LG SH5 - 2.1 Channel 320 W Wireless Subwoofer, Metallic Design

Let's start off with me setting this up. "Did you use optical cables?" No i have a Smart TV, same make (LG) to be exact so i was able to connect via Bluetooth and the connection took around 10 seconds for my TV to find the sound system, then once i was connected no matter when i turn the TV on it will automatically connect to the sound system and stays connected no matter what i use; Games Console, Hooking my Phone to the TV or TV Programs in general, this should work for every TV brand as long as you have a Bluetooth feature (for older TVs you will have to look at different reviews). The sound system comes with it's own remote which has it's features including volume (using my TV remote for the volume turns off the Soundbar and Sub and switches back to the TV speakers so i'd use your new remote for volume)."Come on, what's the sound like?"The sound is excellent, now writing this review i havn't had the sound system for long enough to test every feature but the sound is crisp from the Soundbar and the Sub is as menacingly deep as it needs to be (really cinematic) BUT.......now now it's nothing bad, it's just from my own personal experience which is the difference between Standard mode and Cinema mode you get on the remote. Because my apartment isn't that big Cinema mode causes the Sub to rumble the hell out of the floor which makes me fear for the neighbours so Standard mode is enough for me which still develops a deep bass just.....not as much and Standard mode allows the Soundbar to be louder allowing dialog to be more crisp (UPDATE: Playing around with the 'Woofer' levels on the remote can balance out the intensity of the Sub Woofer output, so it is customisable in both modes.) All in all it still sounds cinematic but you be the judge of that.ALSO UPDATE: I will say after watching many movies with these speakers they are a few downers, that being in some scenes when characters are talking i have to higher the volume up to hear what they are saying. Then when i am satisfied the movie will come to a scene with loud music or bass sound effects and i have to immediately turn the volume down before the Sub rumbles the floor into a million pieces so to speak. 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' is a prime example where it's all ok up until the Stone Giants scene then the Sub goes crazy. Which if you live in a detached house with sound proof walls this won't be a problem for you, for me living in an apartment block, i guess i'll have to keep the remote in my hand throughout movies just in case.I still give it 5 stars though because it's still a lot better than my internal TV speakers which sounded tinny.

Great for general TV and listening to music, giving a clear balanced sound. For football/sports, it lacks the deep bass that I like when a player kicks the ball, or fans chant etc. It also lacks bassy-ness for gaming. It won't sound thin and tinny though, so you might like the clear powerful sound it provides, minus the heavy bass. I just like some extra bass at times. I kept my old Creation Sub Woofer (which was made for PCs actually) and combined it with this LG sound bar and the bass of that, with the power impact of the LG, is great!I also like the fact that, when you turn the TV on, the sound bar automatically comes on. It doesn't seem to turn off when turning the TV off, but (I think) that is standard of such electronic items, which seem to operate by telling each other when to turn on, but not off.I noticed that a particular TV advert dialogue isn't as clear with one or two words disappearing completely. It's just one advert though, and it might be due to how the sound engineer of the advert might have added something called compression, rather than any artificial sound alterations or compression action of the sound bar.A good purchase overall.

Great product. I have tested a number of soundbars, particularly around the price points I'm yet to find a better options.The products looks brilliant, is easy to set up and the sound is great, very detailed and very loud if that's your preference. You can use the product of course linked to the TV, or simply connect your mobile device via Bluetooth and you can use it as a very good home speaker.Definitely recommended.

The media could not be loaded. Very pleased with this purchase superb sound quality easy to set up nice base I've had more expensive sound bars and can really not notice any difference highly recommended

The good pointsGreat sound quality with great clarity and bass.Looks gorgeous and is very sleek despite being silver blended into my living room flawlessly.Very easy to setup this is a positive and a negative sadly. It's very much a case of turn it on and it's ready to use.The badIt's very easy to setup however there are not enough managerment options for bluetooth you cannot secure it with a passcode.The bluetooth connection is always on and visible meaning anyone can connect to it whether you want them to or not. This also means the device will turn on the moment someone connects to it with bluetooth. LG state that only one paired device at a time can connect, but it is a rather major oversite security wise. Since anyone can pair to it without pin authorisation.In addition the bluetooth signal interfered with the wifi signal on my ps4 dropping it's connection speed from 60mbs to 194kbits when the device is turned on or in standby. This is at the 2.4ghz frequency, now alot of devices use this frequency and only certain devices can be set to 5Ghz on wifi to bypass this interference. Some routers support bluetooth coexistance but unfortunately this product doesn't support that feature and so you end up losing wifi speed and connectivity.This is a real shame, because if you take the bluetooth feature off this device. It's a fantastic soundbar at a great price.

Very good for the price - got it for £150 however the sound function options aren't great at distinguishing between talking and action veryLow or very loud although cinema is great for films , easy set up pretty loud and clear however seems to have a problem with blocking wifi occasionally so much so have to turn it off when in anotherroom when using wifi On a phone etc