Sony BRAVIA Theatre Bar 8 7Ch All-In-One Bluetooth Soundbar

Game changing set up

Amazing picture and very speedy Apps the Sony App 10 movie. Credit on super stream is awesome on UHD

Dunningboio

Great sound

I bought this recently, and the sound quality is fantastic. I’m really happy with my purchase!

Anonymous738549

Exceptional product

Great product , great deal with soundbar included. Upgraded from Bravia 5 series which is now on my son’s bed room wall. Could not be more pleased, even better picture and soundbar adds to the amazing sound quality. Would definitely recommend this product and no hesitation in giving it a 5 star rating. Excellent

Geordiemad

Great

Happy with sound and finish, it’s a great subwoofer.

Jank5

In hindsight, probably not the best choice

This is a well built sound bar that definitely improves the sound from the TV speakers of my Sony Bravia 8 alone. However the sound bar lacks bass and like many users I decided to add the SA-SW3 sub-woofer to give more depth, and it certainly does. It is an expensive option though, buying both speakers. I'm building my sound system in stages as I evaluate each component to decide what I need, if anything, next. I am looking forward to adding the rear speakers that I think will enhance things even more, but it will keep adding to the cost. In hindsight, it might have been better to pick a fully functional surround system from a different manufacturer at the outset. The other thing to note is the setup. The sound bar installed very easily just by connecting the supplied HDMI lead and power cord. I could hear the bar clearly, but the problem came when adding the sub-woofer. It's a blue-tooth device and although Sony say that it should be recognised by the sound bar automatically in most cases, mine wasn't, even after pressing the "pairing" button on the back of the unit. I tried the next option to pair manually. According to Sony, I need to press the "Home" button on the sound bar remote control to bring up the settings and pairing menu. Unfortunately the remote control supplied has no such button and I was unable to bring up the menu. After a bit more research, I discovered how to do it through the Bravia Connect App on my smart phone. The process involves giving the speaker access to my home broadband network so that it could recognise the sound bar. It didn't do that immediately, because the sound bar wasn't on the network either. I didn't realise I had to do that. After quite a complicated process, involving software updates, with both units connected in, the sub-woofer paired immediately and all worked fine, with a beautiful atmospheric bass. I was left wondering how a user would do this if they didn't have a smart phone? I think in general, this system requires a bit of "tech savvy" to get it working when adding other components.

John412, 65 or over, Essex

Great feature on the fire place

All good would buy again

Bart 1, 65 or over

Impressive Bravia Soundbar

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Sony Bravia Theatre 8 Bar arrived it was in a big box and it was heavy when l open it, it had the remote control cables and a wall mounting brackets and also was a pair of small feet for the soundbar to sit on it you don’t want to wall mount it and all, To install and set up this soundbar l needed to download the Bravia Connect App available via the App Store or the Play Store, and it very easy to install and set-up within just a few clicks due to it being Bluetooth and WiFi and with an impressive 495 Watts of RMS power output, Now to the sound of this impressive soundbar, its very clear and very sharp from the 11 speakers this soundbar has the sound goes out in all directions front, top, and sides the bass that comes from this soundbar is very impressive which comes from its Quad Woofer.

James, Birmingham West Midlands

Excellent

I bought this as a Replacement for my Denon Soundbar which I had about 6 Years as I wanted the latest Dolby Atmos I am very Pleased with my Purchase. Excellent

James52

Theatre bar lifts my tv experience enormously WOW!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My BRAVIA theatre bar 8 is the best thing since a wide screen tv was made , at home I can now easily understand all dialog which was a struggle due to my advanced years, much clearer to understand sound

fixit9, Cardiff

Lightweight, simple to setup and great audio

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] When the box arrived I couldn't wait to open it and set it up. I thought it wouldn't be easy but having discovered with other Sony Products I was pleasantly surprised. I first had to re-arrange my HDMI inputs on my Sony TV as the soundbar needed to use a EARC HDMI socket and I had my Cable TV box connected to it. Unpacking was fairly straight forward and contained everything needed to connect the Sound Bar to the TV. I particularly liked the dimple on the box for visually impaired people so they could get where the QR code was for downloading the APP. Putting it all together and TV detecting and downloading the extra piece of software it needed took no time at all. The sound bar works with everything connected to the TV, turns on and off with the box even though a seperate remote control is provided. There is also a separate HDMI in on the bar should you require an extra one since your taking one up on the TV. Loading the APP takes you through a sequence of events including setting up your listening space based on acoustics in your room. A warning would have been nice when the loud popping sounded across each speaker but the whole process was over quickly. The sound stage is brilliant and has really enhanced not only listening to standard cable TV but also DVDs and streaming services through the TV. A nice overall self contained sound bar with big sound. Only criticism is that it comes with two wooden feet which re aimed at raising it across the TV stand legs but were too short in this case so bar rested on TV stand. Im surprised at this oversight as they were part of the Sony TV installation. The sound bar does come with wall brackets should you choose to wall mount. A great edition to have to improve even more on the Sony TV sound.

davecres, Walsall, West Midlands