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Easy to use TV for elderly person?

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Sunnyside4 · 27/08/2024 10:22

Can anyone recommend a tv or brand of tv that's easy to use for my elderly Mum. Really looking for something she can just switch on and press number of channel she wants (coming across anything other than channels 1-5 will result in a phone call to me as she's too scared to change it from 10 back to 5!!). She won't cope with having to scroll along the bottom until she finds normal tv.

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PermanentTemporary · 28/08/2024 21:41

Age UK in some areas have digital visitors - usually for the Internet but they might help with TVs too.

Also worth going to a Curry's if you have one locally. You might be lucky with the assistant you speak to.

JennyWreny · 27/08/2024 23:06

When I was setting up my mum's new TV (Toshiba) I noticed that you can delete the channels you don't use. I was thinking of doing that and just leaving her a few options but then I couldn't remember which channel the never ending repeats of Murder She Wrote and Traffic Cops were on . . . .

Something else that might be useful is that some TVs come with Alexa built in so you could set that up and print off a sheet of example commands (if necessary).

Disclaimer - I haven't tried either of the above. Just noted that the TV has those options if we need them in the future.

Mosaic123 · 27/08/2024 12:28

We bought an easy remote for MIL when she needed a new TV but she, sadly, didn't get the hang of it.

There are simple radios but not TVs as far I know. ☹️

NoBinturongsHereMate · 27/08/2024 10:52

There are simple remotes that work with any TV and have a very limited number of buttons. Can't remember where I found one for my dad - might have been RNIB, or Age UK.