Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 with 11 Speakers, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X - HTA8000

Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 Soundbar

Level up your movie nights with the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 soundbar. With decades of professional filmmaking experience under their belt, Sony has managed to recreate the vision of every creator and director by bringing immersive, high-quality spatial audio and surround sound to your home. How? With soundbar support from 360 Spatial Sound Mapping. This technology creates several phantom speakers all around you, all while reflecting sound off the walls and ceiling for a true cinema-style audio experience. The Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 is furnished with 11 speaker units, including dedicated front, center, down-firing and up-firing channels, to deliver a stunning and precise audio performance. These channels work together to fill your environment with wide, directional sound. Plus, the built-in quad woofers promote deeper, richer bass to truly round out your audio.

A Personalized Listening Experience

With Sound Field Optimization, the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 can take it a step further. This feature analyzes the sound and calibrates it to your exact listening position and your room's unique size and acoustic characteristics. If you're interested in more enhancements, connect an additional subwoofer or rear speaker. The soundbar also supports sound formats like IMAX® Enhanced, DTS:X® and Dolby Atmos®. The Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 is compatible with Sony BRAVIA TVs too, if you're interested in accessing exclusive technology like Acoustic Center Sync. This feature will pair the soundbar with the TV speakers to reinforce the center channel and deliver fuller, clearer dialogue.

Better Gaming, Better Music

Want to enhance your gaming with the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 too? Luckily, this soundbar supports Dolby Vision®, 4K HDR and 8K HDR, so each competitive move you make will feel realer than ever. If you're a PlayStation 5 owner, you can also enjoy exclusive features like Auto Genre Picture Mode and Auto HDR Tone Mapping. Stream your music wirelessly with the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 using Apple® AirPlay® 2, Spotify Connect™ or Bluetooth®. No matter what method you choose, each song will sound better than before with High-Resolution Audio technology. Ready to upgrade your home theater with the Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8? Take a peek at our soundbar buying guide for more information and let our experts answer all your remaining questions at 800-860-3577.

Key Features

• Hear cinema-style surround sound all around you with 360 Spatial Sound Mapping.
• Sound is auto calibrated to your room’s characteristics with Sound Field Optimization.
• Supports industry-standard audio formats including Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X®, and IMAX® Enhanced.^{2, 3}
• With 11 speaker units, hear exceptional acoustic performance and precise room filling spatial audio.
• Expand the cinematic experience with optional wireless subwoofer (SA-SW3 or SA-SW5) and rear speakers (SA-RS3R or SA-RS5).
• Pair with compatible BRAVIA TVs to control the soundbar from the TV menu and hear elevated audio with Acoustic Center Sync.
• Use BRAVIA Connect app to easily control BRAVIA Theater from your smartphone and change volume, sound profiles, and advanced settings.
• Supports video formats 4K HDR, 8K HDR, Dolby Vision® and HDMI 2.1 gaming features 4K120, VRR, ALLM.^{2, 6}
• Level-up with compatibility for BRAVIA TV exclusive features for PS5® – Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode.⁷
• Wirelessly stream music with support for Spotify Connect™, Apple® AirPlay® 2 and Bluetooth®.^{8, 9, 10}
• Bring your music to life with high-res audio compatibility, low-res upmixing, and 360 Reality Audio.¹¹

