Well, I don't have a sound bar, but I would like one for my shop. I can tell you just make sure not to go real cheap with it. I have heard good things about the Vizio ones, but have never experienced them. One very important thing for this purchase: Make sure that your TV has "optical audio output" and that your sound bar has "Optical audio input". That's the best way to do sound, and it's actually a little fiber optic cable that you connect the two with - very cool stuff. see here: http://www.howtogeek.com/241828/what...ould-i-use-it/
When I shop for stuff, I almost always go to Amazon to see which products are most popular. For example, https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ords=sound+bar is a search for sound bars, and I normally will look to see which product has the MOST reviews. That's a good signal to me, and then out of the products with the most reviews, I just make sure it has a high rating, generally 4.5 stars or more. Just make sure to get a sound bar which is comparable in size to the TV, otherwise it looks funny, but that's just me being picky.
In terms of TV's, You can't go wrong with a Vizio. They are attractively priced, and I've never heard a single bad thing about them. Originally, when Vizio first started, they had SONY guts inside the tv's. Not sure if they still do though. Just make sure it is a Smart TV(just means it has applications), with the applications you want, like Youtube, Pandora, etc. As someone else mentioned, if you get a TV that doesn't have those applications, you can always add an Amazon FireTV(about $100) box or equivalent, which will have everything you want.
Checklist:
- TV with the most reviews - preferably Smart TV - MUST HAVE optical audio output
- Soundbar with most reviews - preferably same size as TV - MUST HAVE optical audio input
- Optical audio cable
- Possible TV box such as Amazon FireTV, AppleTV, Roku, etc.
Lemme know how it goes!