Looking for advice on buying an accessible tv

dmart
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My father has a visual impairment and his cognitive function is slightly decreasing due to age and side effects of medication for physical health.
I need to get him a new TV with the following specs:
Freeview
40" (give or take)
Audio guidance on menus and epg
Easy to use remote control
£300 (give or take)
HDMI
Does anyone know of any good tvs for this?
Maybe one with large writing or a zoom feature?
Or even a universal remote control that is easy to see and use?
Any advice or ideas would be very welcome!
I need to get him a new TV with the following specs:
Freeview
40" (give or take)
Audio guidance on menus and epg
Easy to use remote control
£300 (give or take)
HDMI
Does anyone know of any good tvs for this?
Maybe one with large writing or a zoom feature?
Or even a universal remote control that is easy to see and use?
Any advice or ideas would be very welcome!
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The RNIB have a good online shop and website so they may have someone who could advise re TV's?
This is one of their remote controls..
http://shop.rnib.org.uk/easy-to-see-universal-remote-control.html
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You could look on John Lewis' website - customer TV reviews. John Lewis sell a wide range of TVs and many reviews are very thorough. Also JL give detailed specifications.
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Samsung does a lot to improve accessibility to their TVs http://www.samsung.com/uk/accessibility/product_televisions.html#vision
Not sure if these are on certain suitable models, or all suitable models. You could try asking Samsung, or shop around, hopefully staff would be aware of such features.
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I did check rnib, I didn't see anything about a specific TV but thank you for the idea about the controller. I've emailed them to ask if it will work with a freeview TV.
I've had a look online at a number of stores but I haven't found anything (in specs or reviews) about specific accessibility.
I saw the Samsung website (and Panasonic released some back 2012) but I can't find specific models that match the desired specs that definitely have those accessibility features. I'll have to make time to go to a store in person I think, I was just hoping to hear from someone that maybe has something they can recommend or anything first.
Thanks for help so far. If anyone knows of a specific model I'd love to hear about it.2 -
Hi @dmart did you ever find a good tv for your dad?
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