MAJORITY Sierra Plus | Dolby Atmos 2.1.2 Bluetooth Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer | 400W Up-Firing Surround Sound System For 3D Audio Home Theatre | USB, AUX, Optical, RCA & 3x HDMI | Custom EQ

I was searching for a way to enhance my TV listening experience. I had an expensive 6 speaker surround sound system in the past but technology had moved on with the introduction of Dolby Atmos for the home. I didnt want the room to be full of speakers & wanted something easy to set up with less wires. A sound bar is the most convenient & practical option. For those not too familiar with the Majority brand they are a UK company that produce a number of very good value home entertainment items. . This model ticked the boxes for me. 1/ It supported Dolby Atmos, the recognised cinema standard now gaining popularity on home streaming services. 2/ A variety of connection options including Bluetooth streaming to pair with my echo/phone. 3/ A wireless subwoofer for enhanced bass & convenient placement. Amazon delivery was super speedy & all items were well packaged. It came with the remote (2 AA batteries needed) audio cable & a power lead. This may be a little short for some depending on placement but is standard 2 pin type so very easy to get a longer one if required. The Subwoofer lead is built in, not an issue they work best placed near a wall. Both are well made and substantial & the Sound bar is just under a metre wide. Handy brackets are also supplied for wall mounting . CONNECTION! CONNECTION!! CONECTIONS!!! It’s imperative to have the right connection(s) & a number of very useful option are available . Independent analogue & digital audio is catered for via 3.5mm jack & a toslink optical input. I tried both methods & the sound was crisp & clear. Bluetooth streaming from my phone was also excellent with a good range & strong connection. For best quality A/V however HDMI is100% the way to go! You may connect 2 devices this way DIRECT to the Sierra plus. Then simply connect another hdmi lead from the sound bar output to your TV hdmi input (arc if possible). Viola! You now have access to the wonderful world of Dolby Atmos. I connected a fire TV stick 4k max & PC to test the Atmos capabilities. Firing up demos on the PC & Atmos encoded titles on streaming services like Prime or Netflix was super impressive producing a stunningly detailed & realistic experience . The multi speaker array with upward firing speakers really took things to the next level. The subwoofer paired automatically & really does add to the experience, the impact is often spectacular believe me! The combo produced an incredibly rich & vivid sound stage, offering great clarity, a real treat for the ears! The 400w setup ensures there is PLENTY of power. PLEASE NOTE: Source equipment & content must be Atmos capable to experience the full effect. However even with my older equipment (freeview) on content that is not currently Atmos capable, you experience quality surround sound & so viewing pleasure is greatly enhanced. On a side note I am a bit of an audiophile & fired up Amazon HD Music & was impressed with the capability to produce full 192 kHz HI RES audio range. I was greeted by a very engaging sound with absorbing bass response. My advice turn the treble down a notch or 2 for music as it has been tuned more with A/V in mind. So yes with sound for vision it really shines but for music it will likely satisfy all but the most discerning listeners. Ok It’s not quite perfect, ideally I would have liked more options to tweak stuff like the led display, standby mode & eq presets but these are really very minor issues. Most importantly it really delivers on the major one, SOUND!!! Lucky enough to grab while on special offer with a discount voucher. I would give more than 5 stars for value if possible! To conclude, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for those wanting a powerful good quality & forward thinking (ATMOS) convenient surround sound setup that is suitable for even large rooms without breaking the bank.

