{"id":147086,"date":"2022-07-29T11:26:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T10:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=147086"},"modified":"2022-07-29T11:27:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T10:27:36","slug":"vizio-ups-the-ante-by-cutting-prices-on-soundbars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/vizio-ups-the-ante-by-cutting-prices-on-soundbars\/","title":{"rendered":"Vizio ups the ante by cutting prices on soundbars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vizio, A well-known manufacturer of budget AV equipment has introduced a new line of entry-level soundbars M-Series, which will be released in 2022-2023. The included M-Series Elevate (a cheaper version of the Elevate soundbar) sells for $799 in the US, although it has a 5.1.2 configuration, swivel height speakers, supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, comes with wireless surround speakers and a subwoofer, reproducing bass down to 45 Hz.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VIZIO-5.1.4-Channel-Soundbar-with-Wireless-Subwoofer-Dolby-Atmos-and-Voice-Assistant-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"VIZIO 5.1.4-Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer, Dolby Atmos and Voice Assistant\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VIZIO-5.1.4-Channel-Soundbar-with-Wireless-Subwoofer-Dolby-Atmos-and-Voice-Assistant-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VIZIO-5.1.4-Channel-Soundbar-with-Wireless-Subwoofer-Dolby-Atmos-and-Voice-Assistant-800x370.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VIZIO-5.1.4-Channel-Soundbar-with-Wireless-Subwoofer-Dolby-Atmos-and-Voice-Assistant-1080x499.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VIZIO-5.1.4-Channel-Soundbar-with-Wireless-Subwoofer-Dolby-Atmos-and-Voice-Assistant-770x356.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VIZIO-5.1.4-Channel-Soundbar-with-Wireless-Subwoofer-Dolby-Atmos-and-Voice-Assistant-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VIZIO-5.1.4-Channel-Soundbar-with-Wireless-Subwoofer-Dolby-Atmos-and-Voice-Assistant-2048x947.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VIZIO 5.1.4-Channel Soundbar with Wireless Subwoofer, Dolby Atmos and Voice Assistant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An even more sensational model in the series is the M-Series All-In-One, a 2.1 soundbar with a suggested price of $199.\u00a0Immersive Dolby Atmos and DTS:X audio playback is provided through DTS:X Virtual processing.\u00a0There are only 4 speakers: two broadband front speakers and a pair of woofers.<\/p>\n<p>Switching capabilities and voice control &#8211; like the model M-Series Elevate.\u00a0Both models should go on sale in the US before the end of July.\u00a0According to foreign experts, this should worry Sonos &#8211; its comparable models (for example, Sonos Arc) are more expensive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vizio, A well-known manufacturer of budget AV equipment has introduced a new line of entry-level soundbars M-Series, which will be released in 2022-2023. The included M-Series Elevate (a cheaper version of the Elevate soundbar) sells for $799 in the US, although it has a 5.1.2 configuration, swivel height speakers, supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, comes [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/vizio-ups-the-ante-by-cutting-prices-on-soundbars\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":147088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-147086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}