Samsung Sound Bar Hdmi Vs Optical

About 6 months ago, I purchased a sound bar for my TV, but found it would not work with the HDMI cable, but only the optical connection. After some reading, I found that the HDMI cable had to have ethernet. The improvement with the new cable is more than I expected. The sound stays at a reasonable level and does not require constant adjustment. The unit turns on and off with the cable remote, so I could retire the TV and soundbar controls. I am delighted to have these improvements at a minimal cost.

The sound is fantastic combined with my Samsung sound bar.

Excellent sound bar. Far exceeds my Samsung.

The new Arc, my thoughts: The ARC replaces the Soundbar and Soundbase, now with HDMI 2.1 and Dolby Atmos support, but is it worth it? The design of the bar is a matter of taste. I want to have an inconspicuous device which fits perfectly under my TV and Sonos delivers it. Design is not really important for me, like the sound, technic or compatibility Setting up the bar: just connect the bar with your TV at the HDMI (e)Arc port and power socket. The rest is be done by the Sonos App and really an easy setting up. After setup I highly recommend to to the true play, cause with the 3D Sound, also from above, the bar will be perfectly set to your room dimensions, also the height of the ceiling. Sound Experience : The sound of the bar is amazing with Dolby 5.1 and Atmos content! It´s a real masterpiece of engineering. I replaced the Soundbase with this bar and the sound is more fuller and roomfilling than the Base, which is also a real good Sonos product. But the bar is a even better. The bar on it´s own sounds really 3D. I normally use my 5.1 (now with the Bar 7.1.2) with the Sub and two Play 1 as rears (yes, they work perfectly as rears), but for normal TV, I often switch off the Sub and rears. Very often I had to check, if I really switched them off, cause the sound was so rich ans "sub-like" and also the behind channels were hearable without rears. Really Amazing this "virtual Sourround", the Front Stereo feeling was also realistic. I´m really impressed what Sonos constructed there. Neagative: The Bar is missing an HDMI Input which is really bad since most TV don´t have an eARC for uncompressed HD Sound, like blue ray or Apple TV. Dolby Digital+ over internal TV apps work very well and delivering ATMOS

Great Samsung sound bar latest technology easy to use

i love samsung. the tv the sound bar and my s22 phone all together.wow..

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We are loving our new Samsung Sound bar and subwoofer Speakers!! They deliver a depth of sound that you just simply can’t get from a big screen tv! My husband is a Samsung loyal customer and he wanted to add a some speakers to our living room tv. I actually didn’t think we needed these speakers but boy was I mistaken! The sounds that weren’t coming thru with just the tv is really shocking!! We were missing so much and I had no idea! I also like that it doesn’t take up much room for the amount of sound you get from just two speakers! These two Samsung speakers automatically optimize and calibrate to fit your space for the most accurate and clear sound. Scenes are analyzed in real time to pull out the most important audio based on the type of content. Just a few of the features these two Samsung speakers offer are: • 3.1 ch Wireless Dolby Atmos • Smart Integration • SpaceFit Sound Pro • Adaptive Sound • Game Mode Pro • Active Voice Amplifier I would definitely recommend Samsung brand sound bar and subwoofer to everyone!!

Great sound. Multiple connections are a plus, my Vizio’s HDMI ARC was dead, Optical works fine, and the Signa 2, comes with both cables.

I bought this unit for my AirBnB. With an HDMI cable I have a great picture monitor and with an optical cable, sound runs perfectly to an external bar. It's so easy to use and my guests can choose their own apps and utilize their own passwords to access their own media. It's perfect!

Easy to connect up to my TV, even thought its an antique w/o e-ARC HDMI. It has a optical port that handled that issue. It has the option to connect an external sub-woofer and a variety of sound settlings. I have it set to the basic stereo as its a bedroom TV, the sound is lightyears better than the TV speakers. I would buy again.