VIZIO SB3821-C6 vs Bose Soundbar 500

SB3821-C6 vs Soundbar 500 comparison chart

Overall
VIZIO SB3821-C6
4.5
Bose Soundbar 500
7.4
5
8
Votes 1 1
Rating 5 5
VIZIO SB3821-C6

Nov 22, 2019

If for once you believed that SB3851-C0 was the best of Vizio's soundbar speaker system, then you probably have not seen the VIZIO SB3821-C6 review. Other than the room-filling sound from the wireles...

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Bose Soundbar 500

Jan 31, 2020

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Common

Product

VIZIO SB3821-C6
Bose Soundbar 500

Model

SB3821-C6
Soundbar 500

Brand

VIZIO
Bose

Reviews

8357
407

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

power, input, Bluetooth, volume down, volume up
microphone

Audio features

Built-in channels

2.1
3.0

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

has not
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wireless
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

0/0
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

1/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

1/0
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 Digital

DTS:X

DTS (other)

DTS TruSurround
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

96.5 x 7.6 x 7.6/38 x 3 x 3
80 x 4.3 x 10.1/31.5 x 1.7 x 4

Weight, kg/pounds

2.6/5.8
3.1/7

Other

Release year

2015
2018
VIZIO SB3821-C6
Bose Soundbar 500
VIZIO SB3821-C6
Bose Soundbar 500

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  • better
  • worse
  • 4.5
  • 7.4
  • 4.5VIZIO SB3821-C6
  • 7.4Bose Soundbar 500

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