[access-uk] Re: Freeview set top boxes
- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:19:24 -0000
Indeed you can get huge sets now, but I would have to move house to get
anything larger than 26 or possibly 32 inches. I got someone to carry out
the installation for me, but the menu system would not be too difficult once
you know the order of the items within the menu. so, you would need help,
but I am sure you could do it with visual assistance from your son.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Jackie Cairns
Sent: 20 February 2008 12:00
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Freeview set top boxes
Hi David
As a matter of interest, how accessible is your Panasonic Viera TV in
relation to setting it up? It's just that a 26 inch doesn't sound too big
compared to some of these sets that are doing the rounds at the moment. Did
you need sighted assistance to switch on the ~AD?
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:45 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Freeview set top boxes
> Jackie,
>
> Needless to say, there is currently no need for a set top box to watch
> West
> Ham, not in the champions League anyway. I can dream though.
>
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Jackie Cairns
> Sent: 20 February 2008 11:41
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Freeview set top boxes
>
>
> Hi David
>
> Thanks very much for the useful update. I don't need another box at the
> moment because I use Sky which has AD turned on, and the Netgem which is
> still functioning well. I've also got another ordinary box that I picked
> up
> in a sale before our Dixons closed down some years ago. It doesn't have
> AD,
> but is useful for occasions like last night, when I needed to have the
> Champions League on every format I could find. So I had Sky showing the
> Roma versus Real Madrid game, the Netgem on Scottish TV showing the
> Liverpool game (still smiling for that one,) and the spare Freeview box on
> ITV 4 for the Olympiarkos versus Chelsea game. Better not forget Five
> Live
> on the radio either ... yeah I know, I'm hopeless (smile.)
>
> You say you have a TV with Freeview carrying AD built-in? I know there
> are
> a lot of TVs now with the AD facility incorporated, but we haven't got
> that
> far yet as I'm hoping our current Sony continues to plod for a while.
>
> Thanks for that though.
>
> Jackie
>
> Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
> Skype Name: Cairnsplace
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Access-Uk@Freelists. Org" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:22 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Freeview set top boxes
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Continuing the set top box saga, I now have my Logik Freeview box which I
>> ordered from Currys on sunday and it is fitted and working well. You can
>> set the box to beep every time a key is pressed, but I don't think it
>> beeps
>> when it finds a channel broadcasting audio description. I would not have
>> thought that was worth another twenty pounds.
>>
>> I purchased the Logik for my upstairs tv which only has the basic five
>> channels. Downstairs I now have a Panasonic Viera 26 inch set and this
>> one
>> has a freeview box built in, which does have audio description unlike
>> most
>> set top boxes. also, you can set this one to have the AD on speakers or
>> headphones or both or neither. this is a good idea if someone in the
>> room
>> does not want to listen to the AD track.
>>
>>
>> David
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