I bought this sound system to compliment my Sky Glass which although having Dolby Atmos speakers and a moderate amount of base, just didn't output sound I was comfortable with unless at higher volume levels. as someone with moderate to severe hearing loss, full sound and clarity are important to me, so when I saw the price and from a trusted brand I've had dealings with before, I knew this would be a winning combination for me. I'm very pleased with my bar, not only was it easy to set up out the box, but my Sky Glass identified and started working with it immediately without issue and listening to the much improved room filling sound was nothing short of incredible. The up-firing speakers projected the Dolby Atmos movie I was watching floorlessly and the improved base from the sub was powerful without being overpowering. The handy remote lets you customise base and treble to your liking, and the dedicated pre-set buttons for music, movie and news/dialog boost and 3d make an impactful difference to the sound you get. A minor niggle I've had with other bar products is that the remotes for these often used circular flat batteries, so I was pleased to find standard AAA batteries of which I have an ample supply were all I needed and are my personal preference. The bar itself is quite big, both in its length and girth. so if mounting on a tabletop stand make sure you have plenty of space around your TV for good airflow, similarly the sub is best placed in the corner of the room where the mesh covered woofer is on the right hand side. If I were going to find a niggle with this bar, it would be the length of time it takes to power on. This is particularly noticeable when using modes other than TV ARC, it takes at least 5 seconds to power on and about 15 to connect to my phone from a powered off state. Once connected via Bluetooth, sound is excellent and the connection stable. There are other HDMI ports on this bar for connecting external devices, however I have not experimented with these so far and there is also digital optical and line in for those needing them. All in all, thoroughly impressed, good value for money, another winner from Majority.

I bought this to replace an old Sony system that has served me well for 12 years but I wanted to go down the HDMI ARC / Dolby Atmos route which wasn’t possible with the old unit and this was well priced on Prime Day too. Anyway, this setup came well packed in a large box and setting up was straight forward, easy bloke stuff. I was very impressed with the bar itself, it feels very solid and looks good though the LED display is slightly dated. The sub isn’t quite as impressive and bit of a plain Jane and I'm not at all keen on the cheap and flimsy remote either – more on that later. Reading reviews, it was unclear which was the best route for cabling as I have two devices (a Sky Q box and a PS5 that I wanted to feel the benefit of my new kit. The instructions advised connecting those devices to HDMI1 and HDMI2 of the soundbar then connecting that to the TV via HDMI ARC. This is easy enough to do but you then have to rely on the clunky Majority remote to switch between inputs and there is no auto switching. I therefore connected the PS5 and Sky box directly to the TV as before and after a lot of comparison decided I could hear no difference in sound output probably helped by the fact helped by the fact that the TV is only a year old (OLED LG for the record). It appears 50:50 on the YouTubers which is the best way to go so you can make you own mind up but if you have you have no external devices to connect you don’t have that decision to make. Ultimately I think the difference is negligible to the untrained ear and cabling it to the TV is a more elegant solution for me and I can forget about the Majority remote. I then that found that the soundbar is NOT compatible with the Sky Q remote – the manufacturer just doesn’t appear in the list of compatible devices. A mail to Majority was promptly replied to but of no use - the guy just gave me a code to input but you can’t do that with Sky Q and I’m sure they know that. Pretty weak support and had I known beforehand I couldn’t control the volume with my Sky remote I would most likely not have purchased this unit. As it was, I managed to programme my LG magic remote to control the volume and Sky channels but obviously full Sky functionality isn’t there. However I can now turn everything on with one button press on the (Sky) remote and turning off the TV with the LG remote turns off the soundbar too. Sound is very good though, speech especially is really clear even on movie mode which I mostly leave it in and I need to use subtitles a lot less these days. It isn’t quite room filling but gets there and greatly enhances dramas and movies when the music kicks in without becoming overbearing and for the money spent is a massive upgrade on the TV speakers.

