# DVD ear buds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ear-buds/678700>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 13, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ear-buds/678700 "2014-01-13T20:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ear-buds/678700/1 "2014-01-13T20:21:32Z")

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Hi Guys,  
I donate blood platelets every two weeks and they have DVD players we can use. They, also, have TV’s and the head phones they have do not cancel out the TV’s.  
I was thinking that if I got ear buds, they might work better at blocking out the TV’s.  
I would only use them every two weeks and the sound does not have to be great.  
Any thought"s on what would be a good choice ?

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ear-buds/678700/2 "2014-01-14T05:41:14Z")

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Do not get ear buds ([like so](http://cdn.head-fi.org/0/03/1024x600px-LL-0370d4ba_AppleEarpodsandEarbuds.jpeg)). They are crap. You want the kind [that actually makes a seal with your ear canal](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/InEarMonitors.jpg). That might be what you meant, but I hope that helps your search. They’re called in ear monitors/headphones. I usually get Skullcandy brand and they have a range from cheap to not.

Also with earbuds, people tend to turn the sound high to block background noise, thus potentially damaging their hearing.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ear-buds/678700/3 "2014-01-14T12:11:28Z")

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**Moderator Action**

This is more opinion than factual, so let’s move it over to IMHO.

Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-ear-buds/678700/4 "2014-01-14T17:27:44Z")

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Of all the relatively cheap headphones, [these (Koss “The Plug”)](http://www.amazon.com/Koss-Plug-In-Ear-Headphones-Black/dp/B00001P4XA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389720158&sr=8-1&keywords=koss+in-ear) might be the best at blocking out background sound.