[Electronics-talk] The digital radio TV from Oehm

[Baracco, Andrew W]

I agree with George.  I bought a 10 inch digital TV from Walgreen's for
$79. Yes, I needed sighted assistance to set it up, which took all of 10
minutes.  It came with an easy to use remote, and you can also use a set
of buttons on top.  I like Richard, and I remember him from his work
with the Optacon at TSI, but I see this as another expensive and
unnecessary product, but in the final analysis, the marketplace will
determine its success or failure.

Andy


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Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:56 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] The digital radio TV from Oehm

Geoge, What's your objection here?

I think the general problem with most cheap TVs is that they're menu
based and so aren't usable to many blind people out of the box.

The idea seems to mostly be package a cheap tv, or radio, with the
correct documentation so a blind person could use it.

Take an existing radio, permanently attach the remote control to it's
side, document the hell out of it, and then sell it to blind folks.

While I don't think I'd buy such a product, I think many people would.

Jim

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 02:47:38PM -0800, George Cassell wrote:
> This is nuts!
> 
> Modifying a table top radio in order to be able to pick up digital TV 
> channels -- and only 2 thru 69 at that.  It's like buying a motorcycle

> so you can add two wheels to it and try to make it into a car.  How 
> crazy is that?
> 
> Just buy a cheap digital TV that receives, not only the over the air 
> channels, but cable channels as well.  Then you can connect it to an 
> antennae (rabbit ears or outside deep fringe, if you wish), just as 
> you were going to do with that stupid radio, or to a cable and be able

> to pick up cable channels, or even a cable box and pick up the entire
package.
> 
> And just what is this digital keypad (which many of the keys don't 
> even
> function) going to do for you?  If it could dial your phone for you, I

> might even think that it goes from being totally nuts to being just
plain stupid.
> But it doesn't even do that!
> 
> With a standard digital TV (since you want to be able to do the basic 
> things), I don't know of any digital TV with which I can't turn it on 
> and off, raise and lower the volume, go up and down through the 
> channels, and with it's own keypad, punch in the exact channels you 
> wish to watch.  And if you can't watch the channels, and simply want 
> to hear them, then put a cardboard in front of the screen and pretend
that it's a damn radio!
> 
> Give me a break you guys.
> 
> -- George
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] The digital radio TV from Oehm
> 
> 
> Andy,
> 
> You could be right, but whether the TV receives cable channels or has 
> a coaxial cable connection really should be two separate issues.  Some

> antenna systems for digital TV use coaxial cable for connection since 
> they use both UHF and VHF antennas.  If the unit uses two or four 
> screws as was often done in the past to accommodate
> 300 ohm twin lead, one could by a transformer to connect a coaxial 
> cable.  I know you know all this, but it may not be obvious to 
> everyone.  I guess to be sure we provide a helpful answer, we would 
> need to know why a coaxial cable was as important as it appears to be,

> and what sort of antenna connection the unit has.  It occurred to me 
> that there may have been an assumption that not receiving cable 
> channels means no coaxial cable connection, and that wouldn't 
> necessarily be the case, but I am just speculating.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Steve Jacobson
> 
> 
> 
> 
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