What to look for when buying a TV?

[ahar]

Not going to bother to respond about LEDvs QLED - life's too short, I posted a link for the OP, they can decide

not that his point really needed defending ....
well it is very common , which could be why they provide the functionality to control headphone volume and speakers independantly.
I forget what the % of people using hearing aids is (for youngsters too), and even with top end ones that have bluetooth, or a wireless mechanism, you need a fixed volume output from the tv.

My daughter has hearing aids and I'd love to use this, but realistically it'll mean trailing a cable across the lounge from the TV to the sofa! I'd also need to daiychain a couple of cables together as the hearing aids have a proriatary connector and the cable that links them to 3.5mm jack is only 1 metre long (and costs me £25!!).

 

[Belly]

Not going to bother to respond about LEDvs QLED - life's too short, I posted a link for the OP, they can decide



My daughter has hearing aids and I'd love to use this, but realistically it'll mean trailing a cable across the lounge from the TV to the sofa! .

My cordless Sony earphones sit in a cradle for charging purposes, there is a cable from the cradle to the RCA socket on the TV (it would go in the earphone socket if my TV had the dual volume feature) and a power socket from the cradle to the mains. I don't have a cable attached to the earphones. My previous Sony CRT TV had dual volume controls using the earphone socket and remote and I used to buy corded earphones but I'd catch the cable beneath the cushions in my armchair hence the reason why I bought cordless ones.

 

[Belly]

Because I have never ever in all my years of everyone asking my advice in a personal setting for what TV to buy they wanted this feature.

So the Opening Post wouldn't be advised to buy a TV with that feature simply because you've never been asked about it?

Also i've never heard of someone wanting to us both speakers and headphones at the same time. It's a pretty nice feature. Just because you use it and find it useful doesn't mean more than a handful of other people on the entire planet will.

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It isn't "someone" wanting to use both speakers and headphones, it's one person using the headphones the other(s) using the speaker.

You could always use the tv speaker and when they fall asleep switch to wireless headphones, etc. Requiring both at the same time is not high up on anyone's list.

Why should I do that, ie listen through the TV speaker when I get a better experience by using the earphones? And, Requiring both at the same time (for two people) is high up on my list!​

It is for consideration that it is the Opening Post asking for recommendations, I've given mine perhaps it is up to him to decide if the feature I've suggested is right for him. After all it is him buying a TV, not yourself.