Freeview box with the best remote for elderly person?

"widgitt" wrote in message
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Definitely the TVonics mini Freeview box is good for older people,
especially as it has a modulator so it can be tuned to channel one on
the TV so it is always there when the TV is switched on. Stick it to
the back of the TV, they wont even know its there. (It has a magic eye
to stick to the front so the remote will still work.)

Also it has a "Home" button which resets the box to BBC 1 and gets rid
of menus and anything else which may have appeared by mistake!!

Beware, though, as it is available with the nice big remote but also
is being sold a bit cheaper by some suppliers with a very small flat
remote.

Thanks to all for pointing me at the TVonics box. Looks like it's the one
to go for.

Tim

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"widgitt" wrote in message
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Definitely the TVonics mini Freeview box is good for older people,
especially as it has a modulator so it can be tuned to channel one on
the TV so it is always there when the TV is switched on. Stick it to
the back of the TV, they wont even know its there. (It has a magic eye
to stick to the front so the remote will still work.)

Also it has a "Home" button which resets the box to BBC 1 and gets rid
of menus and anything else which may have appeared by mistake!!

Beware, though, as it is available with the nice big remote but also
is being sold a bit cheaper by some suppliers with a very small flat
remote.

Thanks to all for pointing me at the TVonics box. Looks like it's the one
to go for.

+1 TVonics. Easy to use too.

Z

Brian Gaff wrote:

Well, I know the RNIB supply TVonics boxes as they have large easy to use
remotes, at least the ones they supply do, and also audio description, of
course.
I'm not sure about the telly, I'd think that it might be wise to suggest
the old TV is becoming dangerous and get a new one based on that, but
unless its got a decent remote you might have a problem.

Brian


Just to add...

The remote for our TVonics PVR can also control basic functions on the telly
and a DVD player so the remote supplied with the telly can go in a drawer
until it's needed for setup, etc. In particular, the volume up/down buttons
control the telly (provided the remote has been programmed for its model),
whichever mode the remote is in at the time. This is perhaps my favourite
feature though I don't know if other TVonics boxes are similar.

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Steve Hayes, South Wales, UK
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Just to add...

The remote for our TVonics PVR can also control basic functions on the
telly

To do that with my wife's aunt's telly, it'd have to get up and twiddle the
knobs. ;-)

Tim

To do that with my wife's aunt's telly, it'd have to get up and twiddle the
knobs. ;-)


In this case, at least then, its good that many freeview boxes,
including the TV onics have an output volume control so you can leave
the TV at a set level and use the box volume.

I fully agree about the comment that the sound on a new TV will
probably be very poor in comparison with most CRT types.
Some earlier flat types had very good sound...not so now due to the
public buying by looks alone and going for the slimmest frames. There
is no longer room for decent speakers.