Easy to use (small) TV for someone with not great eyesight

Maybe go to John Lewis or Richar Sounds and ask their advice and see the tvs working.

*Richer Sounds

Yes. Good idea.
Thank you. I forgot they had TVs
The last time I went to Richer Sounds they did know their stock.

I went to Curry's and found a pretty good LG one but not as bright as she's used to and the handset was fiddly.

Maybe you can still get more basic handsets??

NotSpaghetti Stay clear of LG. My handset is beyond me totally but the subtitles are good. I am partially sighted and could not see anything without subtitles.

I am unsure what size my TV is but occasionally I have to push my chair marginally closer.

Charleygirl5 - thank you.

I wonder if all handsets are fiddly now?

I thought that all TVs had adjustable settings for colour, contrast, brightness, etc. As mentioned Richer Sounds and John Lewis are both usually helpful.

Hi I tried a GoogleTalk TV for my 97 year old mother who is very visually impaired, but it was useless - yes, it would take her to, say, iplayer Countryfile, but couldn't be specific enough to know which episode she wanted.
We found it is as much about the remote control being one she is used to than anything else - and now are using some bobble bump things on various buttons around the house. (the amazon link is too long - put in bump dots for visually impaired)
BTW Mum loves her Alexa for the radio, time, weather, cooking timer, reminder etc and has one in every room!
Good luck it's a long haul!

If you look on Amazon you will find very simple remote controls which can be programmed to different TVs. I got one for my husband who has dementia. Just on button, up and down volume and programme choice and a mute button.

32" is pretty small. Samsung are pretty good but I would get 40 or42"

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Simple remote control, NotS.

Metra

I thought that all TVs had adjustable settings for colour, contrast, brightness, etc. As mentioned Richer Sounds and John Lewis are both usually helpful.

Yes they do - but I know some technology is better than others (from when we bought ours).
Not all are good in daylight for example.

The simple remotes are a good idea. Thank you.

She wants the TV to sit in a particular space! Hence 32 inches!

We have a 32" in our breakfast room and it is a perfect size. We sit about ten feet away from it. We both have sight issues. It's an LG and there are no problems with its reliability (had it for years) or sound (we both have hearing issues too!). We switch it on and off with the original remote but use a generic handset (All-in-One) for the rest. We always use sub-titles and I thought they were dependent on the programme provider, not the TV.

I don't suppose your given 32" is to fit into a vintage tv cabinet with folding doors, is it, NotS?

In case it is, my mother was deeply fond of hers, to the extent that finding a suitable replacement tv was a nightmare. The tv effectively drops in this cabinet box and the doors fold across against a base plinth. What happens is you have to raise the tv on books or whatever to ensure that the remote control sensor can pick up the instructions along the base of the tv.

IYSWIM🥴

Ha ha,
No, ixion - she likes it on a ridiculous coffee table which is the "perfect" place when she's on the sofa!
It's an L shaped room and the coffee table is at the protruding corner!
It's next to a glass cabinet which she doesn't want to move either.

She likes it there as she can twist it towards the sofa in the evening and towards her dining table at lunchtime!
She will NOT have it fixed on the wall (this is vulgar I think she thinks).

Any bigger than 32" and it won't safely fit next to the cabinet.
Her existing TV is quite a bit smaller.

She is an amazing woman and I just want her to be happy.

Samsung Qled nice & bright, strong colours,easy to navigate around the remote. John Lewis usually have 5yr warranty or richer sounds 6 yrs warranty

Good for her, NotS!
At least you don't have to look at cabriole legs .😉

Ha ha no, but I am looking for an unusual castor replacement for the base of her huge Mid-Century Swedish cream leather armchair!!


Ideas welcome!

Mt61 her current one is a Samsung from 2016.
They are not updating it anymore.
I have written to them but no...
And now BBC iPlayer is going in October so it's a new TV or a firestick/roku or whatever.

She would rather have a new TV she says.

We will look at Samsung.
Thanks

NotSpaghetti

Ha ha no, but I am looking for an unusual castor replacement for the base of her huge Mid-Century Swedish cream leather armchair!!


Ideas welcome!

Pictures?

Will look for the photos on my ipad pen50 - I'm not at home just now.

Thank you.

Pen50
I've just accidentally deleted the photos of her castors somehow...
The chair is like the one in this article and has these same castors. I think it's 1970s in fact. Not mid-century.

www.homesandantiques.com/interiors/makers/upholsterer-simion-hawtin-smith-on-how-he-breathes-new-life-into-antique-and-vintage-chairs

I'll have to take some new photos.
I know they aren't made anymore.