Bluetooth headset + VOIP?

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Hi, I use my surround system for gaming 90% of the time, even at night it won't disturb anyone because of the position where my work station is placed. But I use Skype, Vent and among other VOIP software to communicate with friends and family alike quite often also. I do have a standard set of computer headset, but then I find the headphone part of the set not quite up to the standard both SQ wise and comfort wise.

Now I am thinking will I be able to use a bluetooth headset like those people use with their phones (e.g. Jawbone) to my computer and still function the same way as mic analog out? I have a really cheap Bluetooth headset that comes with Warhawk and a generic BT dangle, can't quite get it to work properly. I wouldn't mind shelling out extra bucks for a more capable one if it can deliver what I need.

Thanks in advance
 
Can anyone comment on this? I've always wanted something that can perform this. Looks like he has my EXACT setup..

...haha reading his sig... its almost the same as mine, but I have 12GB ram, and Crossfire :/
 
I got the cheap little BT dangle from a $3 sale a while ago, and it doesn't work with either of MY BT headsets...It's possible, but probably would be better to get a set.
 
Guitarrasdeamor said:
I got the cheap little BT dangle from a $3 sale a while ago, and it doesn't work with either of MY BT headsets...It's possible, but probably would be better to get a set.
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A set? I don't recall seeing any sets on sale. After all the BT headset market belongs to the cellphone crowd. I have my eyes on a jawbone if this mystery gets resolve. :p
 
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Yeah it works, I have a PS3 Bluetooth headset, and bought a bluetooth receiver for my pc for around $3, worked fine with teamspeak and vent, and my game sound was still coming out of my 5.1 speakers.
 
All you need is a bluetooth receiver and then pair it with your headset, then go into skype and tell it to use bluetooth. Be warned though, i've played around with this a few times and even with the best quality bluetooth headset the sound quality of the mic will sound like absolute garbage over VOIP. I haven't been able to figure out why, but that's always how its been whenever I've tried. Even my current set, the Jabra BT530 which is supposed to be better then the jawbone 2 sounds like robotic junk over voip even though it's crystal clear paired with an actual phone.
 
ShafTDawG said:
Yeah it works, I have a PS3 Bluetooth headset, and bought a bluetooth receiver for my pc for around $3, worked fine with teamspeak and vent, and my game sound was still coming out of my 5.1 speakers.
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What receiver do you use? I have one of these these but cannot get them to work under Vista64, mainly driver problem because of the fact that I was able to pair my headset to computer but cannot actually use it as a headset using the stock vista bluetooth support.

As for VOIP vs phone, I think the problem lies within the receiver. My house phone requires VOIP and works flawlessly.
 
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I've had this working before, but most bluetooth headsets I've used are garbage for most applications especially VOIP.
 
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