching for an input.īeyond that minor annoyance, that’s it. But it really is just a matter of plugging your bar and subwoofer into power, making a physical connection between the bar and your display, running the included speaker wire from the surround sound speakers to the subwoofer, and powering everything up.įrom there, the bar will automatically search for a content-producing input. Admittedly, there’s not a ton here to slow you down. The system includes the bar itself, a pair of surround sound speakers, and a wireless subwoofer. I was in no rush as I connected it up for testing, but if I were racing a clock, I’d bet I could go from unboxing to listening to music within a span of 10 minutes. I will always be fond of how easy Vizio makes it to set up soundbars. Vizio’s new $250 V-Series V51-H6 5.1 soundbar system is a bargain surround sound setup - even if it did take a few too many cost-saving measures this time around. Well, despite all of us living in the upside-down world that is the year 2020, at least that one thing has not changed.
#NEST 5.1 NEW FEATURES UPGRADE#
If you were in the market to upgrade the sound of your television without making a huge investment, Vizio was often the best place to look. Fitbit Versa 3įor more than a decade now, Vizio’s stance when it comes to soundbars has consistently been about providing oodles of value without breaking the bank.
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