Wireless headphones for a TV

[MuffDaddy]

As in television. MuffDaddy Snr is bed bound and as the fine son I am I have sorted him a new TV to watch. This isn't great for everyone else in the house as he often watches stuff at 2am! So my thoughts turned to wireless headphones.

The brief. They must be useful once he no longer needs them for the TV (so bluetooth)
They must be reasonably priced as I expect him to break them on a semi regular basis
Over ear preferable

I assume I need something like this to send the signal:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ESYNiC-Bluetooth-Transmitt...

If it matters, they will connect to a 2015 Samsung TV.

[SwissJonese]

I had the same issue, twins kept waking up when TV was on. I asked the same question before [url]2x headsets for watching TV/Movies - Bluetooth Transmitter|http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=1498380&mid=179145[url]

I bought the Avantree Priva and a set of August EP650 - Bluetooth Wireless Stereo NFC because they had low latency. Never had a problem with the latency so sound matches the screen action. The only problem is the Avantree bluetooth sender seems to stop sending anything when it thinks there is no sound being detected. It is really annoying and I gave up on using it as it was doing it all the time on any quiet bits in TV, Gaming, Movie, pointless.

To be honest the last Sony RF units I had where leagues above any Bluetooth setup I've tried. Seems like old tech is still the best.

[Munka01]

Depending on how quickly you need this I would suggest getting one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/2CH-Dual-Audio-Outp...

Basically you plug any normal headphones into it (with a 3.5mm jack) and then this devices connects to your tv via bluetooth (or any other bluetooth device for that matter, Phone for example).

Meaning you can use headphones you already have or just buy some decent non wireless headphones (saving you a fortune as decent bluetooth headphones are notoriously expensive).

I use mine to watch films on the tv with the missus (it has two headphone jack inputs).

EDIT: unlike the response above I am assuming the tv you have is bluetooth enabled? i.e you dont need a transmitter to make the tv bluettooth enabled? Also should have mentioned you can only get these from China so may take a couple of weeks to come.

Edited by Munka01 on Thursday 17th September 11:57

[MuffDaddy]

I don';t think the TV is bluetooth enabled. I'm also not entirely sure he has two weeks left in him

[Du1point8]

how is the sound quality loss on them?

wonder if I can get a DAC between the headphones and iPhone and still use them as Im not a fan of wired headphones.

[Fishtigua]

I got Dad some of these. Yes, he managed to break the headband, but only after sitting on them.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-00131958-WHP3001BK-Wi...

[Munka01]

Du1point8 said:

how is the sound quality loss on them?

wonder if I can get a DAC between the headphones and iPhone and still use them as Im not a fan of wired headphones.

I'm no audio buff but there is sod all difference between wearing my in ear Sennheiser through the transmitter or plugging them straight into my phone.