Today might be your lucky day. One sale a day has the Beats headphones over the head type on sale for $79. 99 today. I have about every type of headphones and earbuds because I have a hard time with them. I am not fond of the buds but when I need super light and portable I use them, my favorite pair has the flat ribbon type cord which I like better than the flimsy cords. I have some that go around the back of my neck, I have some over the head ones, some are blue tooth some not, I forget to charge them. For me it depends on how I am using them, if laying down I prefer the one goes around the back of my neck (they are not buds they are smaller sized lay on the ear with foam cushion) or my earbuds. If I am sitting up in a chair I like the bigger over the head ones with the comfy cushioned over the ears speakers, and yes I do have the sweat issue also if it's hot. And of course there is not going to be any running happening lol. All of my over the head ones fold for easy storage. The Beats are excellent headphones. Here is a link that might be useful: Beats

I do have hearing aids but seldom wear them because I hate them. This is concerning as there is evidence that untreated hearing loss is associated with increased risk of depression, anxiety and dementia. Further there is evidence that it affects how the brain processes what is being heard and the effort required to process that speech which can impact memory and other neural functioning as well as speech comprehension. Mom was really unhappy and rarely wore her hearing aids when she had the kind that filled her ear. She hated how, when she ate, all she could hear was chewing. She also hated how it amplified ambient sound in a noisy area, but she still couldn't hear conversation. But then she switched to the open air model which, with computer control, allowed her to adjust it to reduce background noise and didn't fill her ear for a more natural feel and she was much happier and wore them more often. We've not needed them yet, but everyone tells me the best place to buy aids is Costco....

It also stinks that when I had an online chat with someone at Samsung, asking if there was an audio jack like the one in our previous Samsung of the same dimensions, all they told me was "No." I made it clear that being unable to use headphones with the TV was a problem for me, they still gave no hint of any workaround that might accomplish it. I was probably chatting with someone who was just going down a list, and the list didn't suggest any alternatives to the jack; but that and our frustrating experience trying to attach the new-type of stand to the TV make me think that S. is not, or is no longer, a very customer-friendly company. Still like the electronics themselves, though. As to the Toslink cable, I understand from online comments that there is not a standardized size for the port. That means that it would be nice if the people selling the cables, and the people selling equipment with Toslink noted the sizes somewhere. Perhaps some did and I happened to miss them. I'm grateful that Radio Shack was there and that I had the sense to consult them, even though their fiber optic cable was more than double the price of the first one I bought. And since this cable is quite thin compared with the first one, I also spent a bit more to have the reassurance that I could get a free replacement if it should stop working. It also had no little protective caps on it, so I sent a nod of gratitude to you for the warning not to touch the tips. A lot of stores where we are in CA have disappeared or are about to. Von's (still available, but now 6 miles or so away), and KMart (now only available maybe 8 or 10 miles away, and in a direction we seldom take), to mention the ones I am most upset about. Yard-goods stores are also on the decline. I make most of my own clothes, so that is a real PITA, too. Fortunately, one such chain has a big store in a nearby city and a smaller one 4 miles from us. There are some things you don't want to buy online, or that you may want immediately. Ah well! We do still have Best Buy (which doesn't always have what we want), and WalMart, right in the same mall. No electronic junk store any place near, so far as I know. But then, I tend to want someone to help me figure out exactly what I need so as not to have to return things. There is a big Fry's Electronics within 1/2 hour's drive, but they seem to be hiring fewer and fewer people who could help you out if you could only find them. The new TV has two HDMI ports, and it uses one to connect with the indispensable Cox Cable mini-box that unscrambles digital signals. HDMI is still an alien creature to me! For example, I don't know why I must use HDMI-2 and HDMI-1 won't work for that purpose; am wondering what HDMI-1 would be used for. So long as this ignorance is not depriving me of anything I need or want, it shouldn't matter, but not knowing does bother me a little.

@Sam A We've never had a problem with noise in the master bedroom (which we use as our office) because there are only 2 of us living here and when we have guests we're both chatting with them anyway. We never hear any noise from the kitchen in the master bedroom/office. Our TV is right outside the master bedroom/office, but if only one of us is watching then we'll use bluetooth earpods / headphones. My husband also set up bluetooth headphones for his parents to their TV and they used them frequently when only one person wanted to watch TV. I'd highly recommend this set up, especially if one person is hard of hearing like my FIL. My MIL hated the TV always being incredibly loud when she was trying to read or craft, so the headphones were a great compromise for them! ha If noise is a concern for that room I'm sure you could add some extra insulation / sound proofing on the adjoining wall and a thick door.