Comments on: Vizio Soundbar (VSB210WS) available now… goodness within

By: mtc

mtc — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:39:43 +0000

Thanks Christopher for sharing… Good info. It’s too bad Vizio never finished their product intentions on this one… oh well. Accessories-of-accessories are hard plays though if we’re being completely honest. A bundle at Costo could have made good sense… but maybe next generation???

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:52:48 +0000

According to a Vizio rep, their web page was incorrect in stating that this soundbar supports wireless headphones and that statement has now been removed from the page. I’m returning it, and buying something that does support headphones even if it’s not a soundbar.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:31:07 +0000

Do you know if the headphones are on the market yet? I haven’t been able to find the info on the web. Thanks.

By: mtc

mtc — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:11:41 +0000

The audio for the soundbar can be fed directly from your television’s audio output. Whatever you are watching on your TV, be it Bluray or Cable, the audio will just come out as if it replaced your tv’s own speakers. No mode switching necessary if you hook it up this way.

By: sam

sam — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:08:04 +0000

Just bought a Samsung LCD and Blue ray—Comcast has a digital receiver hooked up to this.

What are the adantages/disadvantages of the Vizio vs the Sony?

I ‘m looking for a simple wireless setup, but don’t want to fool with having to remember to switch to tv which seems to be a problem with the Vizio.

are there tech differences?
What about HDMI?

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:56:28 +0000

I’ve been loving my Vizio soundbar. I recently had some friends over to hang out and thought it would be a good idea to play music. Went out and found a RCA Stereo Audio cable which connects from my ipod to the soundbar. It sounded awesome and got a couple of compliments as well

By: mtc

mtc — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:02:55 +0000

Kevin, The headphones need to be available on the market. They are not available yet, as much as I am aware.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:18:00 +0000

> There is also future-ready support for wireless headphones
> (with SRS action as well). This is a killer feature that you won’t see
> on any other soundbar on the market…the wireless system will
> drive up to three wireless headphones simultaneously, and when
> activating the headphones, automatically mutes the speakers.

I am not sure what you mean here by “future-ready support” – do this mean that wireless headphones don’t yet work with it? If they don’t, what needs to happen before they will?

By: mtc

mtc — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:09:23 +0000

Bruce,

SRS TruSurround HD enables compelling Virtual Surround experience from mono, stereo or 2 channel matrix surround encoded content.

Read more about this feature at the SRS website. http://www.srslabs.com/content.aspx?id=416

It doesn’t get discrete Dolby Digital content, but rather gets Dolby Surround (matrixed, like old Pro Logic) and converts that virtually. As far as surround virtualizers, implementation is everything, as the virtualizer on my Sharp Aquos was crap, but on my Panasonic Plasma its quite good. On soundbars, particularly this one, it’s fairly incredible.

I hope the pro reviews talk more about the quality you get from v surround, cause it is quite impressive experience for the price.

Cheers.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:20:08 +0000

2 questions.
1. Does this Vizio mimic 5.1 audio? Or is it just a better left front, right front soundbar?
2. If it is 5.1, how does it do it when it seems to me you connect it with regular L,R banana plugs?
Sorry, forgot have added good post! Waiting for your next post!