Why Wireless TV Headphones?
Posted on | August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
Wireless TV headphones have been around for many years, and have been growing slowly in popularity. Just like normal headphones, the advantage of owning and using a pair is that you do not disturb anyone else around you with your choice of TV show, or film, or game, or even music etc. The beauty of having them wireless, as with everything wireless is that you don’t have a trial of wires to get in the way, and to get tangled up in. This gives you the freedom to move about, to walk around your house or place of work, safe in the knowledge that you’re not going to cause an accident or rip a cable from your amplifier or TV, damaging the equipment, or even worse, accidentally pulling the TV of a shelf and on to the floor. This is a very real danger especially with young children in the house.
To the few of you who are what are termed ‘audiophiles’ the sound from wireless TV headphones may not be quite as a good as a traditional wired set, but to most of us you can notice no difference at all in the sound quality – especially if you invest in high quality ‘phones. You can find a pair of decent quality wireless TV headphones for about £60 – £70 UK. They are broadly available in one of two styles, again similar to wired headphones, either ‘in the ear’ or ‘on the ear’. Due to the wireless technology taking up a bit of space, the in the ear wireless headphones usually have a small unit that hangs around you neck, rather than built into the actual headphone. The larger heavier on the ear headphones usually have all the tech built in. The technology used these days for wireless TV headphones is almost always blue tooth, the latest version of which has a high data transmission rate and supports stereo, so gives a more than good enough sound quality. Is there any downside? i hear you ask… well the only real one is to do with power – as you they have no wires, all wireless headphones need to be self powered, so the battery life is one key figure to look for when looking to purchase a pair – this can range from a measly 3 hours, up to an impressive 15 hours or more.
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December 22nd, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
My wife has perforated eardrum in one ear, looking for wireless lightweight headphone with ability to turn off the headphone to the good ear