VW Hunter Bar | 160W Soundbar @5799 INR (+300 INR coupon voucher available at the moment on amazon)
Hi, this will be my first review on TE so go easy on me if there's any mistake and lets dive straight into its Pros and Cons.
Pros:
1. Great bass and volume.
2. Attractive looking soundbar with hexagonal theme and light.
3. Remote full of convenient features.
4. LED light on the soundbar can be turned off if distracting.
5. EQ profiles on the remote works good, treble and bass can be manually set.
6. Wall mountable.
Cons:
1. Sound channels are inverted (no kidding left side sound comes from right and vice versa lol)
2. Treble and sound clarity is kind of lacking in my opinion, especially at higher volumes.
3. No official fire stick support if you want your fire stick remote to turn on/off the soundbar you have to select the soundbar as zebronics to make it work (there is no VW in its listed supported devices).
4. VW brand is not that popular for soundbar or getting good reviews for its TVs thus warranty can be tricky.
Now onto the reason I bought this, some details regarding brand and the inconveniences I found.
I wanted a value-for-money soundbar for my old Panasonic TV that was paired with Amazon Fire TV stick and wanted the stick to control everything from one remote so with multiple connectivity support, pretty good reviews on the products amazon page (4.5 stars) and Cool looking hexagonal design (personal preference i know) I chose to go with this soundbar. Costed me 5,999 INR when I bought it and right now its priced much less. Now I had only heard of this brands name due to their popularity in budget range smart LED TVs so you can say I kinda took the gamble on the soundbar solely on amazon reviews.
Tell you a little bit more about this brand. VW stands for "Visio World" and not to be confused by "VU" or Vizio which are other companies that also manufactures TVs and Soundbars. VW is owned by Beston Skyvision Pvt. Ltd. which is an Indian company although Im sure they either outsource all the work or just assemble the final product here (so called made in india huh).
There is also another small variant of VW soundbar called VW Sonic Bar | 120W Soundbar @ 4798 INR with probably the same issues just a different look.
Some closing thoughts
Can you believe a soundbar that costed me 5,999 INR at the time of purchase came with its sound channels inverted? It makes me so angry to realise it this late that I cant even return it anymore. More to more I can't fix this issue without opening it and having required expertise to switch wires around. Did I mention it would also void the warranty so Im pretty much stuck with this crap. If anyone knows how to change sound channels either from fire stick or through an app that can run on fire stick please let me know.
That is it for the review if you have any questions feel free to reply below.
Hi, this will be my first review on TE so go easy on me if there's any mistake and lets dive straight into its Pros and Cons.
Pros:
1. Great bass and volume.
2. Attractive looking soundbar with hexagonal theme and light.
3. Remote full of convenient features.
4. LED light on the soundbar can be turned off if distracting.
5. EQ profiles on the remote works good, treble and bass can be manually set.
6. Wall mountable.
Cons:
1. Sound channels are inverted (no kidding left side sound comes from right and vice versa lol)
2. Treble and sound clarity is kind of lacking in my opinion, especially at higher volumes.
3. No official fire stick support if you want your fire stick remote to turn on/off the soundbar you have to select the soundbar as zebronics to make it work (there is no VW in its listed supported devices).
4. VW brand is not that popular for soundbar or getting good reviews for its TVs thus warranty can be tricky.
Now onto the reason I bought this, some details regarding brand and the inconveniences I found.
I wanted a value-for-money soundbar for my old Panasonic TV that was paired with Amazon Fire TV stick and wanted the stick to control everything from one remote so with multiple connectivity support, pretty good reviews on the products amazon page (4.5 stars) and Cool looking hexagonal design (personal preference i know) I chose to go with this soundbar. Costed me 5,999 INR when I bought it and right now its priced much less. Now I had only heard of this brands name due to their popularity in budget range smart LED TVs so you can say I kinda took the gamble on the soundbar solely on amazon reviews.
Tell you a little bit more about this brand. VW stands for "Visio World" and not to be confused by "VU" or Vizio which are other companies that also manufactures TVs and Soundbars. VW is owned by Beston Skyvision Pvt. Ltd. which is an Indian company although Im sure they either outsource all the work or just assemble the final product here (so called made in india huh).
There is also another small variant of VW soundbar called VW Sonic Bar | 120W Soundbar @ 4798 INR with probably the same issues just a different look.
Some closing thoughts
Can you believe a soundbar that costed me 5,999 INR at the time of purchase came with its sound channels inverted? It makes me so angry to realise it this late that I cant even return it anymore. More to more I can't fix this issue without opening it and having required expertise to switch wires around. Did I mention it would also void the warranty so Im pretty much stuck with this crap. If anyone knows how to change sound channels either from fire stick or through an app that can run on fire stick please let me know.
That is it for the review if you have any questions feel free to reply below.
