What to buy to listen to TV via ear buds?

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I want to watch TV while I fall asleep, but the girl complains because she can't fall asleep with the volume up loud enough so I can actually hear the darned thing.  I'm pretty tech inempt - what can I buy so I can plug in some earphones wirelessly and listen to the TV audio through ear buds/phones?  It is basically a brand new Samsung TV, so it probably has the latest tech.

Thanks!

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Roku. The remote has a plug for you to use headphones with it. Or you can use the Roku app on your phone to listen via headphones

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sicko - Roku. The remote has a plug for you to use headphones with it. Or you can use the Roku app on your phone to listen via headphones

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Oh, only certain models of Roku have the headphone jack in the remote. But I believe all of them can use the headphone jack on a smart phone using the Roku app

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I bought a pair of wireless headphones for $20 that are just what you need the base plugs into your speaker out plugs and you just put batteries in the headphones.

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They sell bluetooth transmitters on amazon for like $30.

They work well when they're working, funcionally it does what it's supposed to.

You plug it into the rca output on your tv and it connects to anything you want that has bluetooth. Sound quality, it's like a 7/10 compared to listening to headphones connected straight to your tv.

Or you could get an av receiver that has bluetooth capability. That'll set you back a couple hundred bucks.

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Separate bedrooms are the key to happiness. You can fall asleep however you without being nagged to death.

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Thanks guys.  Follow-up questions:

1.  Roku is like Amazon Fire no?  Expensive, and I already have Fire.  No real reason to buy it in this case no?

 

2.  blas4ublasphemy, your $20 wireless headphones were not bluetooth correct?  I just need to go to amazon and seach for wireless headphones, but some, plug the base into speaker out, put batteries in my headphones and its that simple?

 

3.  I'mNotSuprisedMofos, bluetooth - it sounds like you are saying that just the regular wireless headphones might be superior sound quality wise - any reason not to just get them over bluetooth?

 

Thanks!

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wow, I just did a search on amazon, and the entire first page seemed to be nothing BUT bluetooth devices.

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RedbansViennaSausage -
sicko - Roku. The remote has a plug for you to use headphones with it. Or you can use the Roku app on your phone to listen via headphones

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Shield tv as well. 

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just put a pillow over your girls head and tell her to shut up

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Doesn't sound like a tv or volume problem to me.

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Pillow speaker FTW!

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An extension cable for the earbuds.  

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There is an app called Tunity. You can stream audio from live tv online and it has a way to adjust delay of audio to make it sync up. You just point camera at tv and it figures out what you are watching. 

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Homeslice -


Thanks guys.  Follow-up questions:



1.  Roku is like Amazon Fire no?  Expensive, and I already have Fire.  No real reason to buy it in this case no?



 



2.  blas4ublasphemy, your $20 wireless headphones were not bluetooth correct?  I just need to go to amazon and seach for wireless headphones, but some, plug the base into speaker out, put batteries in my headphones and its that simple?



 



3.  I'mNotSuprisedMofos, bluetooth - it sounds like you are saying that just the regular wireless headphones might be superior sound quality wise - any reason not to just get them over bluetooth?



 



Thanks!

I've had 2 different sony wireless headphones, the quality is pretty good but they were like $90 & $120 bucks.

I bought some wireless headphones for like $30 a few years back and they were a real piece of shit. I like the bluetooth transmitter because you can connect whatever bluetooth headphones or earbuds that you want.

The quality of bluetooth transmitters might be improved since I bought mine during this past christmas.

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Thanks NotSuprised!  So I can't just buy bluetooth wireless headphones, I have to buy a bluetooth transmitter as well?  Thanks!

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I think I'm going to get these:

 

https://www.amazon.com/MDRRF985RK-Frequency-Transmitter-Connecting-HeroFiber/dp/B01GISI51S/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1502331435&sr=8-7&keywords=wireless+tv+headphones+with+transmitter

 

A bit pricey, but excellent reviews and look like it has all that I could need.  If this doesn't look like a wise choice for some reason please let me know quick!  :)

 

Thanks OG!

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Roku 3 has the headphone jack in the remote. Works well actually.

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This is probably overkill but I use Sennheiser tv headphones for tv watching when my wife is sleeping. Works great but expensive.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SLUI5SA/ref=psdc_12097479011_t1_B002TLT10I