£200 Bluetooth headphones for TV

[R1gtr]

Good morning, I am wondering if anyone can recommend a sub £200 set of Bluetooth headphones for watching TV/Films late at night when I don't want to have the soundbar cranked up. They would also be used for Spotify from my phone.

I would prefer over ear style and definitely Bluetooth. A good battery life would be helpful. I was looking at Sony XM4 but read something about them not having a certain feature which may mean they are not the best for Audio lag.
My TV is a modern LG C14 if that makes any difference.
Thanks

[dickymint]

R1gtr said:

Good morning, I am wondering if anyone can recommend a sub £200 set of Bluetooth headphones for watching TV/Films late at night when I don't want to have the soundbar cranked up. They would also be used for Spotify from my phone.

I would prefer over ear style and definitely Bluetooth. A good battery life would be helpful. I was looking at Sony XM4 but read something about them not having a certain feature which may mean they are not the best for Audio lag.
My TV is a modern LG C14 if that makes any difference.
Thanks

Your TV should (or Sky/BT box) have a setting to adjust sound sync?

[Newc]

Top of your budget but Jabra 85h, can find them on sale for 199. I have these for exactly your requirement, plus for long haul flights, work great and are comfy to wear.

[Mr E]

I suspect the feature you’re think in of is some form of low latency codec (aptx-ll or similar)

dickymint said:

Your TV should (or Sky/BT box) have a setting to adjust sound sync?

As above, check your box/AV kit for a sync setting. You may want a few 100’s of ms for the headphones. You may not notice at all.
You also should check what codec your current kit supports

Edited by Mr E on Friday 3rd June 09:37

[s p a c e m a n]

I've got the xm3 and they are so comfy I regularly fall asleep wearing them. Sound quality and noise cancelling is excellent, can only assume that the newer model is better. I run Netflix ect through a pc hooked up to the TV and never had to adjust the lag on them so can't help on that.

[anonymous-user]

Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC
Decent connectivity.
Good range.
Noise cancellation
No noticeable distortion

About £90

[dickymint]

s p a c e m a n said:

I've got the xm3 and they are so comfy I regularly fall asleep wearing them. Sound quality and noise cancelling is excellent, can only assume that the newer model is better. I run Netflix ect through a pc hooked up to the TV and never had to adjust the lag on them so can't help on that.

Same here with the 3's had them 3 years and use them daily (4 hours almost continuously) in a noisy machine workshop. They are superb. Wifey just bought herself a pair of 4's which she loves - I've only had a quick try but would say they are marginally better. As for the new 5's I wont be bothereing with them in the future as they are no longer foldable. I suspect Sony may well regret this.

[R1gtr]

Thanks guys, the Jabra and the Beyerdynamic both look good, the Beyers are well below budget so may be the ones to go for.

[R1gtr]

To put closure to this, I managed to get a pair of the Beyerdynamics from Richer Sounds for £75, hopefully here tomorrow so can give them a try then. Thanks for the advice