Kid-proof TV, is there such a thing?

[thepeoplespal]

My little one loves to switch off the TV via the button next to the brightly lit red LED, it's the same for any laptop, the buttons are ripe for switching the things off and little fingers when excited appear to damage the laptop LCD screen with very little pressure, so is there such a thing as a kidproof TV?

Was thinking a Plasma has a glass screen (Am right in this assumption?)and might be a bit more robust than an LCD TV on the basis that the current CRT TV has lasted a good while and it is made of glass. So on purely kidproof basis what 32"+ TV should I go for that doesn't have too prominent and/or accessible an Off switch?

[headcase]

Sony's have all the buttons on the top

[thepeoplespal]

headcase said:

Sony's have all the buttons on the top

looked promising but when I checked - not the KDL-40W5500 on http://www.sony.co.uk/product/t32-w-series/kdl-40w... as it is on the bottom of the screen in the middle as far as I can see. care to elaborate on exact models?

[PJR]

Im afraid not..



P,

[headcase]

Erm...... not too sure, i installed one the other day, found it quite hard to even find the on/off switch. Ill do a bit of digging for the model number. (it was brand new so whatever the current models are)

[pacman1]

PJR, if they were mine, I'd get them to watch it through the front room window!

Edited by pacman1 on Wednesday 6th May 18:08

[V8mate]

Don't change the house, change the children!

I don't mean 'swap' them; I mean 'educate' them

[Zod]

put it up on the wall!

[talkssense]

Radical suggestion, but why not teach the little ones not to touch things? like the Tv and laptops.

I appreciate not all kids are the same, but they know if they touch the TV, Oven, Laptop, remote, or anything else they're not meant to they get told off, so they don't and never have.

[headcase]

thepeoplespal said:

headcase said:

Sony's have all the buttons on the top

looked promising but when I checked - not the KDL-40W5500 on http://www.sony.co.uk/product/t32-w-series/kdl-40w... as it is on the bottom of the screen in the middle as far as I can see. care to elaborate on exact models?

It was the V4000 series.

[shoggoth1]

thepeoplespal said:

Was thinking a Plasma has a glass screen (Am right in this assumption?)and might be a bit more robust than an LCD TV on the basis that the current CRT TV has lasted a good while and it is made of glass. So on purely kidproof basis what 32"+ TV should I go for that doesn't have too prominent and/or accessible an Off switch?

You are right, plasma is glass, but it is a thin sheet. Plasmas are transported vertically because if lain flat the screen can break under its own weight. The glass in a CRT is inches thick (on larger sets) 90% of the weight is the tube because it houses a vacuum and therefore needs to be rather strong.

I think LCDs are a plastic screen, so probably a bit more child proof and 'abuse tolerant'.

[thepeoplespal]

PJR said:

Im afraid not..



P,

LOL - looks like emulsion, but I've insurance for a reason ;-)

[russ_a]

PJR said:

Im afraid not..



P,

Are they your kids?

Back on topic...

My Sony has the buttons on the top (W Series) The little one smacks the screen all the time (LCD) and it seems to be all right. We tell him off but at 17 months he just laughs

[ian_c_uk]

[russ_a]

Sorry should also mention that the base has a pre-drilled hole so that you can screw the TV in place.

[Silver940]

My Panasonic Plasma has survived the kids hand prints etc pretty well. Mum's Sony LCD always looks more vulnerable as they smear the colours around

Educating the kids not to touch - easier said than done!

[PJR]

russ_a said:

Are they your kids?

Not any more. Got a good price for them though..

P,

[hugo a gogo]

Zod said:

put it up on the wall!

and a wall cabinet for sat box dvd etc