The last thing you want to do after you drop a pile of dough on a big-screen TV is have to go back and spend again because the sound is mid. But when the big-name upgrade your set needs is under $100 and comes with a built-in subwoofer, that’s too good to resist. That’s what’s happening now at Amazon, with their 36% off deal on the Samsung HW-B400F 2.0 channel soundbar bringing its price down to just $90.
The B400F is a 2.0 channel bar with a woofer built directly into the cabinet rather than a separate floor unit you have to route a cable to. That matters for anyone who wants better TV audio without rearranging furniture or hiding wires. Samsung rates it at 40W total output, which is appropriate for the bar’s intended scale rather than a living room that seats twelve. Wireless pairing connects it to compatible Samsung TVs, and the soundbar responds to your existing Samsung TV remote for volume and power, which eliminates the secondary remote that comes with most soundbars and immediately goes missing.
Samsung Upgrades
Two features distinguish the B400F from a generic budget bar. Voice Enhance mode amplifies dialogue frequencies automatically, which is what most TV speakers fail at. The second is a Night Mode that pulls down volume and suppresses bass output for late-night viewing, so you can follow a show at low levels without the drop in intelligibility you get when you just turn the TV down. Neither feature is exclusive to this price range, but having both on a sub-$100 soundbar puts them within reach for a secondary room setup or a first-time upgrade from TV speakers.
The 2.0 configuration with an integrated woofer will not produce the kind of bass separation you get from a discrete subwoofer. If you’re building a home theater around a large screen with high-volume movie watching as the primary use case, a 2.1 system with a separate sub will outperform this soundbar, but the B400F is better positioned as a straightforward TV audio upgrade for a bedroom, an office, or a smaller living room where the goal is clearer dialogue and better overall sound without added hardware complexity.
One Remote Rules Them All
Samsung’s One Remote integration is the clincher for buyers who are already in the Samsung TV ecosystem. The bar reads HDMI-ARC from the TV and shows up as an audio output option in the TV’s settings menu rather than requiring a separate input chain. That cuts setup to a single cable and a pairing step. For buyers outside the Samsung TV ecosystem, the B400F connects over Bluetooth and optical as well, which keeps it reasonably versatile even if the seamless remote-control integration doesn’t apply.
At $90 during Amazon’s 36% off deal, the Samsung HW-B400F is a low-friction audio upgrade at a price where the downside risk is limited. It won’t compete with a proper surround setup, but it doesn’t pretend to. For TV audio that’s meaningfully clearer than built-in speakers, especially for dialogue-heavy content, and that installs without a dedicated equipment cabinet or cable management project, the value at this price point is straightforward.