OT[?]: Video player for hospital?

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:25:24 -0000, "Robin" wrote:

- battery life: I am sure the hospital won't allow PSUs plugged into
their sockets so need several hours minimum between recharges;

Because of a chronic health problem I am in hospital for days, weeks
or sometimes months at a time. I always take a laptop and a phone.
Both are plugged in recharging as required and nobody has ever
objected. The possible interference with medical equipment has long
been disproved apart from very rare occasions when very sensitive
monitoring is being done.

Steve

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David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

For a while bans were attempted in order to force patients to use
Patientline (etc) but that was soon seen as indefensible.
Most/all hospital equipment is RFI-proof. The days of bans on phones
etc are pretty well gone.
If you plug in look for an ordinary 13A socket, not one marked
'essential' as that is on a special circuit.

In terms of plugging in, the issue is PAT testing.

The NHS now outsources some work to private hospitals, and for at least
one of those, they allow equipment to be plugged in, but it has to be
subject to a free PAT test, first.
My experience is that this regulation is universally disregarded.

Bill

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On 28/01/2013 07:45, Dr Zoidberg wrote:

An iPad will do the job very nicely, but it sounds like you'd want the
64gb version if you plan on filling it with video which isn't cheap.
It's a brilliant bit of kit IMO, but something like a Samsung Galaxy Tab
has a Micro SD card slot so that will be a lot cheaper - half the price.




the ipad would need all the mkv videos etc converting to something it
likes wouldn't it?

Nope, AVPlayerHD is one of a number of apps that will play pretty much any
video file. I've not needed to convert anything on mine. You can upload
files either through a HTTPS session or syncing them through iTunes.


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David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

For a while bans were attempted in order to force patients to use
Patientline (etc) but that was soon seen as indefensible.
Most/all hospital equipment is RFI-proof. The days of bans on phones
etc are pretty well gone.
If you plug in look for an ordinary 13A socket, not one marked
'essential' as that is on a special circuit.
In terms of plugging in, the issue is PAT testing.
The NHS now outsources some work to private hospitals, and for at
least one of those, they allow equipment to be plugged in, but it has
to be subject to a free PAT test, first.
My experience is that this regulation is universally disregarded.

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?
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Ian

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Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Bill Wright
writes
David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

For a while bans were attempted in order to force patients to use
Patientline (etc) but that was soon seen as indefensible.
Most/all hospital equipment is RFI-proof. The days of bans on phones
etc are pretty well gone.
If you plug in look for an ordinary 13A socket, not one marked
'essential' as that is on a special circuit.
In terms of plugging in, the issue is PAT testing.
The NHS now outsources some work to private hospitals, and for at
least one of those, they allow equipment to be plugged in, but it has
to be subject to a free PAT test, first.
My experience is that this regulation is universally disregarded.

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?

usually only if the flex is damaged. Moulded on plugs have eliminated a
lot of potential failures.

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In message , charles
writes
In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Bill Wright
writes
David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

For a while bans were attempted in order to force patients to use
Patientline (etc) but that was soon seen as indefensible.
Most/all hospital equipment is RFI-proof. The days of bans on phones
etc are pretty well gone.
If you plug in look for an ordinary 13A socket, not one marked
'essential' as that is on a special circuit.
In terms of plugging in, the issue is PAT testing.
The NHS now outsources some work to private hospitals, and for at
least one of those, they allow equipment to be plugged in, but it has
to be subject to a free PAT test, first.
My experience is that this regulation is universally disregarded.

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?

usually only if the flex is damaged. Moulded on plugs have eliminated a
lot of potential failures.

And a quick visual inspection would virtually eliminate all of those?
--
Ian

In article , Ian Jackson
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In message , charles
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In article , Ian Jackson
wrote:
In message , Bill Wright
writes
David Woolley wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:

For a while bans were attempted in order to force patients to use
Patientline (etc) but that was soon seen as indefensible. Most/all
hospital equipment is RFI-proof. The days of bans on phones etc are
pretty well gone. If you plug in look for an ordinary 13A socket,
not one marked 'essential' as that is on a special circuit.
In terms of plugging in, the issue is PAT testing. The NHS now
outsources some work to private hospitals, and for at least one of
those, they allow equipment to be plugged in, but it has to be
subject to a free PAT test, first.
My experience is that this regulation is universally disregarded.

How many times do 'normal' things (computers, phones, TV sets etc)
actually fail a PAT test?

usually only if the flex is damaged. Moulded on plugs have eliminated a
lot of potential failures.

And a quick visual inspection would virtually eliminate all of those?

certainly the ones where the outer sheath doesn't reach the cord grip.

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:01:03 +0000, wrote:


I wonder if anyone has ever taken in a soldering Iron? Knocking up a
brass model kit or a circuit board would be a good way of passing
time.
The late railway enthusiast, Rev Teddy Boston, apparently did a bit of
railway modelling in hospital but I don't know that included using a
soldering iron. (He also had more visitors than specified by the rules
but I think he got away with it.)

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:35:20 UTC, charles
wrote:

usually only if the flex is damaged. Moulded on plugs have eliminated a
lot of potential failures.



Many many years before PAT tests we routinely cut off molded plugs and
fitited new MK ones - because all plugs had to be fitted by the
company electrician.........
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Dave Saville

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:23:13 +0000 (UTC), Dave Saville
wrote:

Many many years before PAT tests we routinely cut off molded plugs and
fitited new MK ones - because all plugs had to be fitted by the
company electrician.........

Now we do the exact opposite.
If it hasn't got a moulded plug it's almost certainly going to
get replaced with a lead that has.