Best TV soundbar for under £200 ?

[Actual_Criminal]

So I posted a few weeks ago about soundbars and after your comments and research; I have decided to buy one to go with my TV. 

 

So best soundbar for £200 or under? (Doesn't have to be £200, if it does an amazing job at £100 then I'll take that - I'm basically looking for the 3070 series Nvidia GPU equivalent but for a soundbar if that makes sense.)

 

Not really interested in a subwoofer and surround speakers etc. Would be nice, but don't really want to use the extra space.

 

My TV model if that matters: Samsung UE65TU8300KXXU

[IPD]

If you want cheap, you'd be hard pressed to find a soundbar that can do a better job than a 2.1 speaker setup for the same price point.  You can get those for $100 or less.

[Actual_Criminal]

Ok, so I am looking at a Bose TV speaker and noticed on the specs there is an option for 'HDR' for Soundbars... I don't understand. I thought HDR was a TV/monitor display thing? Can anyone explain?

 

 

[IPD]

It is for visuals.  Which is why it says "no support".  I guess either some consumers are idiots--or they just use the same table for any devices they sell.

 

Bose is overpriced shite, imho.

[Home Theater Dummy]

So HDR refers to passthrough most likely as to whether or not it is supported.

so if your Soundbar is also serving as a media hub (like an AVR or HDMI Switch) you'd want to know if it could passthrough HDR signal to your TV. This one cannot.

of course if you are connecting your HDR devices into the TV directly and then using the ARC/eARC connection from the TV-to-Soundbar then this isn't an issue.

I'd recommend the following at your price point

https://www.amazon.co.uk/JBL-Deep-Bass-Sound-Home-Black/dp/B086KSPZYM?ref_=ast_sto_dp
 

[Colty]

https://www.rtings.com/soundbar/reviews/best/budget

RTings has a good roundup of "budget" (Seemingly $100 to $350) soundbars. 

Their reviews are purely mathematical and include a nice easy way to verify compatibility.

At $200 though, if you have the space, I'd suggest grabbing a bundle deal on Facebook Marketplace/Craigslist with a receiver (that has optical in and/or ARC/eARC) and a couple bookshelf/floor standing speakers.

[Stahlmann]

The Samsung HW-A530 is decent. Recently got it for my parents and they're very happy with it for around 180€.