Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

After a lifetime of working in and around industrial sites my husband is a bit hard of hearing. We are constantly battling over the sound of the TV... I can hear normally, so when he puts the sound at level he can hear the conversations, it feels like it is blasting our my ear drums! We've had several sets of headphones... they are uncomfortable and he then can't hear me if I am asking him something... so we decided to give this a try. A couple of things... neither of are "techies" and were able to plug into our newer (less than 2 months old Samsung 65" TV) in an instant. So that was good. If you turn it on it is an amazing sound upgrade from your TV sound system. Very noticeable. When you push the little conversation icon which is supposed to "enhance" the conversation portion of the sound, it is noticeable. Perhaps not as dramatic, but it helps. We are able to find a happy medium. You are able to adjust the bass when you don't feel like having the "theater" experience. It is a "bar" that sits just below our wall - hung TV. It's about 30 or so inches long and about 3" tall. It does have the Bose logo right in the middle. At first I wasn't thrilled about looking at it ... but I find I don't notice it now and it sort of helps to hide the cords - bonus. As noted on other reviews... you do have to click on the "conversation icon" to "enhance" the conversation sound every single time you turn it on. It would be nice if it just stayed on that position. Also, it would NOT "learn" my new Samsung blue ray player or my TV... so the "universal remote" thing is not really happening. The remote is very large and cumbersome for just turning on and off the sound bar... I even researched the internet to be certain I had the right "universal codes" for my DVD player... Still didn't work. So.... if you don't really care about adding just one more remote the sound quality is truly an upgrade from your TV. It really makes the sound match the quality of the picture I am seeing on my TV. The conversation enhancement is noticeable, but maybe not as dramatic as you might hope - still - it's helpful. We are definitely keeping it. I never shy away from updating my reviews if new info would be helpful. Further, I do NOT receive compensation of ANY kind for my reviews.