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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Tom Parsons

Sony is killing this controversial TV and soundbar feature – now Samsung and LG need to do the same

The Sony Bravia 9 II TV and Bravia Theatre Trio speaker system, photographed on a low AV stand.

It might surprise you to learn that, expensive though they can be, there’s not a lot of profit in TVs. That’s why manufacturers have increasingly been trying to sell add-ons alongside them – most notably soundbars.

Of course, any soundbar will work with any TV via the universal HDMI eARC connection, so brands have had to find ways to incentivise buyers to stay loyal to a single ecosystem.

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