Features

• Cinema is coming home
  Feel the emotion and excitement of the movies with BRAVIA Theater. Our decades of professional filmmaking experience allow us to faithfully recreate the creators vision at home with intricate surround sound and spatial audio. Immerse yourself in the story with sound that fills every corner of the space just as you hear in real life.
• Unleash the full potential of surround sound
  360 Spatial Sound Mapping creates multiple phantom speakers around you and reflects sound off the ceiling and walls, enabling cinema-style surround sound from a single soundbar. Add optional wireless rear speakers for an even more expansive sound stage.¹
• Room optimized sound for maximum impact
  Turn the whole room into a movie theater. Sound Field Optimization analyzes and calibrates sound to your room’s size, acoustic characteristics, and your listening position. Add-on optional rear speakers and subwoofer, placing them to your liking, and they will be calibrated alongside the soundbar creating an even wider surround sound field.
• Sound straight from cinema
  Bring authentic cinema surround sound quality to your living room. BRAVIA Theatre supports industry-standard formats including Dolby Atmos®, DTS:X®, and IMAX® Enhanced certification.^{2, 3}
• Innovative acoustic design
  With 11 speaker units, BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 delivers exceptional acoustic performance. Hear precise spatial audio with dedicated front, center, and up-firing speaker channels. Additional side-firing speakers fill your space with wide directional sound that bounce off the walls for added atmosphere. Quad woofers round out the sound by delivering deep, punchy bass.
• Expand your surround sound
  Expand the cinematic experience with optional wireless subwoofer (SA-SW3 or SA-SW5) and rear speakers (SA-RS3R or SA-RS5) to hear sound with even greater impact. Connection is simplified as the subwoofer and rear speakers automatically pair when powered on.
• BRAVIA Theater and BRAVIA TV, the perfect pair
  Pair BRAVIA Theater with a compatible BRAVIA TV for the ultimate cinema-like experience at home. Acoustic Center Sync pairs the TVs speakers with the soundbar, reinforcing the center channel for clearer, fuller dialogue. When connected, easily control the soundbar settings on the TVs Quick Settings menu, making it easy to adjust volume and sound field with a single remote.⁴
• Do it all with BRAVIA Connect app
  Easily control BRAVIA Theater from your smartphone. The BRAVIA Connect app guides you through initial setup and lets you adjust volume, sound field and more. Also, use the BRAVIA Connect app to perform Sound Field Optimization to calibrate sound to your room’s unique acoustic characteristics.⁵
• Support for all the latest video and gaming formats
  Get the most out of all your entertainment. With support for 4K HDR, 8K HDR, and Dolby Vision®, everything you watch will feel so real. Take gaming to the next level with HDMI 2.1 features 4K120, VRR and ALLM as well as exclusive features for the PlayStation® 5 – Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode – for optimized picture settings when connected with a compatible BRAVIA TV and PS5® console.^{2, 6, 7}
• Stream music from everywhere
  Support for Spotify Connect™, Apple® AirPlay® 2 and Bluetooth® lets you wirelessly stream music and enjoy every detail in high-quality up-mixed sound.^{8, 9, 10}
• Lose yourself in supreme music quality
  Bring your music to life as never before. Enjoy tracks the way the artists intended with High-Resolution Audio. For low-resolution tracks, DSEE Ultimate™ (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) upmixes compressed digital music, restoring acoustic details for a richer listening experience. And discover a new way of hearing music with 360 Reality Audio for a truly immersive live music experience.¹¹
• Designed with the environment in mind
  BRAVIA Theater is designed for an exceptional sound experience while having less impact on the environment. We are committed to using more recycled materials with approximately 65% less virgin plastic used in our soundbars and packaging compared to previous models and fabrics recycled from PET plastic bottles.¹²

Footnotes:

• ¹ The number of phantom speakers differs depending on rear speaker combination.
• ² Dolby Vision and Atmos content compatible with streaming services or compatible content device connected via HDMI input (sold separately).
• ³ IMAX® Enhanced feature will be available via firmware update about Summer 2024. IMAX® Enhanced certification is obtained when used in combination with SA-RS5 or SA-RS3S rear speakers and SA-SW5 or SA-SW3 subwoofer.
• ⁴ Acoustic Center Sync works with compatible BRAVIA TVs. For full compatibility list: https://www.sony.net/hav_faq.
• ⁵ BRAVIA Connect app must be installed on a smartphone. The smartphone and the product must be connected to the same home network. Download app at Google Play and the App Store. Network services, content, and operating system and software subject to terms and conditions and may be changed, interrupted or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration and credit card information.
• ⁶ 4K: 3840 x 2160. 8K: 7680 x 4320 pixels. Requires HDR compatible content from supported streaming services or HDR compatible content device connected via HDMI input (sold separately).
• ⁷ Game title supporting 4K/120fps and/or VRR required.
• ⁸ Interoperability and compatibility among Bluetooth® devices vary.
• ⁹ Apple ID account required. Subscriptions may be required to access certain content.
• ¹⁰ Download Spotify app at Google Play and the App Store. Network services, content, and operating system and software subject to terms and conditions and may be changed, interrupted, or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration, and credit card information.
• ¹¹ Visit https://www.sony.net/360RA/ to check compatible hardware, application, and 360 Reality Audio streaming service. 360 Reality Audio requires subscription to compatible online music service and third-party terms, conditions, account, and fees may apply. Network services, content, and operating system and software subject to terms and conditions and may be changed, interrupted, or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration, and credit card information.
• ¹² Compared to 2021 models. PET = Polyethylene terephthalate.
• ¹³ The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Sony Corporation is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.