Robert Silva has extensive experience in consumer electronics and home theater product sales and sales supervision; he has written about audio, video, and home theater topics since 1998. Whichever choice you make, sound bars are slim, discreet and the perfect complement to your smart TV. As you make a list of home theatre accessories, be sure to check out our Boxing Day sale 2023 to make the most of our incredible discounts available on sound bars and speakers. It's especially noticeable with audio formats like Dolby Digital and Dolby Atmos, as sound effects don't stretch into the area around your couch in the same clear and real way.

It also supports Virtual Dolby Atmos, meaning it has to downmix Atmos content into surround to play it, which isn't as immersive-sounding as the Sonos Beam (Gen 2). While many people opt for a soundbar to enhance their TV's sound, you can also connect to your computer for a noticeable improvement over built-in speakers. Thanks to its small footprint, it'll fit easily beneath your computer monitor or TV stand without crowding the space. Sometimes, a code works correctly on some of the keys, but when you start using all keys on the remote, you will find that many of the buttons are not working for your device.

Look at the back of the remote, remove the back lid and check if there are SET and MODE options are available or not. The Sennheiser is slightly more customizable since it comes with a graphic EQ instead of more traditional bass and treble adjustments, which you may find worth the extra cost. It has all of the functionality of the original but without the same physical appearance, and works immediately with no programming necessary.

When the light on the remote stays lit, press the Power button on the remote until the device turns off (you may need to press the Power button several times). Genuine replacement remote controls are identical to those ones supplied with your new TV / audio / visual device. He now shares what he has learned through the years on the site, and has enlisted the help of tech-savvy colleagues in providing more insight about today’s most sought-after gadgets. As more speakers and sound-enhancing technologies are packed into a soundbar setup, they can get big. bar uses psychoacoustics principles to widen its soundstage past the edges of the bar itself, providing a wide and cinematic feel that makes it seem like you're right in the middle of the action.If you have a question to ask, need some advice or are having any issues, then please contact us using one of the options within this page. And if you are on the hunt for a new telly, take a look at our Samsung QLED TVs for visuals that are indescribably crisp and colourful.