Firstly the pros. It sounds really great. You won't be disappointed with the way it sounds. When the source is a Dolby Atmos title, the sound quality is incredible. It's important to manage expectations with respect to how sounds will bounce around your room to create a surround sound stage effect. A single bar will not be as effective as a true surround setup with multiple physical satellite speakers. The trade-off is simplicity of the system though. Having said that, I can't imagine that any other similar soundcard + subwoofer combo could perform better than this. The audio is absolutely crystal clear. The bass is tight and without a hint of distortion. Overall when watching an Atmos movie, a soundstage is projected that is immersive and room filling without sounding echoey or processed. You really won't be disappointed with how it sounds. It's really very, very good. The system is also easy to connect. The subwoofer connected out of the box without having to do anything. A single HDMI cable connects the TV to the soundbar HDMi (ARC) socket and that's it. ARC also allows the TV remote to control the soundbar audio as a bonus. The build looks as feels like quality so you are unlikely to be disappointed with this. Other reviews reported that the LED display didn't switch off. Happily, this isn't the case. The LED indicator goes off after about 8 seconds of changing the volume level. Important to not distract while viewing. Now the negatives. Really there's only one. I can see that other reviewers returned the product after failing to establish Atmos output. In actual fact, the soundbar is totally capable of reproducing Atmos. But to illustrate the issue, I can summarise my own experience. I spent far too long playing Dolby Atmos test videos directly from the YouTube app on my Android TV. I could not ever get the bar to display the Atmos indication. I changed every audio setting on my TV but just couldn't get it to show. It was only some time later that I found out from a forum, that the YouTube app does not output Dolby Atmos, no matter the video title. Once I was aware of this, I was able to move on and did indeed get Atmos payback from multiple titles via other apps. This is not a fault of the system though, rather a limitation of YouTube. However, the instruction manual is very poor with respect to how the Atmos signal is carried. Some of the text appears to be a poor translation that is often contradictory and sometimes impossible to decipher. For example, it seems to say that Atmos can't be carried via the HDMI ARC socket or optical input. However it does in fact work fine via the HDMI ARC socket. The second aspect of this is that the words 'Dolby Atmos' are supposed to scroll across the front when an Atmos title starts playing. In reality, usually nothing displays at all. This is probably by design to minimise distraction during viewing. But if there was a button on the remote that would briefly force the displaying of the input format, it would make troubleshooting so much easier than working in the dark. I found a workaround though. If you bump the volume +/- 1 notch, that will cause the display to illuminate. Then when you start playback, the input format will display briefly 'Dolby Atmos', 'Dolby Surround' etc. It's not ideal but it helps. The good news is that you should only have to verify this one time to be sure your playback device has the correct settings to pass Atmos. After that won't be an issue. In fact it's probably best to not display this at every start of playback because it would become distracting. I haven't deducted a star despite the issue with the manual and lack of a button to display the playback audio format because these don't affect everyday enjoyment of the system once setup. As a system, it does an incredible job of reproducing a full on cinema audio experience. You won't find another soundbar with up firing Atmos drivers at this price point.

Short review Just buy it, you will not be disappointed! Design, ease of use and sound quality are all exemplary. This is simple plug and play, really easy to setup and use. It works straight out of the box, delivering superb sound regardless of the content you are watching or listening to. In a world where there are too many options and information overload, this soundbar just delivers and punches well above its price bracket. If you are not sure, I would say go for it. You will not be disappointed! Well done Majority. Long review I have been long overdue an upgrade and after hearing Dolby Atmos in store and in the cinema, I really wanted to get it home. Once you've heard the object based audio from Dolby Atmos, you really feel like you're missing something. When this soundbar came up on Amazon it looked like a steal. Not many Dolby Atmos enabled soundbars for this sort of money especially considering a separate subwoofer is included. I've had experience of two Internet radios from Majority, and they were absolutely amazing, so this was no brainer for me. Design The design is really impressive for the