Philips HN050

Pros: Good sound quality, good comfort and decent noise cancellation

Cons: Short cord, battery compartment is kind of a pain

The Bottom Line: There are plenty of noise cancellation headphones available. These really warrant a chance. They sound good and are comfortable. The fact that they're cheap is a bonus.

Review: I bought these because I will be taking a plane trip in a few weeks. I have an iPod and know that I'll be spending some time on a plane. I plugged them in and found them to be just fine. I was a little concerned that they had to have a battery to ...

Pros: Behind the head, effective noise canceling with good bass boost for MP3

Cons: Long-term comfort, could have more padding on ear cups.

Review: I've used these headphones on planes and @ my desk with my MP3 player; the noise canceling is excellent in either environment. On a plane the headphones do a fine job @ canceling any constant frequency of noise such as jet engine whine or the monotonous ...

Pros: Very comfortable and good sound

Cons: Active noise cancellation is non-existent

Review: I wear these at work and they are very comfortable. The on-ear design does a good job of reducing noise. The active noise canceling doesn’t add any more cancellation so I don’t use it. I only paid $10, so it is worth what I paid. ...

Pros: Adequate noise filtering capability and battery life.

Cons: Uncomfortable on longer flights.
After 3 years of use, sound only comes out on one ear.

The Bottom Line: Headphones are too uncomfortable for extended use. That coupled with durability issues will have me purchasing a different set of headphones next time. 

Review: My wife bought me a pair of the Philips SBC HN050 headphones for my birthday a few years ago. I had been making do with earbud headphones or the $3 headphones that the airlines sell, but wanted to upgrade to noise cancelling headphones after trying out a ...

Pros: good sound and style.

Cons: assembled to break (headband and cord) noise canceling box annoying.

Review: These headphones are good because they are more like your other behind the head headphones so they are not really odd looking...but yah looks aren’t everything, the noise canceling box is annoying when wearing. These also break very easily and you canâ ...

Pros: Umm sound is ok.

Cons: Paying extra for noise cancellation which just doesn't work. Not comfy for me.

Review: Bought at Best Buy and they are going back ASAP. $49 for regular old crappy headphones? I tested them at home for about an hour with different background noises - noise canceling made absolutely no difference.....don't waste your time or $$ on these - ...

Pros: Long battery life

Cons: Everything other than battery life.

The Bottom Line: Not worth the money. Only OK sound, doesn't fold up for storage, cord not long enough, doesn't cancel that much noise.

Review: Someone recently reviewed a $300 pair of Bose Quiet Comfort headphones. Lucky them! I wish I had the money to buy them. Quite a few months ago I brought my portable DVD player on a plane trip, but had a heck of a time hearing the DVD audio over the ...

Pros: the noise cancellation works, when you can keep them on your head.

Cons: breaks easily, awkward soundbox, very hard to keep in place and uncomfortable.

The Bottom Line: There's got to be better products out there that take into consider ease of use, which Philips does not.

Review: I bought this product because I wanted a noise cancellation headphones for the office with my new iPod, and I was also attracted to the airplane plug. Yet I should have spent $4 extra for the Sony and saved myself a lot of headaches. The headphone is ...

Pros: Nothing.

Cons: Painful noise when switching soundbox to ON/OFF. Uncomfortable and unadjustable. Mediocre noise-canceling.

Review: If you're looking for a new pair of COMFORTABLE headphones, don't get these! The cord is too short, the soundbox is kind of annoying. Also: they are terribly uncomfortable. I have a medium sized head, I would say, and they hurt! After wearing them for 10 ...