If you have your heart set on a particular brand or even a selection of brands then we’d suggest you spend a bit of time writing up a list of the brands that you would happily buy. This can really help you in narrowing down the selection when it comes to choosing a product. For example, over at Currys PC World you can filter products by brand, so you could filter just to show the brands on your list. This is especially useful knowing that there are 65 Home cinema systems and sound bars to choose from at Currys PC World. As for impedance, the only place here you could possibly get a mismatch is across the HDMI connection. But this has a very tightly controlled specification, and is digital, so the prospect is vanishingly unlikely. Inputs are all recessed on the rear left with just enough clearance for the bar to sit flush if wall mounted (the SF-150 has hooks for wall mounting, but fixings aren’t included in the box). The power connection is similarly recessed but on the right side – so, depending on your set-up, you may end up with two visible cable runs instead of one.

There's a choice of three preset sound modes – Standard, Cinema and Music – and an Auto option that changes these settings automatically. The auto-detection is pretty accurate, but as there's a notable dynamic disparity between the modes, we find it easier to select the presets manually. The next step in the price analysis was to look at the average price you would typically expect to pay for Home cinema systems and sound bars and as Currys PC World was selected for this review we’ve used them for gathering our information on the average price of Home cinema systems and sound bars. But apropos of this loudness; don’t get hung up on the number differences between 25-40 and 65-80, as these are just arbitrary.

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Also, try disconnecting the cables that are connected between the TV and the system, then connect them firmly again, you can also try to dsconnect the AC power cords of the TV and the system from the AC outlets, then connect them again. As we covered earlier choosing a brand can be really key to getting the right product in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. There are loads of great brands out there each offering great products at different levels of quality and price. If brand is important to you, we’re sure you already know that Sony is a great choice. With 206 products available from Sony there’s plenty of choice too. There are also settings to enhance dialogue, a night mode to reduce dynamic range and bass, and lastly Dolby Dynamic Range Control, which compresses audio to make the difference between the quietest and loudest sounds less apparent. A minimal remote control is included, with several buttons doubling up on their functions depending on how long you press them. This can get a bit fiddly, especially when the only confirmation you get that a status change has happened is a series of binary flashes from the three LED indicators in the centre of the bar. For all essential functions – power, input, source, Bluetooth and volume – there are also discreet touch buttons that sit on the top of the unit.

There were also a total of 131 products that were more expensive from Sony and 71 that were cheaper. Price of Sony products in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category Let’s take a look at SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver in more detail and see what makes it worthwhile of a review score of 9.2 out of 10. And I see the sound split is 25W L, 25W R, and 30W Sub, so make sure the Sub is pulling its weight. Consider the price. We’ll dive into a lot more detail on the price of SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver shortly, but in terms of quality, the obvious advice here is ‘you get what you pay for’. It’s really just being aware that if you’re buying the cheapest of the Home cinema systems and sound bars from Currys PC World you might not expect the same level of quality as you’d get from a decent quality product like SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver. The key question is can you make the soundbar go loud enough? if you can get it uncomfortably loud, without distortion, and actually run it a little below that number, whatever it is, then all is well.

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The overall quality of any product is important, but it’s especially important when you’re considering Home cinema systems and sound bars. You’re making an important investment in this product so you want to be sure that it’s going to be durable and serve its purpose for a decent length of time. Thank you for your review and we're sorry to hear that you're facing difficulties with your TV, this is not the norm as we strive to deliver the best quality possible. If you wish to connect the Soundbar to the TV by a wired connection, please follow the steps mentioned here: https://bit.ly/3rwyqNw. (High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet is recommended for the HDMI cable) Alongside HDMI ARC, the SF150 has an optical input (cable included) supporting Dolby Digital, Dolby Dual mono and LPCM 2ch. Then we thought that we should be looking at Sony Home cinema systems and sound bars rather than just looking at Home cinema systems and sound bars or just looking at Sony products. By combining the two pieces of data it helps to ensure that the prices and analysis we’re carrying out is as accurate as possible and gives you the closest match to the average price of similar products to SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver as possible.

The sync function does work; that is I can turn both pieces of equipment on simultaneously with the TV remote but the difference in output level is weird. The TV speakers are rated at 20 watts whereas the soundbar is 80 watts so unless there is an impedence issue I would expect the soundbar to be able to achieve much louder level than the TV speakers. Next up after looking at the category and the average prices, we thought it would be good to take a look at the brand, Sony. Consider the brand. We’ll go into more detail in a moment about brand and whether Sony is your best option for Home cinema systems and sound bars. But the point here is just to make sure you’re factoring in brand when considering the quality of a product. Some brands will be better known for quality than others, and no doubt some of the much higher quality brands will attract a higher price for their products. Cinema mode features Sony's S-Force Front Surround technology, which applies processing to give the acoustic impression of a more encompassing sound stage. We find that standard audio modes tend to offer a more enjoyable listening experience, but, while it certainly is no replacement for surround sound, in this instance we'd choose the Cinema mode for almost all TV and film content. Compared with the rather drab Standard, high mids, including dialogue, have more presence, and there is a nice low-mid boost to give a dynamic sense of weight. We are immediately impressed by the improvement from the lifeless sound of our test TV’s built-in speakers. Streaming the opening scene of Unbroken from Netflix with the soundbar in Cinema mode, there's a tangible breadth to the soundstage as the planes fly past and dramatic contrast as we switch between locations within the aircraft.In these big, busy moments, dialogue can become lost, even with the enhancement mode activated, and it's fair to say that the delivery is a little muffled. That said, while extra clarity would be welcome, you won’t struggle to make sense of typical TV content. Of the 65 products in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category, 44 were more expensive than SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver and 15 were cheaper. Prices from Sony It's a problem because I am fairly sure that is not supposed to be the case. If the soundbar and TV were from different makers I could understand it but they are both Sony products and the HT-SF200 is listed as a Bravia Sync compatable item.