Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Hisense HS205 2.0ch Sound Bar, 60W, Roku TV ready, Enhance TV enjoyment, Bluetooth, HDMI ARC/Optical/AUX/USB, 3 EQ Modes, Black

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2021

After mounting TV, the sound from the TV speakers seemed underpowered. This sound bar did the trick. Sound quality is good. Connectivity is good, Bluetooth, hdmi, and optical options included required wires.

Wallmount installation was simple. It came with a foolproof paper cutout you tape to the wall, use a level, make your marks, and drill holes. Slides right in to slots that are screwed to the wall. It is not heavy and does not need to be drilled into studs. Of course you could just set it down instead, as it has rubber "feet" on the bottom.

I currently have it connected via Bluetooth. I wish there was a way my Hisense TV remote would power on the TV and soundbar at the same time. Right now I have to turn each device on with their individual remotes, then use the TV remote to adjust sound. If I use HDMI the TV remote will *sometimes* turn on both, but I have to go into the TV settings and enable the soundbar hdmi output each time I turn on the TV.

Works, nonetheless, for a bedroom. Doesn't shake walls or anything. This provides much better sound than a TV alone. I would recommend something more powerful for a living room entertainment system. Value for money is definitely good. Doesn't seem cheap.

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Mike H.

Great sound, low price

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2023

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

Much better sound than my tv output. My other sound bar is starting to crackle and sound quality is fading. This sound bar is already better than my Samsung sound bar ever was and that cost me twice the amount of money. This is a great price for good audio. I use it in the Hdmi/Arc port and it works perfectly with my tv and other devices without me having to use the sound bar remote.

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Using w/ EARC in a small office. Learn how the autoshut off feature works .

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2023

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

This came "free" bundled with my second Hisense U6HF TV. It's not such a smooth operator with the EARC if you have other HDMI inputs added to your TV.

** The unit has an automatic shut off (some form of energy saving) that will turn the unit off in 15 minutes . Many reviewers complained about this and returned the unit. Two things 1) It will also turn your HISENSE TV off at the same time 2) There is a fix, actually written in the manual though in fine print.

You need to have the audio source (computer, play station) playing audio loudly. Remember the sound bar is the actual output source but if I had Youtube playing very low on the computer--the sound bar can't "register" or "hear" the sound, but with the computer audio all the way up and Youtube all the way up, the shut off won't occur. The sound bar can be set to low so you won't get some booming loud sound, just what ever you choose via the sound bar.

If the computer is not playing audio and I'm using my Hisense as a monitor--it (the sound bar --and TV) will shut off and I have to wiggle the mouse to reengage the monitor. You can play music at your computer but turn the sound bar volume down , and it won't shut off your important work for the day. This is all using the bar, as designed, as an EARC unit. Bad form on Hisense for not having a do not sleep , do not turn off setting.

Oddly when I'm using the computer via HDMI, if I shut the sound bar off, the audio will come through the TV speakers even though in settings I've turned the TV audio off. It must only be a feature that works using the TV as a TV but not applicable for the inputs.

When I shut the soundbar off and am using the Fire TV as a TV, the TV audio won't come on so once you put the sound bar on, it's God or Goddess.

I wired the sound bar via EARC to the TV. I also have a computer running into the same TV via HDMI 2.0. Got good audio relative to the size. For the $50 it's currently listing at, I'd say grab one. It'll be fine for a small office, guest room, dorm. So the computer audio works too, as would gaming devices or anything else roped through the EARC TV w/ HDMI inputs.
If you want to fiddle with the sound, you go to your TV audio settings if it's TV generated sound. Computer sound for computer tweaking. I turned the bass up a bit to make it sound less flat.

I read somewhere that the TV (Hisense U6H) had comparable sound to the sound bar. I got curious and did do an A/B comparison and yes --they do sound similar, TV produces similar sound to the sound bar at differing volumes---that said when the volume is raised, the sound bar can play louder than the TV and to my ears sounds slightly better.

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Marcin Gorski

Affordable, Decent Quality Sound-bar

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2022

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

At such an affordable price, I wasn’t expecting much from this sound bar, but am happy to report that I am pleasantly surprised. Is it the highest quality of sound - absolutely not. However, the sound is decent for the price and good enough to fill a large room nicely.

Setup was easy, simply unbox, and connect to your TV using the included HDMI cable, and your TV should pick it up right away. No issues experienced with connection and/or interruption during use.