price. I wasn't expecting such a quality finish when I got it out of the box. The blend of metal, gloss plastic and matt plastic makes you feel like Majority put some real effort into the design. Gloss plastic attracts fingerprints and masses of dust, but it also looks beautiful. This gloss has been incorporated so nicely into the design, framing/higlighting the edges and ends. It looks superb, yet they've minimised the use of it to all the right places. I wouldn't call this a slender soundbar, at 81mm tall, but the blend of materials used means it looks perfectly proportioned. Trust me, you're going to want to show this thing off. The subwoofer is surprisingly light and compact. You can make out the 6.5cm woofer behind the fabric and there is a glossy port at the front. Design wise, it is more simple than the soundbar, perhaps a little bland. However, most people will have it tucked away anyway, so this isn't a big deal. Connections The soundbar has AC power input, 2x HDMI in, 1x ARC, 1X Optical, 1x AUX and 1x USB. It also has Bluetooth connectivity. I think that should have everyone covered. The sub has a hardwired power cable, wps button and a USB socket (for updates). Majority seem to be thinking long term support here... Don't think I've seen a sub that can be updated before! Items Included Soundbar, subwoofer, remote, power cable, RCA cable, 2x wall mount brackets, screws and wall anchors. All accessories are quality. An RCA aka phono cable is included, which is a nice touch. The remote is nicely balanced and ergonomic. Buttons are super clicky, a real joy to use. Setup/Useability This was super easy. Plugged the soundbar into the mains. Connected the optical cable. Plugged the subwoofer into the mains. Turned on the soundbar, it came to life and automatically connected to the subwoofer. Brilliant! No messing about to connect the sub. Even the TV and Sky remote could control the volume out of the box; no codes to mess about with here! This is plug and play baby!! Initial Use I was a little underwhelmed by the initial performance. Don't get me wrong, it was great quality, but it felt flat. Perfect for music, but it just didn't have the energy required for TV watching. I adjusted the bass and treble settings, but it just sounded boxed in and nasally :( I decided to run the soundbar in. I left it playing music at a fairly loud level for a solid 8 hours. Sound was definetely better but still not quite there. I gave in and decided to go online and look at the instruction manual. This was so easy by the way and the manual is well written, clear and concise! Aparently Dolby Atmos can only be experienced over the HDMI interface. I plugged in the Sky 1TB box and enabled the settings on the Sky box. My god was I blown away. A complete transformation. AND this was without Dolby Atmos content!! That boxed in and nasally output completely disappeared. The sound was bright, open and gave a real sense of space. Let's get into the technical details: Sound Quality Majority have spent some real time on tuning the preset EQs. There are four in total; Music, News, Movies and 3D. Thankfully the overkill rock, pop, dance, hip/hop EQs doesn't exist here and all the better for it (god that was 90's!). Each one is tuned perfectly to what you are viewing, only a single press of the button is required. You can also tweak bass and treble to your liking directly on the remote. Typical Majority, clear and straightforward. The surround 3D preset is very effective at creating realistic surround effects when watching TV or movies. Even if you aren't watching Dolby atmos content, this setting is superb at tricking your senses into thinking there are surround speakers around the room. I literally sat there, glued to the TV wanting to try more and more content. Switching to Dolby Atmos content, I noticed the soundbar recognised this when Dolby Atmos was scrolling on the soundbar display. The clarity and realism of sounds is bonkers, I felt like the sounds were surrounding me. Its like from going Standard Definition TV to 4K for your ears. Watching Kobra Kai, you can feel the punches/kicks during a flight scene with subwoofer delivering some very low frequencies with real gusto. Yet the system can also handle the highs from quiet scenes with clarity I have not experienced at home. Something like a door handle being opened or sausages sizzling on a BBQ sound just like the real thing. This soundbar isn't a one trick pony either. It handles music with serious aplomb. I listen to all types of genres, and everything sounded brilliant. From the fast beats of dance music, to slow deep reggae, to the delicate and energetic nature of classical music, everything was delivered perfectly. I recommend the music EQ here because it is likely how the music artist intended it to sound; balanced. I tried the 3D setting for music and this was really fun. Emulating surround sound, it felt like I was there listening to the music live. Sound comes from all directions. Vocals felt like they were coming from the front and