The Bose TV Speaker is designed to deliver exceptional sound clarity and immersive audio for your home entertainment system. With its compact dimensions (4.02″D x 23.38″W x 2.21″H) and sleek Bose Black finish, this soundbar fits seamlessly into any living space. Featuring Bass Boost for enhanced bass performance, it provides a dynamic soundstage for movies, TV shows, sports, and more.
Equipped with Bluetooth and HDMI-ARC connectivity, the Bose TV Speaker ensures effortless pairing with your television and wireless streaming from your devices. The remote control allows easy adjustments to volume, bass levels, and dialogue clarity, ensuring an optimized listening experience. The package includes everything you need for a quick setup: a pre-installed battery in the remote control, an optical cable, a power cord, and a quick start guide.
With a 30-foot wireless range, 8.2-pound durable build, and dynamic driver technology, this soundbar is engineered for powerful performance. Recommended for televisions, it supports wired subwoofer connectivity for added versatility. As the #1 best-selling soundbar in Home Audio, according to customer reviews, it boasts a 4.3-star rating based on over 11,780 reviews.
Whether you’re watching movies, enjoying sports, or streaming your favorite playlist, the Bose TV Speaker is a reliable and stylish choice for superior sound quality. Available since June 28, 2020, this soundbar remains a top pick for enhancing your home audio experience.
It was effortless to install. I just plugged the optical into my motherboard, which is 4 years old. So I doubt anyone will have issues plugging this in. I don't know how to scientifically measure the quality of a speaker. I listened to a 20khz sine wave frequency sweep, and I believe I heard all the tones, and there weren't any dips that I could perceive. Beyond that, I could say that I tried listening to a YouTube video that I had previously only listened to on speakers, many times. And after listening to that same song using this soundbar, I was able to hear parts of the song I hadn't heard before.
The only issue I had with this device is that it turns itself off automatically. So every time I'd go to bed, or take a nap, I'd wake up and have to press the darn button on the remote again. This was frustrating since the speaker takes about 2-3 seconds to boot up. So usually I'd play a YouTube video, realize the sound isn't on, wait for it to boot, and then need to rewind the video. THANKFULLY there's a simple solution I learned about on Reddit for solving this! All I needed to do was (1) turn it on, and (2) hold the power button down on the remote for 5 seconds. Then the LED on the speaker pulsed an amber color, which indicates that "auto off" has been disabled. Hooray! I wish this had been the factory default though.
Keeping in mind that this is a solidly midpack soundbar, it can hold its own against the next tier of products ($350-$500 range) without any difficulty whatsoever. I actually think it sounds better than the Sonos Beam. You'd have to jump up several hundred dollars in price in order to appreciate a significant difference in quality, and at that pricepoint prospective buyers wouldn't give a second glance to midpack products anyway. For an all-in-one unit, it sure seems to be the best bang for your buck out there. I'm very happy with it.
I found this 'sound' advise by reading through the customer comments, NOT in their crummy documentation (half of which still does not work) or on their equally worthless website.
N J Perry
high pitch frequency buzz. not for loud jamming, reasonable levels is great sound sound thoud though
Delivers 5.1 like sound from a single unit which is crazy. Little background noises come in clear and sometimes I actually think the sound is coming from something in the house and not the speaker.
Overall quality you’d expect out of Bose.
Definitely happy with this and highly recommend.
It’s pricey but worth it, currently saving the money for a second sound bar for his bedroom
Great sound. Buy it!
This has really exceeded my expectations. There is a huge difference in sound quality compression to using the built-in speakers on my TV. Setting it up was extremely easy using the included optical cable.
This might not be as good as a high-end surround system costing 10x as much, but as a standalone sound bar I am impressed.
Dialogue audio excellent, for all of us who have trouble with some dialogue requiring us to backup and turn on closed captions on and off.
Sound gets more than loud enough for my apartment living room.
Compact, doesn't take up too much space.
I was able to synch the soundbar to my Sony 32 inch tv so the power button on tv turns the soundbar on/off in synch with tv. Can't guarantee it will work with your tv.
Remote works ok.
Cons:
Gets very warm under the bar near the power plug when operating. Still warm when not operating, though not as bad. The heat is a bit disconcerting. Being warm is not the issue, but being overly warm (as it gets) may be an issue. Having an external power component would have been preferable on this model. I see I am not the only one mentioning this high heat issue.
There appears to be no way to turn off the power light on the bar while watching tv and listening to the bar. These small sparkling lights around a tv is distracting to many of us. I am considering covering the light with a flap of black cardboard I can tape above the light and flip down over the light. There are soundbars that allow turning the light off when device in use. I used to have a TaoTronics soundbar (that had this feature) almost one third the price of this Bose unit, and that was many years ago. So it is NOT an expensive complicated luxury that Bose certainly could have included.
Expensive.