pritcuss
Novice Member
Nor sure if anyone else has bought this particular LG model. But I'm seriously wishing I hadn't. Now in my 70s I made a mistake of thinking that some things in life are constants -- like headphone sockets on televisions. It never occurred to me to need to check the small print spec of this particular purchase before acquiring it in last year's Curry's Christmas sale.
I unfortunately suffer from bouts of insomnia from time to time, and with my old 2010-purchased Sony Bravia it was a simple matter of connecting up my Philips wired headphones to be able to watch a DVD or Humax recording at any time of the night without disturbing my wife asleep upstairs.
I cannot see how I am unique in wanting to both listen to and watch a TV at hours when others may be sleeping and likely to be disturbed.
I am not in the slightest bit tecchy so was completely lost when I read on another forum (not this one) about ensuring that I use the TV's optical out (whatever that is) and an optical connector cable with a headphone socket, at one end of the lead, items which I would've thought related to seeing stuff rather than hearing stuff.
Someone on Amazon UK, not exactly the font of all wisdom, recommended purchasing a soundbar to go with this particular LG TV, this due to the fact that its sound is nothing like the quality both Curry's and the manufacturer represent it to be. They said not only would the TV sound much better but that soundbars have a socket into which one can plug headphones. Sadly, as yet, I haven't found any soundbar with a headphone socket.
If anyone knows how I can get round the problem of the missing headphone socket, and can explain -- to this absolute non-tecchy -- what steps I need to take, and with what kind of equipment, that'f be hugely appreciated. Sincere thanks!
As for LG, I'd thought it was a premier brand but now -- too late -- realise that it isn't: penny-pinching on headphone socket circuitry is pretty crass, and LG's/ Curry's mendacity about the TV's superb 'surround sound' an insult to the customer's intelligence.
I unfortunately suffer from bouts of insomnia from time to time, and with my old 2010-purchased Sony Bravia it was a simple matter of connecting up my Philips wired headphones to be able to watch a DVD or Humax recording at any time of the night without disturbing my wife asleep upstairs.
I cannot see how I am unique in wanting to both listen to and watch a TV at hours when others may be sleeping and likely to be disturbed.
I am not in the slightest bit tecchy so was completely lost when I read on another forum (not this one) about ensuring that I use the TV's optical out (whatever that is) and an optical connector cable with a headphone socket, at one end of the lead, items which I would've thought related to seeing stuff rather than hearing stuff.
Someone on Amazon UK, not exactly the font of all wisdom, recommended purchasing a soundbar to go with this particular LG TV, this due to the fact that its sound is nothing like the quality both Curry's and the manufacturer represent it to be. They said not only would the TV sound much better but that soundbars have a socket into which one can plug headphones. Sadly, as yet, I haven't found any soundbar with a headphone socket.
If anyone knows how I can get round the problem of the missing headphone socket, and can explain -- to this absolute non-tecchy -- what steps I need to take, and with what kind of equipment, that'f be hugely appreciated. Sincere thanks!
As for LG, I'd thought it was a premier brand but now -- too late -- realise that it isn't: penny-pinching on headphone socket circuitry is pretty crass, and LG's/ Curry's mendacity about the TV's superb 'surround sound' an insult to the customer's intelligence.
