TV for Mum

[securespark]

So you may want to consider powerline connectors , if running a cable is going to be a problem.

Thanks. Running a cable is not a problem. Plus my lad, who has started an IT apprenticeship, can have some installation experience.

 

[securespark]

Yes the box will need internet.

If you go for new TV instead of box will also need internet

But if she keeps her existing TV and we connect a Freeview Play box, I guess only the FP will need an internet connection?

 

[motorbiking]

If its just one gigabit socket, you might just as well install a long patch cable via trunking and a couple of brush plates. If you are going to install Cat6/RJ45 sockets then you'll need a tester and punch tool. Though you can do it without.

 

[sxturbo]

But if she keeps her existing TV and we connect a Freeview Play box, I guess only the FP will need an internet connection?

Yeah,

 

[securespark]

mb
Thanks.
Got a digital cable tester.

I have a 30m Cat 6 lead with plugs already attached. Was going to run that between the router and the box.

 

[securespark]

Mum is deaf and is going for a hearing aid assessment.

Her NHS Audiology dept. is closed, but she is being referred to Specsavers under the NHS.

When I went the other day, I turned on the TV to check something and was literally blown away! She had the volume on FULL!

Now, this is going to damage her hearing even further. I mean, I am quite deaf in H and M frequencies but this hurt my ears!

I'm wondering if she can get Bluetooth (perhaps by paying extra) hearing aids so she can stream the TV audio direct to her aids? Which has to be better for her, surely?

As she has missed out on the cinema recently, I'm also thinking of getting Netflix for a year as a Christmas present. Then she can watch films at home.

 

[securespark]

I have Freeview play on both our TV's. When I got my mum a new TV, I made sure they both had Freeview play on them. So easy to use but you can only go back 7 days though. Anything else and you have to search the apps BBC iPlayer, ITV player etc.
Basically you press the guide on the remote and you will get a screen like this:
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You can see, at the moment I am on BBC1. (If I want to search back on other channels I would scroll down to that channel).

Then, instead of pressing the forward button on the remote to see what is coming up next, you press the back button to enter the previous weeks programme so for the past week on BBC1, you would get this screen:

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You would simply go back to the day you want, then down to the programme you want and press enter. That’s it, that programme will start.

To access the other apps if you want to check full content, you just press the yellow catch up button on the remote to get this screen:
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Then choose the catchup service from the top screen options.

Thanks for doing this, that's really helpful!

 

[securespark]

Just get a set top box with recording ability and smart function.

This is all you need https://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/humax...R5M6mJam9RXnDR9Nl2HhMXzsYnX0Om0RoChjIQAvD_BwE

Freeview play is very similar to youview which is probably why you don't buy them retail anymore.

Apparently it does not have Netflix on it.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Apparently it does not have Netflix on it.

Don't you just have to download the Netflix app?

 

[Mottie]

I'm wondering if she can get Bluetooth (perhaps by paying extra) hearing aids so she can stream the TV audio direct to her aids?

The Panasonic TV in the link given by motor biking in post #21 has Freeview. It also has dual Bluetooth outputs for audio. All your mum will need is a pair of Bluetooth headphones which can be had quite cheaply.

 

[mattylad]

I would suggest to NOT go for a bluetooth headset., especially a cheap one.

They need pairing, sometimes quite often. Do you want to have to talk that through with your mum?
They also have bluetooth lag, the sound may not sync with peoples lips.

RF headphones are pre paired so it's never an issue.

 

[Mottie]

I would suggest to NOT go for a bluetooth headset., especially a cheap one.

They need pairing, sometimes quite often. Do you want to have to talk that through with your mum?
They also have bluetooth lag, the sound may not sync with peoples lips.

RF headphones are pre paired so it's never an issue.

Hmm. You are probably right there. I have some Bose Bluetooth noise cancelling over-ear headphones as well as some Sony in-ear buds (both weren’t exactly cheap) and they work very well on my TV, iPad and iPhone although when I had a cheap knock-off copy of Apple airPods, there was a lip-synch lag. Perhaps if not an RF pair, how about a pair of standard earphones with an extra long lead?

 

[securespark]

Was thinking about BT hearing aids, not headphones, as this was suggested to me a couple of years ago by my Audiologist.

Trying to think of a solution to the volume at full whack issue.

But if they're going to be a PIA for an octogenarian technophobe, it's not the best idea!

Mottie: I can see a long lead being a trip hazard!
Perhaps RF is best?

 

[securespark]

Don't you just have to download the Netflix app?

Reading the reviews, it doesn't appear to be that simple.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

As she has missed out on the cinema recently, I'm also thinking of getting Netflix for a year as a Christmas present. Then she can watch films at home.

SWMBO subscribes to Netflix and Amazon, I use her account and to be honest - I find it difficult to find any films on either to catch my interest, but maybe I am hard to please. I usually pop in every couple of months, seeking something to watch, but often I am disappointed, by how poor the quality is, unless you pay extra. Some of the better ones are the foreign films, which involve reading English subtitles. I watched a rather good Italian film last night, but managed to follow the Italian reasonably well without the help of subtitles.