Bluetooth transmitter/receiver for Samsung earbuds/gaming PC

drhcnip 27 Nov 2019 17:57:59 6,573 posts
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Daughter's just received her Samsung buds from the free offer and wants to use them on her PC for gaming. After recommendations for a decent transmitter/receiver/whatever it is that would enable her to use both the sound and microphone capabilities while she's playing. I've been trawling around the internet but you chaps are likely to have a better idea about this than me and my pootlings….cheers!

KD 27 Nov 2019 18:00:16 3,575 posts
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I picked up one of these a few weeks ago as my usb dongle didn't like to many devices at once.

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drhcnip 27 Nov 2019 18:05:41 6,573 posts
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yep, she's got a dongle and it's not coping very well...will bear that in mind if I can't find a plug and play device

thanks for the info

Carlo 27 Nov 2019 20:15:12 21,801 posts
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@drhcnip How I understand this.

Usually, general purpose BT dongles are not optimised for audio transmission as they are a bit laggy.

This is why there's dedicated dongles that work on a proprietary protocols for gaming headsets, like turtlebeach, and Sony Gold/Platinums. The protocol is a kind of stripped down BT to reduce lag.

For gaming, I imagine you would not want to have a regular BT dongle, if the lag is likely to impact you.

drhcnip 27 Nov 2019 20:22:43 6,573 posts
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that's the direction i'm heading in but i'm not an av expert - she had it up and running, it was stuttering which she fixed and she got the sound up and running fine...once she activated the mic, it all pissed up the wall....i'm just off for a look at it now....

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