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> Some things just don't need to be wireless. Headsets are the one area I disagree on. :) Not having to deal with a cord is huge. I've gotten tangled in them
by kayodelycaon 3y ago
> Some things just don't need to be wireless.
Headsets are the one area I disagree on. :)
Not having to deal with a cord is huge. I've gotten tangled in them so many times and have almost pulled laptops off tables when getting up and walking away. (ADHD means I forever forget there's a cord attached to my head.)
Granted, I'm using Apple AirPods with Apple devices... which makes the wireless experience far better than average.
- ghaff 3y agoYeah, I just use AirPods these days. I don't like using a big set of headphones and I found that, on a Mac, just using a good mic and speakers usually works fine but every now and then there's echo so it's easier for everyone concerned to use the AirPods.
- tourmalinetaco 3y agoAirPods give me constant anxiety about losing one or both.
- ghaff 3y agoI'm (probably) not going to lose them in my office. I use corded noise cancelling Bose earphones in a plane.
- pxx 3y agoEven airpods with apple devices get no better than 100ms latency, with some (Apple device to Apple device!) combinations easily going over 200ms. It's nigh unusable for anything other than listening to music or recorded video.
- LeafItAlone 3y ago> It's nigh unusable for anything other than listening to music or recorded video. That weird. I use mine for everything with no problems. Am I doing it wrong?
- lukeholder 3y agoSame. Have perfect video chats with AirPod pros.
- pxx 3y agoHow can you tell? Do you have measurements? You are arguing against real, human-perceivable numbers here. At 200ms interruptions happen more often and the flow of a conversation can't be maintained as well. But you might just chalk that up to "video chats are not very good anyway." Latency punishes the person you're talking to, who sees more interruptions, not necessarily just yourself. edit: I note you're in Australia. Perhaps your baseline latency is already fairly high. But that should make this issue even more important.
- bowsamic 3y ago> (ADHD means I forever forget there's a cord attached to my head.) That explains it I guess. Most of us don't have ADHD so it isn't a problem for us
- schwartzworld 3y agoSome of us do have it and also don't have that problem.
- 6D794163636F756 3y agoYup. My ADHD means I'm never sure just how much battery things have
- scruple 3y agoI don't have ADHD. Batteries aren't exactly transparent with this stuff. I never know, either.
- Two4 3y agoCan't figure out how to delete this comment on this mobile client, please ignore
- vGPU 3y agoThe number of times I’ve yanked them off my head because they’d get tangled on the edge of the table or the chair is too high.