instruments came from all around, even above. You can almost make each individual instrument. An absolute aural orgasm. Listening to some classical music (Spring 1), you can really appreciate the fantastic separation from each of the channels on this soundbar. You can hear left and right channels working independantly, and the two upward firing channels providing a sense of space that you can not imagine. The 3D EQ starts to show its limits at high volume settings 20+, specifically with music with vocals. You begin to hear some processing in the vocals. However, keep the volume under 20 and it is fine. Oh, let's not forget about the subwoofer.....this is ridiculously powerful. A wolf in sheep's clothing. It provides that bum shaking rumble when watching films. You can really feel it resonate through your backside and into your chest. If powerful bass isn't your thing, levels can easily be adjusted. A tip.. The news mode reduces the bass output considerably, so this might be useful for late night watching. If you want super stealth mode, you can even turn off the wolf at the mains, the soundbar continues to deliver quality audio. You can really push the volume up to uncomfortable levels, however the soundbar and sub both stay composed with no distortion or noticeable clipping. Only past volume level 30 do the soundbar and sub become a little unbalanced in their frequency crossover, but I think listening past this level will be uncomfortable for many! Some poor quality drivers can only deliver quality in a narrow band e.g. sitting directly in front. Thankfully Majority seem to have specified higher quality drivers here. Sound quality stays consistent in a 140deg field in front of the soundbar. Perfect for covering multiple bums in various seats. Unfortunately nothing can be perfect and this leads me onto some negatives. The LCD display behind the grill can't be turned off. It does dim down to a perfectly acceptable level, but would be nice to have the option to turn it off. It also remains on in standby displaying " - - ". Maybe a future update might sort this? The height of the soundbar is 81mm. If your TV is low lying (Sony and LG!) and sat on a bench, you may find it obscures the view slightly if placed in front of the TV. This was the case for me, but I am due to wall mount my TV, so this won't be an issue. The subwoofer can struggle a little with its tightness and control when listening to music with a fast succession of beats at high volume levels of 25+. However, I don't think many will even notice this, and considering that the subwoofer is tuned perfectly for TV/Film content, this would be asking for too much. Summary I have used this soundbar daily for the last 18 days (since the 2nd Jan 2022) and I absolutely love it. I have put it through it paces both with visual content and also hours earth shattering music; it keeps on delivering. I switched back to the old sound bar as a comparison, and there is none. The old £500 soundbar has been given away. Yes there are a few niggles, but this is nit picking in what I think is otherwise a well rounded and phenomenal audio product. You will not be dissapointed. Majority should be proud of what they've accomplished here, especially at this price point. I would snap one up before Majority realise they've got the price wrong on this one. Thumbs up! 5/5!

I bought this in order to compliment my new LG OLED Dolby Atmos TV. In short, the one feature that was lacking was the provision of Dolby Atmos surround sound, which ultimately caused me to return this product. The sound is certainly substantial in my opinion, but I quickly realised that 400 watts of RMS power was too much for my space. This would have been somewhat acceptable had I have been able to hear Atmos sound at a relatively low volume, but I had to crank up the volume in order for the up-firing drivers to be able to bounce sufficient sound off my ceiling. Even then, the result, as far as ATMOS goes, as opposed to just surround or 'echoey' sound, was pretty poor to say the least. I was ultimately disappointed. However, for the £229 that I paid for this, had I have simply wanted a decent soundbar with subwoofer, this would have more than been sufficient and good value for money. Another nail in this soundbar's coffin, at least from my experience of course, came from the fact that this soundbar negates any sound settings that you may wish to use on your TV. I'd already known this, if I recall, from reviews I'd read before purchase, but after trying out the soundbar, I realised how much I actually liked to use the LG's AI Sound Pro setting and technology which allegedly 'intelligently' adjusts the outputted sound setting depending upon the input signal and genre, etc. I generally did enjoy the generic sound that this setting gave me, without having to keep switching setting depending on what I was inputting. However, as already mentioned, this Majority soundbar nullifies whatever the TV has set and overrides it with its own single setting, which SHOULD, at least, include Dolby