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Visio has a long tradition of making value-for-money soundbars and the new SB 45:51 might be its best model yet it offers unexpectedly good performance for its small size and it also includes a good feature count including Wi-Fi streaming when you're talking about sound bars the Vizio SB 45:51 d5 is almost in a class by itself this is a sound bar which has dedicated rear speakers and in addition it has a wireless subwoofer that is so slim it can slip under the couch the rears connect by really long wires to the sub connections also include HDMI in addition to bluetooth this sandbar is part of vizio smart cast system which is also included on the company's TVs Smart cast is based on Google cast and can be used to stream music and movies around your house in conjunction with other smart cast components or a chromecast Audio it can form the basis of a multi room music system sound quality particularly for movies is very good for the money and the addition of the rears gives it a sense of immersion that straight sound bars can't touch music is also quite good and definitely better than your TV or a Bluetooth speaker the only downsides are the Morse code life display and an occasionally flaky smart cast connection the sambar can sometimes disappear from the app you're trying to cast from which means smart cast is not yet as robust as Sonos or DTS play-fi but for 500 bucks the SB 4551 doesn't have much competition for its combination of functionality and sound quality especially if you owned a 2016 vizio tv you