Samsung HW-S40T vs Bose Soundbar 500

HW-S40T vs Soundbar 500 comparison chart

Overall
Samsung HW-S40T
5
Bose Soundbar 500
7.4
6
8
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
Bose Soundbar 500

Jan 31, 2020

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Common

Product

Samsung HW-S40T
Bose Soundbar 500

Model

HW-S40T
Soundbar 500

Brand

Samsung
Bose

Reviews

235
407

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

volume down, volume up, power, source
microphone

Audio features

Built-in channels

2.0
3.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

100

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

has not
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

has not
Pandora,Tuneln, Deezer, iHeart, SiriusXM

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
1

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
1/0

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)
1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
0/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

0
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

66 x 5 x 11.4/26.8 x 2.7 x 4.5
80 x 4.3 x 10.1/31.5 x 1.7 x 4

Weight, kg/pounds

1.8/4.2
3.1/7

Other

Release year

2020
2018
Samsung HW-S40T
Bose Soundbar 500
Samsung HW-S40T
Bose Soundbar 500

Soundbars CHooseratoR comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 5
  • 7.4
  • 5Samsung HW-S40T
  • 7.4Bose Soundbar 500

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