`Mark, While people are still considering what panosonic tv their purchasing, I have been reminded to tell people because they are asseessible tv sets that the v.a.t. refund option will apply so people should keep this in mind and keep the v.a.t. receipt if they purchase.
Are these new tv sets assessible menus operational if you purchase a freeview satalite dish?
Gerry.----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Magennis" <Mark.magennis@xxxxxxx> To: "List for discussing news and issues relating to the visually impaired in Ireland" <irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxx>; "Vics Mailing List" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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You will be able to use it with a UPC or Sky service, just like any other TV, but they won't have access to the UPC menus or programme guide, so they can't speak them. Similarly for Sky boxes. However, I understand that Panasonic will be releasing talking TVs with both Saorview and satellite receivers inside them. This should mean that they will receive the full range of Irish channels from Saorview and all the main UK channels from Freesat. All free. For people who are only paying for UPC or Sky because it's the only way of getting all the Irish and UK channels, this way of getting them for free with a talking programme guide and menus will be very attractive. I can't guarantee this at the moment, but this is how it should work.
Mark On 7 Mar 2012, at 12:21, Tim Culhane wrote:
Hi Mark,Do you know how these would integrate with other service providers likeUPC? Tim -----Original Message----- From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Magennis Sent: 07 March 2012 12:09 To: IrelandVIPnews; Vics Mailing List; vibistro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vicsireland] Talking Saorview televisions now available from Panasonic In a major development for blind television viewers here in Ireland, Panasonic has just released a range of talking TVs which are Saorview approved. They feature speech output of the menus, the programme guide and the programme and channel descriptions. The range includes 22 different models with LCD or plasma screens from 32 inch to 65 inch. The full listing is on the Saorview website at http://www.saorview.ie/product/panasonic-3/. Model numbers are as follows: TX-L32ET5B 32 inch TX-L32E5B 32 inch TX-L37ET5B 37 inch TX-L37E5B 37 inch TX-P42ST50B 42 inch TX-P42UT50B 42 inch TX-P42XT50B 42 inch TX-L42DT50B 42 inch TX-L42ET50B 42 inch TX-L42ET5B 42 inch TX-L42E5B 42 inch TX-L47DT50B 47 inch TX-L47ET50B 47 inch TX-L47ET5B 47 inch TX-L47E5B 47 inch TX-P50ST50B 50 inch TX-P50UT50B 50 inch TX-P50XT50B 50 inch TX-P55ST50B 55 inch TX-L55DT50B 55 inch TX-L55ET5B 55 inch TX-P65ST50B 65 inch Mark Dr. Mark Magennis Director of the Centre for Inclusive Technology (CFIT) NCBI Working for people with sight loss Whitworth Road, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 (0)1 882 1956 Skype: markncbi Web: www.cfit.ie Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ncbiworkingforpeoplewithsightloss Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ncbi_sightloss Check-out NCBI's Micheal O Muircheartaigh appeal on the following link. http://youtu.be/25P2tiuCi0U ******************************************************************** National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) is a company limited by guarantee (registered in Ireland No. 26293) . Our registered office is at Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. NCBI is also a registered Charity (chy4626). NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipientyou should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it orof any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannotaccept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We thereforerecommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ******************************************************************** ==================== The vicsireland mailing list To unsubscribe at any time send a mail to: vicsireland-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe", without the quotes in the subject of the message. To contact the moderator send mail to: tim.j.culhane@xxxxxxxxx For mor information on the Visually Impaired Computer Society visit: http://www.vicsireland.org _______________________________________________ The IrelandVIPNews mailing listTo unsubscribe, send a blank message to IrelandVIPNews-request@xxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line.To contact the moderators, Email: IrelandVIPNews-owner@xxxxxxxx IrelandVIPNews@xxxxxxxx http://lists.ie/mailman/listinfo/irelandvipnews
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