On 11/11/2014 08:42, Brian Gaff wrote:
Well, how are her eyes? If you go to a bigger more up market Panasonic you
can now get them that talk to you so if you do press the wrong remote button
you can hear it. Panasonic remotes are far easier than Sony or Samsung ones
for older people it is claimed.

Well I don't know about the other brands as we use a Panasonic
ourselves, but I got my elderly father a Panasonic too and he doesn't
find it at all easy to use the remote. It has to be aimed rather
accurately at the sensor on the TV, and the buttons have to be depressed
for a certain amount of time, not too rapidly but not held down too long
(or you get auto-repeats in some cases) and he doesn't seem to find it
easy to get the duration right. It may be that the other brands are
even worse, but I wouldn't bank on it without testing them e.g. in a
shop (if suitable shops still exist).

Also, you can of course get big button remotes that can be programmed for
the most used functions of most appliances these days i notice, in much the
same way ou can get big button phones.

That seems a good idea, but worth checking that the popular brands of
big-button remotes will actually work with the brand and model of TV
that you select.

And I'd also support the suggestion of getting a much larger screen than
you think is required.


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