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[DT]

"I'm watching She-Hulk, come down and watch it with me!"

"I'm doing my Algebra homework!"

"Skip it, Hulk is more important! Dad smash puny math teacher!"

 

[Huntn]

Power Reset to get your TV to turn on
I have. 55” Sony TV that has been relegated to our bedroom. It’s about 10 years old. Periodically it will not turn on. I’ve double checked power available to the TV and found this article:

Will Your Sony TV Not Turn On? A Few Common Fixes

The Sony brand is synonymous with top of the line electronics, and their TVs certainly meet those expectations. But what do you do when your TV refuses to

www.alphr.com

It mentions a power reset. Unplugging the TV for several minutes, then back in fixed it. I’m wondering what would cause the need for a power reset? I was gone last week and there was a power surge/loss of power momentarily and I suspect that is the cause.

Any TV technicians reading this?

 

[DT]

Sonos Sub Mini announced and available for pre-order! Woot!

Yep, the Sub Mini, delivered is $754 with a Ray, or $935 with a Beam (Gen 2) That's a pretty killer, wireless, very little spaced used, surround setup for those prices!

The Mini Sub + Gen 2 Beam is actually $833 when purchased together (at least for now, it is a "sale"), that's a pretty sweet setup for under $900:

Entertainment Set with Beam & Sub Mini | Sonos

Turn your small or medium-sized room into your personal home theater with a compact smart soundbar and subwoofer from Sonos. Sub Mini balances out the lowest frequencies so Beam sounds even better. Stream music and more over WiFi using the Sonos app, your voice, and Apple AirPlay 2.

www.sonos.com

 

[Citysnaps]

Power Reset to get your TV to turn back on
I have. 55” Sony TV that has been relegated to our bedroom. It’s about 10 years old. Periodically it will not turn on. I’ve double checked power available to the TV and found this article:

Will Your Sony TV Not Turn On? A Few Common Fixes

The Sony brand is synonymous with top of the line electronics, and their TVs certainly meet those expectations. But what do you do when your TV refuses to

www.alphr.com

It mentions a power reset. Unplugging the TV for several minutes, then back in fixed it. I’m wondering what would cause the need for a power reset? I was gone last week and there was a power surge/loss of power momentarily and I suspect that is the cause.

Any TV technicians reading this?

I have a similar issue with a four year old 75" Sony. It starts throwing up a goofy colorful circles animation on the screen. Unplugging it for 10 or so seconds and plugging it back in fixes it. Seems to happen maybe 3-4 times a year. I've gotten to be ok with that annoyance.

 

[Edd]

The Mini Sub + Gen 2 Beam is actually $833 when purchased together (at least for now, it is a "sale"), that's a pretty sweet setup for under $900:

Entertainment Set with Beam & Sub Mini | Sonos

Turn your small or medium-sized room into your personal home theater with a compact smart soundbar and subwoofer from Sonos. Sub Mini balances out the lowest frequencies so Beam sounds even better. Stream music and more over WiFi using the Sonos app, your voice, and Apple AirPlay 2.

www.sonos.com

Gen 2 Beam has Atmos now . Would it be an improvement over the my Playbase, I wonder? It’s a small space so I don’t need a ton of power. I’ve avoided the Arc due to price and seems like overkill for that space.

 

[DT]

Gen 2 Beam has Atmos now . Would it be an improvement over the my Playbase, I wonder? It’s a small space so I don’t need a ton of power. I’ve avoided the Arc due to price and seems like overkill for that space.

It's supposed to be pretty solid Atmos, even though it doesn't have upward firing speakers, and just generally outstanding sound, clarity (excellent for dialog in movies), and I can't tell you how handy the voice control is for volume.

Did you know you can get a 15% discount from your Playbase? They have an upgrade program, check into it, I think that qualifies.

 

[Edd]

It's supposed to be pretty solid Atmos, even though it doesn't have upward firing speakers, and just generally outstanding sound, clarity (excellent for dialog in movies), and I can't tell you how handy the voice control is for volume.

Did you know you can get a 15% discount from your Playbase? They have an upgrade program, check into it, I think that qualifies.

Thanks for that info. I have a couple of Play Ones also. Looks like you can add them up for a max of 30% off a purchase. So, looks like I could get a Beam Gen 2 for under $315.

 

[DT]

You can stack the discount? Holy smokes!