Atmos sound... especially when the words "Dolby Atmos" are proudly displayed and promoted on the front-right of the soundbar! In order for me to have decided to keep this soundbar, I should at least have sunken to a sound-starved low every time I switched from 'HDMI out' to 'TV speaker' mode, but I simply didn't. My Dolby Atmos TV has four built-in 10 watt drivers and these were comparatively, even surprisingly good, especially as I cranked up the volume more and more, which is exactly what I had to do with the Majority sounbar in order to get any kind of 'surround sound' experience. However, once I'd witnessed that the surround sound being produced by my TV alone was 'better', at least to my non audio-expert ears, I'd pretty much decided that this £229 outlay was effectively wasted on a product promoting Dolby Atmos surround sound. Another important point to note here is that, as per the soundbar's manual, the words "Dolby Atmos" should scroll across the display once a similar signal is detected. After clearly inputting one Dolby Atmos signal after another from my Netflix 4K account and via my Dolby Atmos TV, NOT ONCE, according to both display and sound, was the signal recognised by Majority's soundbar as being a Dolby Atmos one. This was a killer blow for this soundbar, which didn't recover from this knockout punch. I mean, if the manual clearly states THIS, but you get NOTHING, that ain't good salesmanship and can't possibly help to persuade the wise and detail-oriented buyer (me) that this is even a good-value Dolby Atmos sound system. I am fully aware, from my research, that the Majority Sierra 2.1.2 400 W soundbar and subwoofer is the company's first 'attempt' (a very accurate word IMHO) at designing and building a Dolby Atmos-supporting soundbar. Had they omitted, in hindsight of course, every mention of "Dolby Atmos" from their advertising, and definitely decided NOT to clearly display the same words on the front of the soundbar, then I feel that the Sierra would probably sell better, and would better serve and satisfy people who are looking to buy a good-value, 400-watt soundbar and subwoofer. In this consideration, the system would be hard to beat! But, I bought the Majority Sierra as a Dolby Atmos-enhancing sound system, according to its promotion, but it failed. Even YouTube reviews of this product, I noted, did not show the displaying of the words "Dolby Atmos" scrolling on the soundbar, so were also poor in their attempt to promote this system is a Dolby Atmos one! The very words "Dolby Atmos" should not be confused with merely "surround sound" and definitely not with "echoey sound". In conclusion to my non-expert review of this product, it should be noted that I personally feel that the Majority Sierra 2.1.2 400 Watt Dolby Atmos Soundbar / Wireless Subwoofer does not perform as a Dolby Atmos sound system. I do, however, feel that it performs very well as a 400 Watt sound system for its price... but you don't generally buy a branded product (Dolby Atmos) if you're not interested in that branding! I feel somewhat disappointed in the British company that Majority is that tried to or did produce a Dolby Atmos soundbar at the RRP price of £299. Yes, they are undercutting the majority (no pun untended) of their competition, BUT to the detriment, in my opinion, of Dolby Atmos sound output! In this respect then, I feel that the company is deceiving, or even hoping to deceive, their intended customer base regarding the promotion of this product. I hereby apologise in advance to Majority for my outspoken thoughts, but I have good ears and they do not lie to me. After all, I am a customer - and a technical one at that (electronics trained) - and yet I was left dissatisfied and disappointed with this product which, in my entitled opinion as a reviewing customer, did not hold true to what it should be promoting and therefore what it should be capable of... Dolby Atmos. I think I have hammered my point home enough. If you, a potential customer considering the Majority Sierra, do not expect nor have a need for Dolby Atmos-producing sound output, but instead want a value-for-money, 400 Watt soundbar and wireless subwoofer with a quality build... yes, a good quality build in metal, then the Sierra just might be what you are looking for. If you want a Dolby Atmos-producing soundbar and subwoofer, I personally advise you to extend your budget and consider other Dolby Atmos-capable systems which also come from companies with more years of experience in this area of design and manufacture. I personally feel that I let my new OLED Dolby Atmos TV down by considering pairing it with Majority's 'flagship' model. Maybe this product is currently being offered at a whopping 23% discount (£229) for an obvious reason, maybe not. This will be a bargain for some, maybe most, but a likely disappointment for the specific and knowledgeable buyers. Finally, as a proud Brit, I sincerely wish Cambridge-based Majority all the best for their future designs, products... and their marketing strategies.

