BESTISAN MEGACRA 80 Watt Sound Bar, MEGACRA Surround Sound System TV Soundbar (IR Learning Remote, 3 Audio Mode,6 Speaker Driver, 34 inch, Wireless Wired Connections)

UPDATE 8-25-2025: Worked great (kind of) until it didn't. Occasionally, upon turning on the surge protector all my devices are plugged into, the speaker would screech once or twice. After that, it worked okay. About a month ago, sound would become muddy during a show, so I would get out of it, rewind and try again. Worked fine. Them two days ago the sound started cutting in and out, and then the bar made a loud, prolonged 'groaning' sound. Kind of electronic, kind of explosive. The light on the front will not turn green, and my LG tv says no sound device is connected. Whether it's the ARC cable or the speaker itself, I'm not sure, but looking for a new sound bar. And it won't be Bestisan. I bought this to replace an old Polk Audio (2011, 40W) soundbar since it started to come on at FULL BLAST, and the connection was limited to optical input. Once I cut the cord for Roku, the bar would not work for other devices, forcing me to use my LG OLED internal speakers to play dvds. Never did figure out why that was the case, but happy to have upgraded the system. The 12 year bar will be fine for the original LG tv it was purchased for in my bedroom. Or not. Having purchased Bestisan stereo speakers earlier this year, I felt confident with the brand, and thus far, no disappointments. Set up was not quite as intuitive as hoped, but this was due I am sure to old settings to accomodate the old bar. I love figuring out this stuff though, so the "fun" lasted a little longer!! :-) After some trial and error, I was able to get my LG remote to control sound, and then, got my Roku remote to talk to the bar. The fewer the remotes, the better. I will forfeit the music/movie/dialogue options, but of little use to me anyway. I can't say that serious audiophiles will be impressed, but at $85 and 30% off coupon, I would recommend this for those needing a good soundbar, particularly since it offers a wide variety of connection options--not all bars do. Note that you will need to buy your own HDMI cable, otherwise, the box comes with everything you'll need including batteries for the remote to get up and hearing.

Item is as advertised and while it is working well there appears to be no way connect to my TV/Dish Hopper, while I have control of sound with my Dish remote there appears no way for the Dish Remote to turn the unit off/on when I turn turn my TV off/on.

I’ve been using this soundbar for about two years now, and I’m still very happy with it. The build quality is good and it has held up well over time. I haven’t had any problems setting it up or adjusting the settings. The sound quality is also very good for everyday use, especially for watching TV or movies. Overall, it’s a solid soundbar and I would definitely recommend it.

Snagged this item while it was on sale. Got a 80w, 34" one first and placed it in a smaller (carpeted) loft space as a supplement to the Televisions built in speakers. It was decent sounding and triggered us to buy a second while they were still on sale. Purchased the exact same item in 100w, 40" for the living room and I am a little bit LESS impressed with the item, probably because it is a much larger open concept room (living, dining & Kitchen) and the space could use a better quality system than this one. For around $80 though it is definitely an upgrade from the TV's built in speakers while we save to upgrade to one of those Big name versions in the near future. CONS: The built in blinking (indicator) light is tough to see unless you are directly in front of the speaker as it seems to be hidden beneath the speaker fabric. The light does not blink, or there is no indicator rather, when tapping the remote to indicate it is sensing you pushing the volume buttons & since they are slow to adjust the volume it take a few clicks before you can really hear a change in the volume - if I could change one thing it would be that. PROS: We had little to no difficulty connecting via Blue tooth to our (I)phone for music or using the fiber-optic(?) cable included to connect to the televisions (our tv bracket gave us more of a headache because it was blocking a port we needed). Again, we cause this item on sale so $65 for the smaller one & $80 for the bigger was a DEAL. Overall for the price this speaker amplifies the sound volume, but if you are looking for high quality movie theater style, seat shaking bass this likely will fall flat for you. but if you want to increase the volume with decent sound quality then I think you have found something worth the price.

We’ve been using this sound bar for about a week or so now and I think we’ve finally got the tuning down. The preset modes- we typically use movie mode- all are a bit high on bass (save for Dialog mode which doesn’t sound that great to my ear). Music and action sounds good, but conversations (especially between men with deeper voices) can be hard to follow as the words get muddled in bass tones. Typically what we have to do is set it to movie mode and adjust the bass down a few notches and the treble up a few to get a good mix of bass with intelligible words. For the price this unit is pretty good quality sound. If you’re currently just using a flatscreen’s speakers, you’ll notice a substantial difference in quality. If you’re used to top-of-the-line surround sound this probably won’t cut it. The materials seem solid and good quality. It appears you have to use the remote included to adjust the volume but there is no volume display, so you never really know what it’s set at (same for treble and bass adjustments) which kind of stinks. Like I said for the bargain price, you get the sound of a system over $100 more expensive, but it lacks some features that would really make it stand out in terms of display and remote options. It’s also a little tall, so it doesn’t exactly work well if you have a television set on a stand because- at least with ours- it is so tall it blocks the IR receiver. I think it’ll last a while and it’s a definite upgrade from what we were used to, I just wish I could see what I’m setting it to so I don’t have to guess every time I set it up again.