 

[DT]

The Mini Sub + Gen 2 Beam is actually $833 when purchased together (at least for now, it is a "sale"), that's a pretty sweet setup for under $900:

Entertainment Set with Beam & Sub Mini | Sonos

Turn your small or medium-sized room into your personal home theater with a compact smart soundbar and subwoofer from Sonos. Sub Mini balances out the lowest frequencies so Beam sounds even better. Stream music and more over WiFi using the Sonos app, your voice, and Apple AirPlay 2.

www.sonos.com

Some kind of sale going down this Friday at Sonos, if it includes the Mini/Beam bundle, I may pull the trigger for the bedroom, and Rakuten has 2% CB at Sonos as well.

 

[DT]

The above did not include that bundle, but there's another "pre-Black Friday" even starting today at 11a PST (so still 3 hours away for me).

 

[Edd]

I didn’t end up getting the Beam. I can’t find the legs for my TV which I’d need for a soundbar. There’s no way I’d toss those, electronics stuff is the only thing I won’t throw away.

I did get a Roam, however, which lives in the spare bedroom officially, but often toss it in the bathroom when I’m just playing music for awhile. I’m kinda considering getting a second Roam and using the two of them for a poor man’s surround sound, only when we’re watching something that merits it. The living room just isn’t configured properly for using a couple of Ones for proper surround sound. The Roams run on battery so you can just put them anywhere for a two hour movie.

 

[DT]

Oh yeah, the Roam seems super handy being portable, hahaha, glad I'm not the only one who brings speakers, beverages , etc., into the bathroom Nothing beats a shower beer while listening to a podcast

Oh I saw this on SlickDeals, some good deals next Friday, and it includes the Roam.

Starting November 20 - Sonos Black Friday: Sonos Arc $719, Sonos Beam $359, Sonos Sub $599, Sonos One $175, Sonos One SL $159, Sonos Roam $143, Sonos Roam SL $127 w/ Free Shipping​

 

[DT]

20% off on a few items, NOT including the new Mini sub, and only one item, but I went ahead and got a Beam Gen 2 for the bedroom 20% on Sonos pretty decent and I can score a sub later.

 

[Herdfan]

20% off on a few items, NOT the new Mini sub, and only one item, butI went ahead and got a Beam Gen 2 for the bedroom 20% on Sonos pretty decent and I can score a sub later.

Ok, so dumb question.

Do these soundbars come on with the TV? Or do you have to turn them on separately?

 

[DT]

Ok, so dumb question.

Do these soundbars come on with the TV? Or do you have to turn them on separately?

There's no dumb questions ...

As you'll see below, there's only dumb answers

For the most configurations, I'd say they come on with the TV or are just on. Like the Arc/Sub setup on the TV in the family room is always on, I send music to it from Spotify all the time, without the TV or AppleTV on, I never think about the power status. For the bedroom and family room, both TVs use an AppleTV as the only source, so we press one button on the ATV remote, and the TV comes on too (via ARC/eARC, not to be confused with the Sonos Arc soundbar) and the soundbar is just kind of always on standby.

That's a really nice thing about soundbars, at least the Sonos products, it's super seamless, it's basically like the TV audio, regardless of how the TV gets audio, from an external device like AppleTV (or Fire, or whatever) or from internal "smart" TV apps.

 

[Edd]

Ok, so dumb question.

Do these soundbars come on with the TV? Or do you have to turn them on separately?

My answer is similar to DTs. I have a Sonos Playbase, which is an older piece of gear than his Arc, and it just comes on when the TV wants it to. There’s no remote or power-on to think about. Sonos is awesome, and works very well with Apple products, too.

 

[Herdfan]

There's no dumb questions ...

As you'll see below, there's only dumb answers

For the most configurations, I'd say they come on with the TV or are just on. Like the Arc/Sub setup on the TV in the family room is always on, I send music to it from Spotify all the time, without the TV or AppleTV on, I never think about the power status. For the bedroom and family room, both TVs use an AppleTV as the only source, so we press one button on the ATV remote, and the TV comes on too (via ARC/eARC, not to be confused with the Sonos Arc soundbar) and the soundbar is just kind of always on standby.

That's a really nice thing about soundbars, at least the Sonos products, it's super seamless, it's basically like the TV audio, regardless of how the TV gets audio, from an external device like AppleTV (or Fire, or whatever) or from internal "smart" TV apps.

@DT One more question on the Sonos Soundbar.

We are headed out to the new house tomorrow and plan on stopping at BB on the way up and thinking about getting one of these.

Can you fire it up without the TV? I am just thinking with the open concept of the new house, it would be nice to be able to use this to play background music from my Spotify app without turning on
the TV.

I currently have several G1 products including some Connect Amps and Play speakers and they work just fine from Spotify.

Thanks