Firestick

[Exfarmer]

Am trying to help out elderly neighbour. Firesticks , know nothing of them, they basicly want iplayer which is the easiest i emphsise easiest

 

[serf]

I usually call it kindling

 

[Clive]

Am trying to help out elderly neighbour. Firesticks , know nothing of them, they basicly want iplayer which is the easiest i emphsise easiest

absolute easiest would be to get a smart tv with it all built in

 

[Exfarmer]

absolute easiest would be to get a smart tv with it all built in

When you are facing the fact one partner is looking at a long time in care the last thing they need to do is buy a new tv

 

[michael N123]

When you are facing the fact one partner is looking at a long time in care the last thing they need to do is buy a new tv

Fire stick means a extra remote to select which HDMI it’s on and possible need to use the other remote for the sound which adds to confusion with the elderly…

 

[Chris F]

Fire stick means a extra remote to select which HDMI it’s on and possible need to use the other remote for the sound which adds to confusion with the elderly…

Agree a cheap £200 Samsung would be my choice. All built in. Very easy to use.

 

[Wesley]

Fire stick means a extra remote to select which HDMI it’s on and possible need to use the other remote for the sound which adds to confusion with the elderly…

Only really need the firestick remote. Anything we watch is via that. Volume is on the remote, but didn’t used to be. My son had it figured out how to work it when he was 4.

 

[milkloss]

I think a firestick could actually be more simple than a smart tv perhaps. Select hdmi and change remotes rather than using all the different menus on a smart tv.

 

[PSQ]

TV manufacturers should be offering simplified and oversized remotes and BIG ICON menus as an option for the elderly.

Society is now at a point where there are millions of housebound OAP’s that can neither see what’s written on a faded 6mm button, or understand that to watch something other than non stop ‘Homes under the hammer’ you need to navigate through many channel specific complicated menus.

The family bought mum a new big TV for her failing eyesight, but the elegant 2” slim remote is very difficult to hold or use when you have: failing eyesight, and arthritis.

 

[Phil P]

I have a firestick for our cheep old kitchen tele and rate it highly especially as they’re only about £30 which is much cheaper than a new tele.
The remote is probably the simplest in the house and when the tele it turned on it comes straight up once you press a button on the firestick remote no need to select which hdmi etc (it does on our tele anyway, maybe different on others).

Remote, still need the tv remote for volume though.

Home Screen, iPlayer is first app and I don’t even watch the BBC!

APP screen if you press the app button

 

[Half Pipe]

I'd get a fire stick with volume button on remote, see how they get on with it for few days, if not going to suit send it back.

 

[Clive]

TV manufacturers should be offering simplified and oversized remotes and BIG ICON menus as an option for the elderly.

Society is now at a point where there are millions of housebound OAP’s that can neither see what’s written on a faded 6mm button, or understand that to watch something other than non stop ‘Homes under the hammer’ you need to navigate through many channel specific complicated menus.

The family bought mum a new big TV for her failing eyesight, but the elegant 2” slim remote is very difficult to hold or use when you have: failing eyesight, and arthritis.

you can get big button / simple remotes and programs them to your tv

 

[Sheep]

Firestick or Roku, Roku will have less bloatware/adverts than the firestick. More or less same functionality.

 

[DrDunc]

Firestick or Roku, Roku will have less bloatware/adverts than the firestick. More or less same functionality.

Which one has the best porn?

(asking for a friend, obviously )

 

[Whitepeak]

Firestick is very, very simple. Remote turns on and off our TV and controls volume, even though our TV is over 10yrs old, never need the original TV remote.
Blue button is for voice control, so you can ask the TV to play certain channels or programmes, like an Alexa/smart speaker.
You can have as many channels/apps as you like, even a free one that shows normal live TV

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Am trying to help out elderly neighbour. Firesticks , know nothing of them, they basicly want iplayer which is the easiest i emphsise easiest

Do they have a WiFi router? I have a non smart TV, with a Roku stick plugged in. I can alter the "input" on the TV from antenna to HDMI1 (where the Roku stick is plugged in). However, the Roku stick has to be linked to the router. Great system, cheap but relies on an internet connection. As well as iplayer, I can access all the usual (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube etc).

 

[J B]

We have a firestick for various things, including I Player
LG Tv we have works seamlessly from the F/S remote
Hisense ... you have to use the separate remote!

 

[David.]

Aren't Firesticks sold by dodgy types in pub car parks, as a clandestine means of watching PPV content, Sky Sports, and Netflix on the cheap?

 

[Farmer_England]

When you are facing the fact one partner is looking at a long time in care the last thing they need to do is buy a new tv

Very easy to do
Make an Amazon account, sign in & iplayer is normally installed already
Lots of help on Google / YouTube
You do need WiFi though

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Aren't Firesticks sold by dodgy types in pub car parks, as a clandestine means of watching PPV content, Sky Sports, and Netflix on the cheap?

You can install things upon fire sticks to enable them to view all channels through a 3 party app then @DrDunc will have over 120 porn channels to view, so I hear.