# Sound Bar Compatibility **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-bar-compatibility/794702 "2017-08-26T02:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-bar-compatibility/794702/1 "2017-08-26T02:22:42Z")
Hi Is there a list and/or video that tells us which flat screen smart TV’s match up with which soundbar and those one should not bother to purchase. Example: I haved a Philips TV, but I’m leery about buying a bar which may not be compatible with the television. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-bar-compatibility/794702/2 "2017-08-26T20:26:54Z")
What do you mean by compatible? If yin mean “does it work” that’s going to depend on which audio outputs your TV has and which inputs the sound bar has. That’s easy to look up, although I doubt modern versions of each would be incompatible. If you mean more specific things like “are the remotes compatible” that might be trickier. Our Samsung sound bar cannot be controlled by our Samsung TV remotes, which is annoying. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-bar-compatibility/794702/3 "2017-08-27T00:31:02Z")
Sound bars are agnostic. They don’t care what brand TV they’re sitting under. Just check that the sound bar can accept whatever kind of audio out connection your TV offers. Toslink (optical digital) is common, as well as HDMI and RCA jacks.