What earbuds for TV use…

[Simon_E]

I’d like a set of Bluetooth / wireless earbuds for use with a Samsung smart TV (2 yrs old). I have apple AirPods Pro (the noise cancelling ones) but they’re paired with all my apple kit and it messes it all up when I pair them with the Samsung TV.
I don’t have an android phone so I can’t use anything that needs a Samsung or android phone as the UI to control it; eg turn noise cancellation on and off.
Any thoughts please / recommendations?
simon

 

[Gray]

I’d like a set of Bluetooth / wireless earbuds for use with a Samsung smart TV
Any thoughts please

One thought.
Beware of any latency issues.

 

[DCarmi]

I didn't think Samsung TVs supported low latency codecs? If this is the case and you have a headphone socket on the TV then a decent BT transmitter, might be the better option.

 

[Simon_E]

No headphone socket + distance prohibitive for a wired connection. Not sure if there’s anything else that I could connect to a BT transmitter

 

[DCarmi]

I don't know what connections you have at the back of the TV but you can get transmitters with RCA and optical inputs.

Going back to earbuds. There are endless reviews for these things. I have a pair but I don't use them for video because they only support AAC and the latency annoys me. On the rare occasion when I use headphones when watching TV, I use a pair of over ears with aptX. The latency is much better.

So my recommendation would be for earbuds that support aptX or aptX-LL AND AAC because that is what your iPhone supports (though MacOS does support aptX, if you ask it to). You would need the same codec available on whatever transmission device you use.

 

[jjbomber]

Sennheiser TV clear is a rather expensive option, but needs an optical output from the TV if you don't have analogue.