[access-uk] Re: Where does this leave the Panasonic TV?
- From: william lomas <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:22:10 +0100
again it paves the way for sky to get in to action, if a software upgrade can
do it for freeview, then why not for sky and virgin media?
the fact they can not be bothered surely can not hold up in law for much longer?
i would, in truth, prefer sky as much more variety of channels; true at a cost,
but that's fine by me.
On 16 May 2012, at 11:05, Darren Brewer wrote:
> Hi List
>
> All this discussion about the new talking PVR got me thinking. One thing I've
> noticed that noone has mentioned is that the new TVs that Panasonic recently
> launched are probably already obsolete, as far as the blind community are
> concerned. Their accessibility compared to the tvonics box is very poor. With
> the new tvonics recorder you can take a standard TV and make it completely
> accessible. Ok, the Goodmans did a simlar job, but as many would argue it was
> quite poor compared to this one.
>
> What still amazes me and this is coming from a former electronics design
> engineer is that with just a simple upgrade to the firmware the box becomes
> completely accessible. Over time more features and enhancements will be added
> and they will be free. Something else the goodmans lacked.
>
> RNIB, Goodmans and Panasonic must have invested a fair amount of time and
> money in developing the accessibility of their recent products, which
> required more of a hardware rather than a software solution which is always
> far more expensive and restricting. Now tvonics come along and hey presto
> with a simple upgrade we have complete accessibility. Ok, not quite, iplayer
> and digital text, but given time they will be.
>
> I still think it was brave of Panasonic to try and be a trail blazer.
> Unfortunately they didn't do enough and left a lot of people wondering why so
> much of the TV was still inaccessible. Maybe they will take notice of
> tvonics, which in truth is a far less well known and less established
> electronics manufacturer. When I've mentioned Tvonics to people, so far all
> have said they have never heard of them. Maybe now they will become more well
> known.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Darren.
>
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