Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Deals

Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us?

Add streaming to any TV with the Roku Smart Soundbar — now $50 off

By
Image used with permission by copyright holder

We wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t know Roku makes a soundbar. After all, the company’s known for its great streaming set-top boxes. But Roku does make a decent soundbar in its own right. While it’s not a Bose or a Sonos, you will get as good of sound as any other entry-level soundbar on the market right now. Electronics retailer Abt has the Roku Smart Soundbar on sale right now as part of its Memorial Day sales lineup. Normally $180, you can pick it up

for just $150

through Monday.

The Smart Soundbar has all the features of the top-end Roku Ultra set-top box. You will get 4K HDR streaming capabilities, Bluetooth, and HDMI connectivity. But in addition to the Roku capabilities, four 2.5-inch full-range drivers amplify the sound, giving you a better overall streaming experience.

While we wouldn’t recommend the Smart Soundbar for your home theater setup — there are much better options out there — for a bedroom TV, this is a great way to add Roku versus just the box alone. We think the audio quality is more than good enough for something like that.

Related

Of course, you’ll get all the great features Roku is known for, including super easy setup — just plug the HDMI cable into your TV, turn it on and go — and thousands of channels to pick from. There’s a reason why Roku has been around for so long.

Want even more sound? Roku even has

a subwoofer

and speakers

on sale at Roku through May 31

 for just $150 for a pair.

We recommend picking up the speakers, for sure. Paired together with the soundbar, you’ll get much better performance, and if you can swing it, the subwoofer will drastically improve the bass. So for less than $500, you’re getting a fully wireless sound system. As an aside, the basic wireless system from Sonos is three times that. That’s pretty crazy.

Again, Abt’s prices are only good until Memorial Day and Roku’s sale on the speakers until May 31, so you’ll want to act soon to save yourself some money, and make staying at home this summer a little more bearable.

If you are shopping on a budget, don’t forget to check out the best Black Friday Roku deals we found.

Editors’ Recommendations

Topics
Ed Oswald
Ed Oswald
Contributor
For fifteen years, Ed has written about the latest and greatest in gadgets and technology trends. At Digital Trends, he's…
Busy this week? Get 50% off Grubhub for Prime Big Deal Days
Ordering food from Grubhub with a smartphone mobile app.

If you're planning on using Grubhub this week to order some food you're in for a real treat thanks to a Prime Big Deal Days offer. As an exclusive promo, available October 8 and 9 -- during Prime Big Deal Days -- you can save up to 50% off food delivery, as long as you're a Prime and Grubhub+ member. For any order over $20, use promo code PRIME50 and you'll see instant savings with a maximum of $15 off your order.

 
Why shop this 50% off deal with Grubhub thanks to Prime Big Deal Days
If you've never used Grubhub before, it's a food delivery service where you can order from local restaurants, stores, and various vendors and have the items delivered right to your doorstep. One of the best parts about it is that you can access delivery options for places that don't normally offer it. For example, a local restaurant or fast food joint near your house that has no delivery option. You do typically pay a little extra to have the food delivered, but that's why this Prime Big Deal Days offer is so great.

Read more
Get a Hisense 85-inch 4K smart TV for $1,498 — normally $2,200
prime big deal days hisense u7 series 85 tv 2024 85u7n inch 4k smart

A Hisense 85-inch 4K smart TV, and mini-LED QLED panel no less, will look super impressive in your living room. But you'd be forgiven for thinking that's going to be very, very expensive to acquire. The good news is that thanks to Prime Big Deal Days, you can make that happen for a lot less -- $700 less to be exact. The Hisense u7 Series (85U7N) 85-inch ULED 4K smart TV is on sale at Amazon today for $1,498, normally $2,200. Needless to say, that's a great deal and one you probably want to shop sooner rather than later. Did we also mention it comes with a free digital copy of NBA 2K25 for a limited time?

 
Why you should shop the Hisense 85-inch 4K smart TV for Prime Big Deal Days
You can get an idea of our thoughts on the new Hisense 2024 TV lineup in Caleb Denison's first look. Spoiler: We were impressed. But when it comes to a ULED panel of this size, we're pretty excited about the specs. It offers a 1500 nits brightness rating, 144Hz refresh rate with Motion Rate 480, and supports Dolby Vision HDR 10+, Dolby Atmos, and full array local dimming. Not to mention, the built-in 2.1 channel sound for immersive audio before even connecting a surround system.

Read more
This ultra-premium Samsung Neo QLED TV is 50% off for Prime Day
Grab this ultra-premium Samsung Neo QLED TV for a not-so-premium price for Prime Big Deal Days
A Samsung QN90B 4K Neo QLED TV is attached to a wall above a TV stand.

It doesn't matter if you're a gamer, a die-hard sports lover, or an occasional Netflix watcher: Everybody wants to have a TV that impresses your friends and family at your preferred festive occasion. If your television set is looking a little less impressive these days, Amazon is offering jaw-dropping savings on a high-end 4K Samsung set for Prime Big Deal Days, which runs from October 8 to 9, and you should grab it before it's too late.

This is available at a $1,550 discount for Amazon's October sales event, which is an absurd value, especially when you consider its feature-set. As a long-time tech and gaming writer who's covered the space for more than a decade, I can tell you that you aren't going to find a TV with better picture quality anywhere, and certainly not at this 52% discount. It includes fancy premium features like Neo Quantum HDR+, which is likely to make you realize what High Dynamic Range is actually capable of on a top-of-the-line machine.

Read more