Do these work well for tv listening and can others still listen via the speakers?
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Question one: Digital sound is kind of a partnership between the source material, the headphones and the source device processing the sound. I've tried other earbuds and headphones and I've had the polk for almost a year. At this price, these earbuds are among the best in sound, although not base heavy. If both the source material and the sound processor output are good quality, you'll get good quality sound.Second question: Not likely, unless the input where you plug the earbuds is not set to automatically cut off the sound to the built-in speakers or if you are using an AV receiver where you can control that automatic shut off. Question one: Digital sound is kind of a partnership between the source material, the headphones and the source device processing the sound. I've tried other earbuds and headphones and I've had the polk for almost a year. At this price, these earbuds are among the best in sound, although not base heavy. If both the source material and the sound processor output are good quality, you'll get good quality sound.Second question: Not likely, unless the input where you plug the earbuds is not set to automatically cut off the sound to the built-in speakers or if you are using an AV... » Read More Question one: Digital sound is kind of a partnership between the source material, the headphones and the source device processing the sound. I've tried other earbuds and headphones and I've had the polk for almost a year. At this price, these earbuds are among the best in sound, although not base heavy. If both the source material and the sound processor output are good quality, you'll get good quality sound.Second question: Not likely, unless the input where you plug the earbuds is not set to automatically cut off the sound to the built-in speakers or if you are using an AV receiver where you can control that automatic shut off. « Show Less
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I would not waste money on these. They broke within a month of me getting them.
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Hi Rosa, not tv but if your playing loud music they can be heard by others, and i haven't experienced any echo. They actually sound pretty good for wireless headphones.I am happy with the headphones and would confidently recommend them. Hope this helps, let me know if you get them and if you like them. regardsEvan
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If your TV is smart enough to operate Bluetooth then yes you can, but I don't recommend buying these, unless if you don't care about sound quality. I tried them with Skype and the sound was not clear at all. Its like your listening to the first TVs ever made.
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Yes they can. In fact I had the headphones on last night and forgot to mute the TV for my husband and he could still hear the TV. So my answer would be yes. You have to mute the TV if you do not want the sound coming out of the TV when you use the headphones.
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I haven't used these with my TV but I suppose you could as they have analogue and digital inputs. It might be a pain though as you have to adjust the volume from the speaker. Plus with these monitors it's garbage in, garbage out. They are supposed to be near field so the sound you get from your television might not sound so great and might not be worth the investment. They can get loud for sure though.
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Yes, I have. I like them just fine for that. Don't know how they compare to a sound bar though, as I have never had one. I use mine with a 27" Samsung Monitor/HDTV in my office. Sounds great.
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yes the speakers are built in, my tv is a 58" and l must listen at a very low volume setting, 1 to 5 or get blasted out of the house. Most TV's normal listening volume settings are from 10 to 15. Toshiba people that I have spoken to, approx. 4 of them say they have never heard of the problem
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Actually, just buying a decent pair of headphones would be a better solution. TV ears are meant for helping the hard-of-hearing when others are also watching the TV. Just plug in headphones, and this should turn the speakers off, and you'll get a much better quality of sound out of the headphones than the TV ears. Also, headphones are much cheaper than TV ears.
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Not bad for the price, but there are much better options available. These will most likely be comparable to the current sound output. I would strongly recommend something with larger speakers and more power as well. A subwoofer is also nice to have. I would highly recommend an inexpensive or used hi-fi system over computer speakers for a TV. Even something like this would be better: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HWRZ2K
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Yes, they can control the volume for their listening pleasure. The sound you will hear will be through the com pilot so you will not hear coming out of TV speakers . I would have wished I'd ordered the model up from this one as it connects to television with an optical cable instead of av cable. I guess I'm just wondering if that would improve sound quality?
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im not an expert but yes i think they would they sound better than my tv speakers, and right now for $25 it would be a great deal i paid $30 for mine at the time and ive had them almost 3 months and have not had a problem yet. hope this helps and if you do get them i hope i am right.
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Yes. The speakers aren't as bad as you might think. I still have mine hooked to external speakers, though.
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IMO they cancel noise decently. I use them at home, on my desktop pc, while the tv is on. My TV is about 5 feet away from my pc. I bought them more because they were for my son and halfway durable and has a decent range of size adjustments.
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Others can hear at whatever volume the TV is set for. Conversely you can mute the TV and listen to it through the headphones and not disturb anyone else.
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Yes. They are very clear. They work great as long as your television has Bluetooth. I love my headphones. I mainly use mine at the gym.
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Yes, everyone else can still hear the TV at their level of volume, while a person hard of hearing uses the headphones. When my dad, who is completely deaf in one ear and going deaf in the other, wheres these headphones, we're able to have the volume to half the level my dad would need it to hear. There is a separate volume control on the headphones themselves, that the wearer can use to adjust the volume. Also, my dad has the transmitter behind the TV, and still works great.
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These speakers would are not good for TV sound because they do not have a good bottom end. I would look for something that has a little more bass. I've coupled these speakers with a set with good bass and control the volume on each set and this gives me the sound that I want. I can also turn on only the Infinity speakers to listen to acoustic music with guiter or piano.