Sit down - get a cuppa this is a long one...(For a summary scoot down to the bottom) Firstly - Be in to get this delivered - its a beast of a box (the picture shows it) but its very sympathetically packaged. Give yourself some time to get the feel of it.. you won’t set this up in 5 mins - it’s not hard just requires thought. We set it up in the kitchen first to give it a try. (Hence the tea cosy backdrop!) Plugged in...and it wakes up with a nice Welcome message - takes about 10-12 secs to wake up fully. The Wireless Subwoofer was a dream - turn on... and it connected seamlessly (Top marks!) On the back is ARC, HDMI1 and HDMI2 - Now this was extremely important for us (more later) Its a big bar.. its almost 50mm high and my Sony TV has a low profile... so I had to create a foot for the back of the TV to make it stand above it.. That’s not a negative. The unit comes with mounting brackets for a wall - nice touch. Initial test with Bluetooth.. Blimey!!! I love my music and enjoy Vinyl still so I have a bit of an ear for good. So we were playing 320Kb/s MP3s It resolved Sting's "Fragile" really well - all the instruments and there is a subtle bass note that is just "there" - cant explain it other than just beautifully resolved. Jimmy Buffets "Its 5 o’clock somewhere" had us rocking around the kitchen in search of a cool beer! WOW Onward to install. Now take your time here - There are no optical or HDMI cables* included which is a shame but easily resolved. The back of the unit has the necessary inputs (picture) - SO hooked the TV HDMI1(ARC) to ARC port. Now heres the good bit.. I plugged my BT TV Hard Drive recorder box into HDMI1 - and the relatively cheap Samsung Blu-ray player to HDMI2 - WELL this works for me! Away we go. Takes a few mins to work this through - TV can use the ARC, The BT box press HDMI1 and Bluray HDMI 2 The Subwoofer is close the other side of the room (still experimenting) but as its wireless so long as its near a power socket its no issue. Sound from standard TV the sound is rich, full - my partner who used to struggle a lot with film sounds rarely uses the subtitles now except for badly mixed ones. The reason for the review title - We were watching the BBC series "The Tourist" - and in one episode a cafe unexpectedly blew up.. And we both jumped - and looked at each other and said "wow". To start with my experience with the Blu-ray player was poor - but then I twigged "Have I got the sound output right" as there are multiple streams both in the disc AND the player. Selecting Atmos stream in Game of Thrones made no difference UNTIL I tweaked the settings in the PHYSICAL player itself from just a basic output to a more native one and let the bar do the work. Powered up GoT Season 5 disk 1 that has an ATMOS intro. - ATMOS Scrolled across the soundbar for a moment - so I knew we were getting the right stream.. The only words are AWESOME. For such a relatively wallet friendly bar this just blew us away again. Its powerful and fills the room - some of the battle scenes are almost brutal! And I've got a series of discs lined up to test... Star wars etc etc I popped in Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds in Concert 2006 - and my wife came in and said "That sounds amazing".. SO its a BIG TICK! In summary - PROS - its amazing... its big, its meaty and it resolves sounds really really well. Fully functional, looks lovely sounds awesome and integrates well Cons - the manual is online (green!) but a bit basic - and there is no optical or HDMI* cable. * I will admit my HDMI I used came from £1land... and it works! So my honest opinion is that it will be a firm favourite in the house. The Atmos sound is pretty incredible as those disks/sources become more available I think we will reap the benefits more and more. WELL DONE Majority for a well presented, entertaining and special product. You have my vote - For those of you thinking about it - I would really consider this as a good alternative to some of the other extreme priced ATMOS bars. June 2023 - update STILL loving this device - its part of our listening chemistry. And now we have enabled the Dolby Surround on the BT TV box - its just a DREAM to listen to. I'd endorse this product every day.

I've had this soundbar for nearly a year. So I've watched a lot and fiddled about with the settings. Firstly there's no dts , dolby digital or dolby digital plus. It has dolby surround which was intended to make two or three channel speakers into surround sound. This is very dissapointing. Dolby atoms doesn't work great, there's not enough sound strength from the upfiring speakers to get them to bounce of the celling. I have a low celling aswell . The soundbar struggles with higher frequency sounds . There's no tweeters on it to help with this. 3d sound is too bassy , you can adjust the bass and treble but this just offsets the rest of the sound. Surround sound effect is none existent it's fully frontal sound . Dialogue is very clear . Movie mode works best. I can't tell the difference from the tv speakers when I have the soundbar on without the subwoofer. If your wanting a good dolby atoms experience forget about this one . But overall its loud with clear enough dialogue, music sounds great aswell . I wish they engineered the speakers properly and perhaps added tweeters instead of the useless upfiring ones . Also it has an auto shut of after 20 mins which is annoying if you pause the tv .