The right home entertainment setup is a lot like having your own personal theatre. You get all the high-quality entertainment you want, and you don’t have to put up with the usual movie ticket or food prices. This is made even easier to enjoy by how cost-effective it is to purchase a high-quality screen today, with huge flatscreens costing a fraction of what they once did. As impressive as screens can be, however, audio often falls behind.
For whatever reason, high-quality audio output hasn’t scaled with TVs the way highly detailed and vibrant display output has. This creates a kind of lopsided result, where the visuals of your screen can be at odds with the audio coming from your speakers. Today, we want to explore why Bluetooth headphones can be the perfect solution to this issue, and look at how can they can fit into your home entertainment lifestyle.
Headphones Over Speakers
Separate speakers for a home entertainment system are a great choice for many, but they come with caveats that make them untenable in some situations. Firstly, these can be costly, especially if you’re going for the upper end of full systems with amplifiers, subwoofers, and surround sound.
The other big issue that many users will have trouble with is space. If you have a TV against a wall in your bedroom, finding a place for the speakers can appreciably decrease the livable area you have left. Combined with running cables and power cords, the workable room suffers even more.
There is also the fact that a mid-range pair of Bluetooth headphones can offer vastly superior sound quality than what you’d expect from a mid-range system of speakers for a fraction of the price. Whether looking at in-ear or over-ear, the sound quality possible here can be truly astounding if you haven’t used a decent set in a few years, giving you a new way to appreciate movies and TV.
The Wireless Lifestyle
The wireless nature of a Bluetooth setup provides advantages beyond just sound quality and space alone. To return to the bedroom example, a set of Bluetooth headphones paired with a TV can let you watch your shows without waking your partner or disturbing your neighbours, no matter how loud the volume is turned.
Wireless solutions can also be combined with other wireless forms of tech to enjoy even more types of media together on a big screen. Consider if you’re a fan of iGaming and would like to play a casino game from your phone on a big screen. With screen mirroring and Bluetooth audio, you could play titles like Blackjack Link and Classic Roulette on a big screen with the convenience of phone control and the sound quality that headphones provide. This approach is quick and easy to set up, and it can be modified for a huge number of other uses, from mobile or computer mirroring systems.
Despite offering so many advantages, pairing Bluetooth headphones with TV setups is still rare. Many users don’t even consider the option, yet in most smart TV settings, the option of pairing is sitting there waiting to be explored. If you haven’t already, consider trying this approach out with cheaper earphones first, even if just to help your partner sleep more easily through the night.
Article written by Ben Spencer
