Vizio Elevate Soundbar Review - 1st Soundbar with ROTATING Speakers??

Does it have 4K pass through tho

In all honesty, I'm really interested in this system - but when I saw a wire coming from the woofer into the speakers which are intended to sit in the corners of a room, it was an immediate no buy from me. Not wireless when you need wires stretching an entire wall!

Instead of setting the speakers to the upward position set them to the “wide” setting to give the small surround speakers more of a kick. Use the set up button for this.

Hi Johan, I just purchased the Elevate and have it connected to my TCL Series 6 TV. All is (mostly) good with it. But A question I have for you wasn't addressed in your video. I have a Sonos Play Bar in my office and love having the ability to stream music from within the Sonos app from sources such as Pandora and a few others. How do I best accomplish streaming Pandora on the Video Elevate? Thoughts?

Does that LG tv even have eARC? 1080p??

What aren’t my speakers rotating when watching Atmos movies on shield with a LG C1?

Are you willing to sell for a decent price? I really want one but it’s just too expensive

Yes vizio app sucks

I have an older Vizio sound bar with Dolby Atmos, and something I found out, was the rear channel wiring was making the surround portion of the setup pretty weak. I found this issue on accident, when one of my cats chewed the cable that came with them… After replacing one cable with a monster cable, that Channel came to life in a big way! I quickly ordered a cable for the other side as the imbalance was extremely obvious.

This might be something to try with the elevate as it is very much a game changer in my opinion.

For the price, it's too gimmicky.

Does the speakers connect wirelessly with the subwo?

Straight Blast?

Great review buddy! Threw you a like.

Jonah, thank you for your videos. If you had the cash and could choose between this Visio or a Sonos Arc with subwoofer and Sonos One’s which would you choose? Also with the Sonos, do you have any concerns about it being fully app driven? In other words, if Visio went out of business tomorrow, the soundbar can be set up and fully configured with the remote and used for years. Sonos would become almost worthless once the app is dropped from the app store or was not updated for new operating systems. It could be used in it’s last configuration but the EQ levels and any changes would not be possible … thoughts?

I'm loving my elevate, but if anything you're underplaying how unreliable the app is.

Anyone know how to get this shipped into Uk

Wait why does my soundbar also need to connect to wifi? Just for the update? Can I disconnect it afterwards and it still work?

Dolby Atmos is a key selling point in the Vizio elevate 5.1.4. Along with a mediatek chipset and the adaptive height speakers, it seems quite impressive...

Rotating speakers blow my mind. Would love to have this mediatek powered device for my parties. Its so good in audio quality.

The rotating speakers actually work since I initially thought it was just a gimmick. The mediatek chipset is a good support platform for the device

Got the Elevate during the latest sale at Best Buy but I'm probably going to return it. It's kind of hard to live with popping noises in the speakers anytime we pause a program or advance in the program

Vizio 5.1 had the same problems. It seems to be common with them. Good sounds but software and pairing is just fair.

Wish I could get this in Canada.

Please compare this one and jbl 9.1

I have the VIZIO S4251w-B4 that I’ve had for years now, and it’s been a great sound bar. That said, it has a very similar remote with the display on it. This display faded over a short period of time and is completely useless after very little use. Just something to be aware about, although I will still probably buy this one as soon as I can find it for around 700 or so. Haven’t really looked yet...

FINALLY. someone who’s reviewed both the elevate AND the q950t (both units I’m deciding between.

Two questions-
Which one seems more future proof?
Overall for the cost of each which would you buy? Assuming you could get the sale on the elevate and the q950t is around $1500.

Soo how many of you actually found this soundbar for less than 999?

Well done

Sound test?
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is there any perfect sound-bar to buy?

This thing is as expensive as a very good 4k tv which is the hisense h9g

With 4k TV’s becoming more popular.. does it have 4k hdmi pass through?

Saw it for a grand I fell in love atmos rock's hopefully I will get it for cheaper I don't come around a thousand dollars so easy but I'm a home theater freak your awesome dude lucky wish I had this in my house I've gotten scammed with other soundbars just recently one 3.1.2 and another sucky Samsung so called 5.1 system was another 3.1 I took them back the very next day hopefully this banger will be the last soundbar I'll ever buy can't believe it has both dts x and atmos wow great review bro.

