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VIZIO 5.1 M-Series Home Theater Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos - M51a-H
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May 26, 2022
jsal
5 out of 5 stars review

Sounds great! Easy install

After 10 years with a plain old basic soundbar & sub decided to go upscale with this Vizio. Install was easy right out of the box. Sound amazing. Can actually understand spoken words and sound effects come across as though you are right there.

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Sep 11, 2023
Carlss1
3 out of 5 stars review

Sound is excellent until

Sound is excellent until the rear speakers (surround) stop working. I rebooted, I repaired, plugged every port, just Vizio suggested to do. After more then a year they still stop working after 15 to 20 minutes.

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Can you give us some additional details about the issue you are experiencing? This is not typical so I would like to learn more so we can assist with troubleshooting. Please visit support.VIZIO.com and click on ‘Contact Us’. We’ve got agents ready to chat, text message, or speak with you on the phone. 

Aug 11, 2021
Lou11
5 out of 5 stars review

SOUNDS GREAT

Easy set up. Sounds great. Love it so far. I've only have had it for a day but so far no problems. Hopefully I won't have problems with the sound cutting out like some other reviewers have had.

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Jun 28, 2021
agbg2012
5 out of 5 stars review

Amazing for the price.

I was holding out for a Bose sound bar system but found this. A powerful sound system for am amazing price. I couldn’t believe it. The quality of the sound is as best as Bose maybe even better.

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Dec 2, 2021
Jay
2 out of 5 stars review

I just got CATFISHED

If you were to search this Vizio M51a-h6 on YouTube, you will how much they praise this “soundbar.” Yes, I was impress in the beginning. The only I had comparing to was the tv’s speaker. But overtime, the system ends up failing. From no sound playing to low volume. I had exchanged it once, thinking it was just a bad batch. Nope! Same thing happened to the new one. After being so frustrated with the Visio, I decided to look further. Low and behold! Saw Reddit blogs about problems with this Vizio M51a-h6. Sure enough, all the stuff mentioned in the blogs, I was experiencing. And several mentioned the sound bar not lasting more than a year. Whelp! I would buy a different brand.

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reply from VIZIO

Hello Jay, there are a variety of issues that could cause your sound bar to lose audio. It's difficult to say if the issue is your source device, your cable, or your sound bar. We'd be happy to help narrow down and diagnose and resolve your problem. Please visit support.VIZIO.com and click on ‘Contact Us’. We’ve got agents ready to chat, text message, or speak with you on the phone.

Jan 26, 2023
Bgyella
1 out of 5 stars review

Fluctuating volume

I bought this August 2022 and have been fighting volume fluctuations shortly after purchasing. It wouldn’t happen every time I used it so I thought it was the channel broadcast causing the problem. After about 6-8 weeks it started happening more often. I was outside the return window so I was stuck. I contacted Vizio and was told that I needed to provide them with my credit card so they could send me a refurb unit and a prepaid shipping label to replace it. I didn’t buy a refurb so I didn’t want a refurb. Well, they weren’t interested in replacing my unit with a new unit so I’m getting a refurb and I will put it on Facebook marketplace when it comes in. I love my older Vizio TVs but after this issue I’m done buying Vizio products.

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reply from VIZIO

Hello Bgyella, defects like this are extremely rare. In the event that an issue does happen, VIZIO strives to provide our customers with the award-winning service and support to ensure issues are handled as quickly and easily as possible. We appreciate that you reached out to us and gave us the opportunity to correct this unfortunate situation.

Apr 19, 2024
Chuck
5 out of 5 stars review

Great value!

Bought this Vizio soundbar on sale to match with our new Vizio TV. Fantastic system. I adjusted the settings with the sound are remote, and now I just use the TV remote alone. Great value and performance from Sam’s and Vizio. Time will tell, but so far so good.

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Sep 8, 2022
Papak
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Sound system

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Replaced an older Vizio sound system. Works and sounds great.

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Jun 25, 2022
beth b
5 out of 5 stars review

5.1 home theater

Once Vizio customer service sent me the thumb drive to do the updates it needed, it is great. great sound.

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Mar 15, 2021
MoraSings4U
5 out of 5 stars review

Great sound, easy to install. Perfect!!!

This is an extremely nice sounding soundbar and well worth the money. Easy setup! Will be buying another for the living-room:)

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