Sound bar interest

[Deleted User]

I think we might benefit from buying a sound bar, because both of us have difficulty hearing the TV.

But unless it's a plug &play we might not be so sure. Is it possible to connect a lead to Samsung TV and power then off we go?.  We've got a Freesat box too. Instead of using two separate remotes, we have a "one for all", someone set it up for us.

Farway

I can't answer your specific question but if you give the model number of your TV I'm sure someone can

I have a sound bar and that was just plug & play, mine also requires a seperate power input

The volume is varied via TV sound, but when using it for something like You Tube I use the soundbar remote

Like you my hearing is no longer A1, I find sound varies a lot depending on the programmes, films versus news for instance.

This is where the sound bar helps because mine has options to change from Talk to say Surround

However if the actors are mumbling they still mumble, I'm watching "Impeachment"  on I player at the moment and missing some of the dialogue with no idea what they are saying

Bigphil1474

OP, I have an LG sound bar that just plugs into the TV (via an Optical cable), and as above, needs a power socket. Mine came with a separate wireless subwoofer that just plugs in on the other side of the room. Lots of have built in woofers these days. 
Mine has a few preset modes, and can easily be changed - I tend to use the 'News' setting if it's dialogue, and movies for movies etc. Having said that we don't always have it on.
Before you purchase, have you tried adjusting the TV settings? Mine has a setup menu that allows you to adjust base, treble etc. and has a smart speech thingamy. Might be worth trying that first.

googler

See my posts and others here- 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6308045/connecting-external-speakers-to-a-sony-brava-tv#latest

If the problem is clarity of sound, this will improve things

If the problem is "it's not loud enough", and you can't turn it any louder because of neighbours, then probably a solution involving headphones would be more appropriate 

getmore4less

First is the TV model to work out what sound out options that has.

Some idea of budget

One thing to think about is where you are going to put it.

With some TV stands there is not enough room at the bottom of the TV for just any soundbar some will cover the remote sensor.

Norman_Castle

Exactly what model of tv? If the problems is understanding what is being said rather than a lack of volume check the tv settings. Many have a speech setting making speech clearer. Setting such as movie can be more dynamic but can also be very distracting making speech harder to hear clearly.

forgotmyname

Sony SRS-LSR200.   Bought one for my mum and she loves it.

We have bought one for ourselves now and its surprising what a difference it makes to the speech. Those films where you
spend half the time turning the volume up when they talk and back down when there is loud action. No longer the case
now.

getmore4less

forgotmyname said:

Sony SRS-LSR200.   Bought one for my mum and she loves it.

We have bought one for ourselves now and its surprising what a difference it makes to the speech. Those films where you
spend half the time turning the volume up when they talk and back down when there is loud action. No longer the case
now.

Neat simple solution,
not much power at 2w 

Quite a few sound bar options in the £140 price space

here is a promo vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5u0YFT6Ys

and a review
https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/sony-srs-lsr200-wireless-handy-tv-speaker

[Deleted User]

Thanks for your replies. I intend following through with info later today. Gone down with dreadfull cough,cold so will investigate when feelin bit better 

forgotmyname

2watts of amplified speech which is closer to you than the average tv speaker.   Honestly it works really well.

2 watts of Sony power = 3000 watts of Peak Music Pixie Outputs. 

I am not selling them so only giving my experience.  A grand sum of 1 youtube review which put us on the
fence of is it any good or not. Amazon had a sale so bought one for mum and she said it was great and then
we bought one a little while later and even we notice the improvement.

I would say its better than a sound bar or even expensive speakers.

jamesd

I'm happy with the £80 Majority K2 with subwoofer that I have. Mainly for music and film on a computer or tablet it's still clearly better than my TV. Plenty of volume available, the actual power supplies are 15W.