Our Overall Score:
8.6/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £289
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Sony or alternative products in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos
Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos scores 8.8/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Home cinema systems and sound bars. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Home cinema systems and sound bars, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Home cinema systems and sound bars? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos scores 8.3/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category was £9999.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £24.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category. This was £460.46 from the 108 products we found in that category. So Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos actually comes in below average at £289.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £9999.00 and the least expensive, which was £24.99. In total we found that of the 108, 54 were more expensive and 53 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos.
Prices of products from Sony
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Sony. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Sony, which was £453.54 of the 318 products we found. So Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Sony was £6.99 with the most expensive coming in at £9999.00.
Prices of products from Sony and in the Home cinema systems and sound bars category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Sony that sit specifically within the Home cinema systems and sound bars category.
For this we found that the average price was £339.13, making Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos at £289 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £1199.00 with the lowest priced item being £99.99. In total there were 7 items that were more expensive and 7 that was less expensive.
Reviews of Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos
Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos scores 8.7/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos is.
Overall score
Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos scores 8.6/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Sony so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar with Dolby Atmos
- Brand: Sony
- Model Number: HTX8500
- Dolby Atmos: 3D sound from 2 speakersSupports High-Resolution Audio with 4K pass-throughBuilt-in subwooferBluetoothHDMI / Optical
- EAN: 4548736089396
- Description: Top features: – Put yourself at the centre of the action with Sony’s Vertical Surround Engine – Hear dialogue loud and clear thanks to Dolby Atmos and DTS:X – Watch blockbusters in stunning quality with 4K HDR pass-through – Enjoy your music wire-free with Bluetooth connectivity Put yourself at the centre of the actionWhether you’re a movie-lover or sports fanatic, the Sony HT-X8500 2.1 All-in-One Sound Bar makes your home viewing experience much more immersive. With dual built-in subwoofers at the centre, you can feel all the tension of an upcoming battle sequence or the rumble of the stadium on match day.Sony’s clever Vertical Surround Engine places you at the centre of the drama on-screen, with audio that feels like it’s all around you. The HT X8500 upscales sound, so you can enjoy your film in maximum 7.1.2 audio. Just press the Vertical Surround button on the remote – it’s like having a full home cinema setup without the messy wires.Hear dialogue loud and clearImagine watching TV with regular speakers, where the dialogue and soundtrack are battling for centre stage. It’s tough to focus, and you could miss out on a subtle line that changes the whole story. The Sony HTX8500 features Dolby Atmos and DTS:X technologies, so you can hear every single word.Dolby Atmos and DTS:X split audio to create a realistic, virtual 3D sound experience. Hear that plot-twisting dialogue as if you’re in on the conversation, and be blown away as explosive sounds whizz past. And when the story combines action and talk at the same time, you’ll hear both crystal clear. Watch blockbusters in stunning qualityEnjoy flawless picture quality to match your audio. The Sony HT-X8500 Dolby Atmos Sound Bar has a lossless 4K HDR and Dolby Vision passthrough – that means when you connect your console or Blu-ray player, you’ll get the same pinpoint sharpness and richness of detail that you’re used to.And connecting to your TV is easy. Just one cable is all that’s needed, and you’ll be able to control both your sound bar and TV from the same remote for the ultimate convenience.Enjoy your music wire-freeEven when you’re not watching TV, you can still enjoy your HT X8500 Sound Bar. Thanks to Bluetooth connectivity, your sound bar can also take on the role of your Hi-Fi. Simply connect your phone, laptop or tablet to the sound bar and listen to your favourite albums, artists and podcasts.And because it’s wireless, you can control your music just as easily as your TV from the comfort of your sofa.
- Product ID: 23601712901