It’s a simple design too and has hanging holes on the back. Once hanged, it’s pretty small and doesn’t stand out much.

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Todd P. Kennelly

Unimpressive sound...

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2021

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I figured it would be simple to connect a Hisense soundbar to a 1 year old Hisense 50" Android TV... Read the instructions used the supplied HDMI cable - connected it to the HDMI ARC input on the TV, selected the ARC sound input on the TV's Sound settings... (per instructions), NOTHING... no sound. Next I tried connecting via Bluetooth... The speaker paired with the TV, I selected the Bluetooth input on the Hisense TV, ...NOTHING. no sound.

I've spent over an hour going over every setting on the TV... Nothing I've tried has worked. I cannot get the Hisense TV to output sound to the Hisense soundbar!!!

Ridiculously frustrating.

I *was* able to sync the soundbar to my Samsung S10 smartphone via Bluetooth, and it sounded great...

Update: the key to getting this soundbar to work with a Hisense smart TV, is the "Digital Output" setting... It *must* be set to "PCM"... (the default setting is "Auto"), any other setting will result in silence...

Once connected, the sound still wasn't much better than the TV's internal speakers... at lower volume, it drops off far more quickly than the internal speakers (below a volume setting of "40" it's almost inaudible, using the internal speakers it is louder)... It does get a little louder overall at top volume, but, I was expecting a bit more punch and volume.

I've decided to keep it it, but will continue to look for a better option...

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Nana of 3

It is a sound bar that works with a couple of glitches. Excellent customer support.

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I purchased this sound bar to help with the audio coming from a DVD player. I have a smart TV.
Set up was extremely easy. The TV detected the sound bar and it was a quick walk through to complete set up.

That said

The bar is heavy, quite cumbersome. For us older people it will take two to set it up.

The reason for my purchase was not satisfied. The sound quality of the DVDs has not changed. Though the sound quality of everything else has. I find I have to turn the volume up on the TV regardless of what I am watching. Without the sound bar I have the volume at 14. With the sound bar I have to turn it up to 30.

The remote:
As you can see in the photo, the remote is quite simple. The four small round buttons are to allow you to switch between sound options, Movie, Music, News, and HDMI ARC. There is no difference between the Movie, News, and HDMI ARC sound quality, kind of a movie theater quality. The music option makes the sound quality very tinnie.

Sleep Mode/ Auto Shut off:
This is the biggest issue I have with this sound bar. If you pause a video, doesn't matter if it is DVDs YouTube, or any streaming channel, the sound bar goes into a sleep mode after a few minutes then auto shut off. According to the manual It should exit this mode once the TV is activated again. It does not. So you have to play remote hockey in order to get the sound bar back on. If you don't mind juggling remotes I guess this is not an issue.

Customer support was extremely nice. She walked me through the entire process to make sure the set up was correct and that the device was in proper working order. There is no way to turn off the sleep/shut off mode. As for the DVD sound she could find no reason for that other than it is an external device connected to the TV so the sound bar would not work on it. I have my doubts about that because a gaming device connected the same way has no sound issues and I have tried a different DVD player, same issue.

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Missd

Soundbar

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

Didn’t know I needed it, love it now that I have it😂

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Terri S.

My favorite new toy

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

This has changed how I use the television. Flat screen TVs have their speakers on the back, which is not condusive to enjoying the audio. I now enjoy movies and music channels, the sound is very good and when watching movies I can clearly hear the dialogue.

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jnmnl

Works with TCL Roku

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2022

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

I bought this because my 55 inch TCL Roku TV has such poor sound amplification that I find myself maxing out the volume indicator frequently. Otherwise I like the TCL brand of television and the fact that they are Roku enabled and use a Common remote control it makes for a easy learning curve. So when I decided to address the poor sound level on my 55 inch set my requirements were that it integrated into the current Roku volume remote. Of course the luxe and price point were factored in as well. I’m happy to say that this sound bar works with the existing television remote just fine and while I’d like just a little more amplification it has effectively solved the problem and fit the bill (I can listen at 70% fine). The power of the sound bar does turn on/off when the TV remote power button is activated. I would have given five stars if I could get just a little more volume and the ability to turn off the LED indicator on the front.

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Anny Lorena Garay

Quality is mid

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2024

Color: BlackVerified Purchase

The size is great. Comes with a control and is well packed but the sound isn't as expected.
If your doubtful don't pull the trigger

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