Vizio's New True 5.1 Soundbar S4251W - Page 4

I have the Costco mailer and it says no coupon necessary. Appears to be a special sale price starting on 6-13. Not sure if the online price will be advertised the same, or just the instore price. But I would take the mailer into Best Buy and ask them to match the $229. Maybe the $229 price will appear online as well, because that is what Best Buy pulled up to verify the $279. UPDATE: Reread the mailer and it says the price will also be $229 on Costco.com, so my local Best Buy had agreed to match the Costco.com price. And most Best Buys have been becoming more agreeable to price matching due to declining sales from online vendors.
Edited by tylerSC - 6/11/13 at 2:09pm

Anyone have any first hand comparisons between this soundbar and the VHT510? Vizio doesn't seem to provide the same specifications information on both soundbars. For instance, the power output for S4251W sub is not shown. I just want to make the S4251W is a worthwhile upgrade.

Thinking about picking this up from Costco.

Ive been a dedicated seperate 5.1 guy for a while now, but I am thinking about trimming things down. I currently have a 5.1 speaker set up, an AVR, etc.

I jusr ordered a Vizio M501 which says it has 5.1 for it optical output. Does anyone know if Id always get full 5.1 no matter the source if thats the case? Be it cable, BD, Xbox, etc.

Id like to trim down my equipment, but I can keep the AVR if it is the only way to guarantee I get 5.1 out of the sound bar setup from all sources.

Trimmed down setup would be sources to the TV via hdmi and optical to the soundbar, which Id like to do but only if I can get 5.1 from all sources.

If I have to run the AVR it basically ends up just being a pass through for audio/video signal. The whole setup would be a lot cleaner without it since I have to run HDMI and optical for each of my sources since my current AVR doesnt pass audio of HDMI.

I called Bestbuy.com and they price matched Costco's $229.99 price! That's $100 cheaper! The first time I called, the rep quickly told me that they don't match Costco, then quickly recited all the stores that they do match. The named stores were the ones listed on BB's site on the price matching policy page. After reading the policy I noticed that it said they would match any local vendors price, so I decided to call and try again. This time I got no hesitation out of the rep. They matched it without me even bringing up the policy. That's cool because I don't have a Costco any where near me. Point being: yes BB WILL price match the $229 Costco deal, and if you're told no on the first call, try again.

Unfortunately I bought my soundbar on may 21. And best buy will only allow returns and price matches within 15 days. All good I got them to originally price match Costco at te $289 cost which is already $50 from original

Is the 54" version every going to come out? I am dying waiting for it.