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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Choosing Some Wireless TV Headphones

By Willy Head

It's pretty obvious why someone would want wireless TV headphones. No one wants to be attached to their television with wires, so the choice of wireless over wired headphones is a no brainer as long as you're not an audiophile. If you are, and if you do notice every little sound discrepancy, then wireless is simply not for you, and you need a good wired set of headphones.

Convenience Of Wireless Headphones For TV

If you're of the normal type who doesn't really discern between, say, stock speakers on a car and aftermarket in sound quality alone, then wireless TV headphones are a good choice. There may be times when, although they're sharing a room with the television, someone in the home doesn't want to hear the TV. This is when a good wireless TV headphone set comes in really handy since the only one who will be able to hear the TV is the one watching it. I know that I enjoy having my wife in the same room as me, but sometimes I need to concentrate on working and find that the television is distracting. Since it's behind me, I don't really see it, but I can hear it. A set of wireless headphones for TV would be ideal in this situation.

A Wireless TV Headphone Set May Increase Audio Quality

Also, a good set of wireless headphones for TV will direct and optimize the sound for one person as opposed to many. Even those who aren't audiophiles will hear a difference. Stereo is much more...stereo, and there's various sounds that you simply missed before that will come in loud and clear. A lot of science goes in to optimizing speakers, so it stands to reason that if there's only one person listening, it makes a lot of sense to have speakers that are pointed at that one person and intended only for that one person. Your television was designed to produce sound that was meant to be heard by many people - a whole room full if necessary. As opposed to wireless TV headphones, certain sacrifices would've been made to broaden the range of the speakers much further than the one sitting right in front. This may or may not negate the impact that simply being wireless can have on audio quality.

Different Types Of Wireless TV Headphones

Wireless TV headphones come in three different flavors, though two of them are very similar. There is RF (radio frequency) and Bluetooth, which work off the same principals but in slightly different ways, and infrared which works off of light pulses instead of sound waves. The main difference between RF and Bluetooth is range. RF has a range of sometimes over 300 feet, while Bluetooth has a range of about 30 feet. Although the shorter range may seem like a disadvantage, this also means that Bluetooth will be picking up far less interference than regular RF, which may increase audio quality, but only as long as you never plan to use your wireless TV headphones from more than 30 feet away.

Comparing Types Of Wireless Headphones For TV

Odds are pretty good that anything radio, RF wireless TV headphones not excluded, will pick up something else radio in today's technologically active world. It could be anything from the electromagnetic field that some equipment puts out on its own to your neighbor's conversation on their cordless phone, but you can bet that something will cause RF to be the least clear of the group of choices here. However, it's also the only type that will allow you to walk around the full range of your home and never lose connection. Infrared will likely give you the best sound quality, but cannot be used outdoors and the receiver must remain within line of sight of the transmitter at all times.

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