Jonah, I got this soundbar for $699 and it does sound really impressive but I'm still not sure if I've made the right decision. Do you think this soundbar competes with traditional home theaters? Even though the soundbar is very large I sometimes feel that it's sound stage is a bit narrow and I don't love how it sounds with music. Do you think that the Klipsch Reference Theater Pack 5.1 would be a better option? I figured that these speaker paired up with a decent receiver would cost about the same as the Elevate and I'm not sure how much I'm loosing by choosing the Vizio. Do you think the Vizio is on the same level? Or the Klipsch is far better?

They should have made it just a little bit wider and instead of putting the Atmos drivers on the ends have the main drivers at the end and the rotating section in between the left and right and center channels, that way the widest part of the sound stage is always at the edges of the bar when the Atmos drivers rotate.

Excellent video! One thing I don’t understand is women. Another thing I don’t understand is the surround speakers being wired to the subwoofer; where do you place them? Do they have crazy-long cords? Or are you meant to place the sub behind your listening position then mount the surrounds to the back wall? I’m not sold on “pseudo-Atmos”, with speakers angled up toward the ceiling to reflect down to the listener. It seems like a nice trick for those of us (me) without in-ceiling speakers. I think it would make more sense to lop-off the soundbar’s end speakers and mount them directly ON (not IN) the ceiling.

I’m developing a new approach to surround sound that may take a good deal more time, and the assistance of a sizeable manufacturer to develop some aspects, possibly a new format to function properly, but if I can pull it off, it’d be a serious game-changer! Of course, as my luck seems to run, someone else with the connections and resources will have my idea in stores before I get it up and running. If only I had a couple $ billion...

Great video! Take care dude!

Impressive sound bar and rendering too is flawless. How do you rate the yamaha yas 408 sound bar and wx 021 surround speakers, your take on it.

What sources of Dolby Atmos are there is there any Dolby Atmos content over the internet? How much Dolby Atmos Content really available & do I have to replace my TV if it only has HDMI arc & not HDMI eARC? I refuse to purchase any Digital content on DISK. -Big waste of money.

How loud are the "high volume levels"? It makes a big diference if it just 90db or if it is 120db.

I just bought this at the Best Buy store on Ebay. It said that it should be delivered by the 9th. I went to check it out at the actual store. The bar is much bigger than what I thought. The satellite speakers are bigger too. I have the Vizio 5.1.2. Have had it since Dec. of 2018. Great soundbar but this one sounded more clear and the bass was nice. I wish I could play with the controls with the demo at the store. Looks like a big step up from the 5.1.2. Can't wait. Thank you for the review. I've watched it like 5 times. ✌

Can it be mounted directly on the wall?

Do you have .flac audio files? Works like a charm for me.

Your review is what had me make my final decision. black friday deal was too good

Vizio is crap. Do not buy

So I'm confused about the hdmi 2.1. There's a big debacle on best buy website because a Vizio rep said something along lines of it's 2.0 18 gbps. Is it 2.1 or did Vizio rep misinterpret? Do you need to buy "premium" hdmi cable to get the full atmos sound if you have Earc on tv (One with ethernet or whatever) or does included hdmi cable suffice?

Any chance at reviewing the new m-series 2.1 soundbar from Vizio?? I've been scouring the internet but there's not a ton of information short of regular customer reviews.

The reason I ask is I recently purchased the Vizio 2.1 m21d-h8 m-series all-in-one soundbar and plan on giving it to my parents as a Christmas gift. Just about everything I've read suggests that it's a fantastic soundbar with some people suggesting it's about the best sound you can get for the price. I managed to grab a great black friday deal on it so I doubt there's any chance I'll regret my purchase, but I'd like to know what a true audiophile thinks of the sound quality.

Great review. I have the 5.1.2 system and it sounds amazing. Can’t really say how it compares to the system you’re reviewing. And no, you’re not alone when it comes to the app. It does the same for my system too and it’s very annoying.

Can you compare the JBL sb400 this is what I have and its the best sound bar I ever heard but im not sure how they compare 🤔