Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar - HT-CT150

Comments about Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar:

The sound is great. I have a small living room and it feels like a theater with the sound bar and sub woofer.

Comments about Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar:

Purchased to up grade my sound system & my SONY BRAVIA and SONY BLU-RAY. The sound quality is so much better. I can actually turn down the volume, not have it as loud. It was very easy to set up. Highly recommend this Sony sound bar with subwoofer and experience a whole new sound.

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That is the ONLY thing I don't like about the sound bar. I bought the Phillips 52 in plasma two years ago and really FELL IN LOVE with the ASL system. No more annoying commercials blasting at you, as well as LEVEL sound when you changed channels. With the sound bar that feature is not available and I'm back to adjusting the sound every time a commercial comes on or i change channels on the TV THAT IS A BIG DEFECT in this old man's mind.

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I bought this sound bar after watching a video recommendation on CNET and I am glad that I did. The best part of this thing is the HDMI switch. Run all of your HDMI components to the subwoofer, one HDMI cable to the TV and watch the magic. I have a new 55" Sony LED-LCD and it works flawlessly with it. The Bravia Sync works perfectly with my Sony Blu-Ray play and Direct-TV HD DVR box. The satellite controller will change the volume so I pretty much use one remote. I only need to get the soundbar remote to change the pre-set sound "types".

Comments about Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar:

The system is great. I don't understand why people are negatively rating this system for functions that are clearly stated. Do people understand the fact that they may have to read the manual? The bass is solid, but I did notice that I had to turn up the subwoofer level a few notches (I did +5) because I think the bass is what really gives the experience that punch. The sound overall is great, and I often forget that there are no speakers behind or beside me. Two of my coworkers made the investment in this system, and they have nothing but great things to say about it as well. I did have to turn to the manual and read as to why some sound was not working initially from a few devices. Turns out that the compression my devices were using was not compatible with fiber optic, and so I had to readjust accordingly. I chose to pursue the fiber optic route because my TV has the output for it, thus allowing me to route all my devices through the TV, and then sends the audio via fiber optic to the sound bar. I understand that you get the DTS HD 5.1 through HDMI, but honestly, the DTS 5.1 sounds just fine through fiber optic. I also had to adjust the latency of my TV because by default it was delaying the audio by 100ms. Why? I don't know, but I put it at 0ms, and it was smooth sailing from there. If people want a workaround for all their devices that use coaxial or composite wiring, consider using your TV as a converter (this requires thinking outside the box...) A TV that you actually spend a good chunk of cash on will AT LEAST have composite output (while higher-end models will do fiber optic or an HDMI with audio only), so for those who are whining about the sound bar system not having enough ports are just being lazy in doing work on their part. It's a good system; buy it if you don't want to invest in the big receivers and extra speakers scattered across the room.

Comments about Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar:

Unit would not synch with Bravia TV without a great deal of frustration and effort, as it is not designed to work with any cable boxes. As Comcast forces me to use a box, this caused a lot of trouble. Managed to get around that and found that using the fibre optic cable produced an echo that would not go away regardless of synch settings. Did not matter as the unit would not produce enough volume to hear. Finally resorted to using an analog hook up to my Bravia so O could at least her something but the volume is so minimal I cannot tell if the unit is on or off. Have volume set to MAX but cannot hardly hear anything. Unit has no volume at all regardless of analog or fibre optic inputs. Do not purchase; you will be disappointed. I at least expected to hear a difference of sorts but I hear nothing at all.

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The product does everything advertised and makes my TV sound much fuller/powerful....especially when running music channels.

Comments about Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar:

item description clearly says "delivers immersive audio without running wires across the room" giving the impresion that this is a wireless system--don't be fooled. Navigating through Sony's website when you select Electronics>TV & Home Ent.>Home Theater Systems it brings you to a page with 2 featured items one blu-ray player? or Sound Bars#with wireless subwoofer# if you select shop now under sound bars it brings you to this system which clearly misleads you to believe that this system is wireless. Far From-you get a nice clunky custom cable which will not reach above a mantle. I guess if you have a tv on a stand this might be a tacky option for you but not for wall instilation. I asked for this item for Christmas and could not believe my spouse could be fooled into this so decided to look for myself. I can see how clear and obviously misleading this is. Not only should I not have purchased a $3k 3D tv which has the most horrible sound ever and have no option but to get external speakers but now I have deal with another let down by Sony... I have been an avid Sony fan my entire life, phones, laptops,dvd players, surround, desktop pc, Sony CCard however I have been increacingly unsatifsied with Sony and the quality they used to be know for over past several years. Thanks for ruining Christmas Sony...

Comments about Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar:

Good for small room

Comments about Sony Black Virtual 5.1 Sound Bar:

This is a good solution in places where surround sound speakers aren't practical (large open rooms, exposed speaker wires, etc.) Small footprint for center speaker. Controls on subwoofer are not intuitive, but after a little while you can get the hang of them. Once you are satisfied with the initial sound settings, you don't really have to make any adjustments. 3 HDMI inputs are great for cable, DVD, and game console. It's not surround sound but for the price, I felt like it was an excellent upgrade from the TV speakers.