TV's - How the hell do old people cope?!

[LeoSayer]

wibble cb said:

muppetdave said:

My Dad's 62, so not *that* old, but he proclaimed with such pride that when my Mum came down to us one day, he managed to put on a DVD. He can also now read a text message, although replying is currently out of reach!

My dad used to sign his texts, and still does his emails, it escapes him that I would only expect it to be him writing them, and that his phone number is programmed in to my phone......

Even my 30 year old mate does this.

And when I send him a text he replies 'Who is this?' because he hasn't got around to storing numbers on his mobile - they're on a scrap of paper.

[allgonepetetong]

cymtriks said:

In our house we have a remote for the telly, the set top box and the video. Thats three of them. Each one needs batteries and each one has been lost in the garden, down the back of the sofa or replaced after being left on the floor and carried off by the dog. I'm sure that in a bachelor pad it is oh so clever to have thse gadgets lined up in a neat row but in any normal house with visitors, pets, kids, cracks in sofas, grannies popping round, etc. they are an object lesson in user interface disaster.

http://www.logitech.com/en-roeu/remotes/universal-remotes/devices/3898