TV for an old person

[cmsapms]

Slight variation on the "what TV" theme.

FiL had a stroke in the summer. He's now close to being able to return home. He wasn't much of a telly watcher, but will now be mostly confined to his living room and needs a new TV.

So, the requirement is for the simplest to use freeview TV that's available. No bigger than about 42" and does not require a single fancy bell or whistle on it.

What would people recommend?

Thanks

[Scrump]

I recently had to choose a new TV for my elderly MIL. Difficult to find a TV now that doesn’t have all the bells and whistles.
In the end we chose an LG as I have an LG and so could more easily advise her over the phone when (not if) she needed help. Have set up her freeview channels but not set up the smarter functions for now.

[OutInTheShed]

Are there not special remote controls available, with the buttons you actually need bigger and all that?

I'm tempted myself!

[LuS1fer]

Looking for a TV for my ageing mother and it looks like Hisense have a more intuitive interface, according to YouTube.

[dickymint]

As far as remotes go the Samsung One Remote has to be the simplest I've ever used.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/tvs/smart-tv/one-remote...

[James6112]

dickymint said:

As far as remotes go the Samsung One Remote has to be the simplest I've ever used.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/tvs/smart-tv/one-remote...

I find it a bit of a faff. Eg get to channel 101, with no 101 buttons..
Have to use voice control..
Much prefer their standard offering TBH

[Actual]

It might be helpful if the TV has HDMI-CEC so that turning on a connected device automatically changes the TV source to the correct HDMI port.

The reason for mentioning this is that my MIL got a new TV without HDMI-CEC and could never get the hang of turning on the YouView box and then changing the HDMI source on the TV which involved using 2 remote controls.

Annoying because the TV was a new model Samsung TV but without the HDMI-CEC feature.

[dickymint]

James6112 said:

dickymint said:

As far as remotes go the Samsung One Remote has to be the simplest I've ever used.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/tvs/smart-tv/one-remote...

I find it a bit of a faff. Eg get to channel 101, with no 101 buttons..
Have to use voice control..
Much prefer their standard offering TBH

Which is not (I think) what the OP wants as too complicated? With the One Remote it's only a click to get to the TV Guide then scroll to whatever channel you want.

[Lucid_AV]

My mum is in a hospice at the moment. She has an LG TV in the room. Her two issues with it are the crappy sound and the TV remote. It's almost all black and the button legends in white are too small to read. Her vision isn't great now and she's losing tactile sense plus has some neurological weakness on her left side which means holding stuff in one hand whilst she uses a magnifying glass with the other is a non-starter. These are all symptoms of her illness. There's no point in her getting new spectacles if you understand my meaning. Even if she did, she wouldn't be able to put them on and take them off without help.

A zapper remote would help her. It's £15. I'm going to buy her one tomorrow after watching her struggle with the telly remote tonight.

When you just want to watch some TV, then a TV is a TV is a TV. The remote is more important.