It's a problem because I am fairly sure that is not supposed to be the case. If the soundbar and TV were from different makers I could understand it but they are both Sony products and the HT-SF200 is listed as a Bravia Sync compatable item. There were also a total of 131 products that were more expensive from Sony and 71 that were cheaper. Price of Sony products in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category There's a choice of three preset sound modes – Standard, Cinema and Music – and an Auto option that changes these settings automatically. The auto-detection is pretty accurate, but as there's a notable dynamic disparity between the modes, we find it easier to select the presets manually. If you have your heart set on a particular brand or even a selection of brands then we’d suggest you spend a bit of time writing up a list of the brands that you would happily buy. This can really help you in narrowing down the selection when it comes to choosing a product. For example, over at Currys PC World you can filter products by brand, so you could filter just to show the brands on your list. This is especially useful knowing that there are 65 Home cinema systems and sound bars to choose from at Currys PC World. Then we thought that we should be looking at Sony Home cinema systems and sound bars rather than just looking at Home cinema systems and sound bars or just looking at Sony products. By combining the two pieces of data it helps to ensure that the prices and analysis we’re carrying out is as accurate as possible and gives you the closest match to the average price of similar products to SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver as possible.

Those looking for a genuinely musically capable soundbar will likely need to increase their budget – to the level of the Sonos Beam, for example – but the SF150's performance is still a decent upgrade on that of most TVs. Verdict But apropos of this loudness; don’t get hung up on the number differences between 25-40 and 65-80, as these are just arbitrary.As we covered earlier choosing a brand can be really key to getting the right product in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. There are loads of great brands out there each offering great products at different levels of quality and price. If brand is important to you, we’re sure you already know that Sony is a great choice. With 206 products available from Sony there’s plenty of choice too. Thank you for your review and we're sorry to hear that you're facing difficulties with your TV, this is not the norm as we strive to deliver the best quality possible.

Consider the price. We’ll dive into a lot more detail on the price of SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver shortly, but in terms of quality, the obvious advice here is ‘you get what you pay for’. It’s really just being aware that if you’re buying the cheapest of the Home cinema systems and sound bars from Currys PC World you might not expect the same level of quality as you’d get from a decent quality product like SONY HT-SF200 2.1 Sound Bar, Silver.Inputs are all recessed on the rear left with just enough clearance for the bar to sit flush if wall mounted (the SF-150 has hooks for wall mounting, but fixings aren’t included in the box). The power connection is similarly recessed but on the right side – so, depending on your set-up, you may end up with two visible cable runs instead of one. I don’t think you can adjust the ARC output level (unless somebody knows different?) but you can perhaps adjust the format of the sound; somebody with a similar problem with all-Samsung gear switched from PCM to Dolby Digital and got it louder. This Soundbar accepts both.