Hisense HS205 2.0ch Sound Bar, 60W, Roku TV ready, Enhance TV enjoyment, Bluetooth, HDMI ARC/Optical/AUX/USB, 3 EQ Modes, Black

After mounting TV, the sound from the TV speakers seemed underpowered. This sound bar did the trick. Sound quality is good. Connectivity is good, Bluetooth, hdmi, and optical options included required wires. Wallmount installation was simple. It came with a foolproof paper cutout you tape to the wall, use a level, make your marks, and drill holes. Slides right in to slots that are screwed to the wall. It is not heavy and does not need to be drilled into studs. Of course you could just set it down instead, as it has rubber "feet" on the bottom. I currently have it connected via Bluetooth. I wish there was a way my Hisense TV remote would power on the TV and soundbar at the same time. Right now I have to turn each device on with their individual remotes, then use the TV remote to adjust sound. If I use HDMI the TV remote will *sometimes* turn on both, but I have to go into the TV settings and enable the soundbar hdmi output each time I turn on the TV. Works, nonetheless, for a bedroom. Doesn't shake walls or anything. This provides much better sound than a TV alone. I would recommend something more powerful for a living room entertainment system. Value for money is definitely good. Doesn't seem cheap.

At such an affordable price, I wasn’t expecting much from this sound bar, but am happy to report that I am pleasantly surprised. Is it the highest quality of sound - absolutely not. However, the sound is decent for the price and good enough to fill a large room nicely. Setup was easy, simply unbox, and connect to your TV using the included HDMI cable, and your TV should pick it up right away. No issues experienced with connection and/or interruption during use. It’s a simple design too and has hanging holes on the back. Once hanged, it’s pretty small and doesn’t stand out much.

I bought this because my 55 inch TCL Roku TV has such poor sound amplification that I find myself maxing out the volume indicator frequently. Otherwise I like the TCL brand of television and the fact that they are Roku enabled and use a Common remote control it makes for a easy learning curve. So when I decided to address the poor sound level on my 55 inch set my requirements were that it integrated into the current Roku volume remote. Of course the luxe and price point were factored in as well. I’m happy to say that this sound bar works with the existing television remote just fine and while I’d like just a little more amplification it has effectively solved the problem and fit the bill (I can listen at 70% fine). The power of the sound bar does turn on/off when the TV remote power button is activated. I would have given five stars if I could get just a little more volume and the ability to turn off the LED indicator on the front.

Much better sound than my tv output. My other sound bar is starting to crackle and sound quality is fading. This sound bar is already better than my Samsung sound bar ever was and that cost me twice the amount of money. This is a great price for good audio. I use it in the Hdmi/Arc port and it works perfectly with my tv and other devices without me having to use the sound bar remote.

I figured it would be simple to connect a Hisense soundbar to a 1 year old Hisense 50" Android TV... Read the instructions used the supplied HDMI cable - connected it to the HDMI ARC input on the TV, selected the ARC sound input on the TV's Sound settings... (per instructions), NOTHING... no sound. Next I tried connecting via Bluetooth... The speaker paired with the TV, I selected the Bluetooth input on the Hisense TV, ...NOTHING. no sound. I've spent over an hour going over every setting on the TV... Nothing I've tried has worked. I cannot get the Hisense TV to output sound to the Hisense soundbar!!! Ridiculously frustrating. I *was* able to sync the soundbar to my Samsung S10 smartphone via Bluetooth, and it sounded great... Update: the key to getting this soundbar to work with a Hisense smart TV, is the "Digital Output" setting... It *must* be set to "PCM"... (the default setting is "Auto"), any other setting will result in silence... Once connected, the sound still wasn't much better than the TV's internal speakers... at lower volume, it drops off far more quickly than the internal speakers (below a volume setting of "40" it's almost inaudible, using the internal speakers it is louder)... It does get a little louder overall at top volume, but, I was expecting a bit more punch and volume. I've decided to keep it it, but will continue to look for a better option...

I purchased this sound bar to help with the audio coming from a DVD player. I have a smart TV. Set up was extremely easy. The TV detected the sound bar and it was a quick walk through to complete set up. That said The bar is heavy, quite cumbersome. For us older people it will take two to set it up. The reason for my purchase was not satisfied. The sound quality of the DVDs has not changed. Though the sound quality of everything else has. I find I have to turn the volume up on the TV regardless of what I am watching. Without the sound bar I have the volume at 14. With the sound bar I have to turn it up to 30. The remote: As you can see in the photo, the remote is quite simple. The four small round buttons are to allow you to switch between sound options, Movie, Music, News, and HDMI ARC. There is no difference between the Movie, News, and HDMI ARC sound quality, kind of a movie theater quality. The music option makes the sound quality very tinnie. Sleep Mode/ Auto Shut off: This is the biggest issue I have with this sound bar. If you pause a video, doesn't matter if it is DVDs YouTube, or any streaming channel, the sound bar goes into a sleep mode after a few minutes then auto shut off. According to the manual It should exit this mode once the TV is activated again. It does not. So you have to play remote hockey in order to get the sound bar back on. If you don't mind juggling remotes I guess this is not an issue. Customer support was extremely nice. She walked me through the entire process to make sure the set up was correct and that the device was in proper working order. There is no way to turn off the sleep/shut off mode. As for the DVD sound she could find no reason for that other than it is an external device connected to the TV so the sound bar would not work on it. I have my doubts about that because a gaming device connected the same way has no sound issues and I have tried a different DVD player, same issue.

Halleluyah! MY DAD CAN HEAR HIS “PROGRAMS” AGAIN… it was easy to set up, sounded good, worked as intended. Connected over Bluetooth, was the correct size to be placed right in front of the tv and my dad has only “messed it up” once requiring any hour drive to press a button and the an hour back home. Buy this if you’re looking to buy a soundbar, duh.

I had trouble hearing some TV shows and movies. Got this and it definitely helped.