Sony Wireless RF Headphones for Watching TV

"Over-ear" is a very poorly chosen term because something "over" your ear might also be considered to be something "on" your ear and vice versa. The proper term that should have been established for use is "around-ear" or "surround-ear" and, in fact, Sennheiser uses the term "around-ear" on their website to describe their headphones which are otherwise listed with the "over-ear" misnomer. I wonder if the reason the term "over-ear" became the default term was because those who established it were not native English speakers who didn't realize the nuances. Or, perhaps, it was just some native English speaking idiot in marketing. Anyway, unlike the unambiguously named "on-ear" headphones, "over-ear" headphones are supposed to surround your ears with the pads resting on your skull and not on your ears. With poorly designed versions of those, like some of those which use memory foam in the ear pads, sweating can be an issue. With properly designed ones, it isn't. What characteristics are required for a proper "over-ear," better called "around-ear" headphone? These: 1. The holes in the center of the headphone pads should be large enough for your ears to fit inside. 2. The headphone pads should be thick enough to completely raise the hard headphone driver (speaker) face away from your ears OR 3. A combination of adequate headphone pad thickness and a rearward sloping of the driver away from the head to prevent contact with the ears which, as you may have noticed, slope away from your head in the rearward direction. These headphones as well as a previous pair of a different brand that I bought at a similar price do not comply with any of those characteristics. As a further insult, to make up for their too-thin ear pads, they're too rigid in order to reduce the amount they collapse. Have headphone manufacturers somehow forgotten those required characteristics over years? No, I suspect they are simply cost cutting to compete with Chinese manufacturers and smaller headphones are more stylish and more easily stored for travel. They suffer little negative market reaction for doing this because most people apparently don't know what an "over-ear" headphone is supposed to be. They put the headphones on and if they work, sound OK, and aren't immediately uncomfortable, give them positive reviews. Also, some reviewers may have very small ears where the headphones actually do act as a "surround-ear" design although with this model and the previous one I also returned, I don't see that as being possible for anyone over 6 years old.