Neanderthal seeks TV advice from inhabitant of 21st Century.

[unclealec]

Hi Guys
My kitchen units are all but finished now and I will be fitting them soon.
I have an interior wall in the kitchen with a 13a socket; I was proposing to make a storage shelving unit - 2ft squareish but only 3" or so deep - for spice jars, maybe a blackboard and chalk, just so as not to waste a blank wall. It's about 3ft wide, 8ft tall.
It dawned on me that I could incorporate a TV so that I don't miss vital programmes like the 6 Nations or University Challenge while I am chained to the sink.
One problem with this would be feeding an aerial lead to it. So convoluted as to be practically impossible.

My question is - are there such things as TV screens that are thin enough to go against a wall but that work on wifi signal only?

I have BT Broadband, good reception all around the house, but no subscription services such as Netflix etc; I rely on the likes of ITVX and iPlayer.
I want it to be a standalone device; I don't want to cast from another device.

Whaddya think? Might seem elementary to you, but some of us older folks have an inbuilt resistance to being au fait with technology.

[number2]

Hi Guys
My kitchen units are all but finished now and I will be fitting them soon.
I have an interior wall in the kitchen with a 13a socket; I was proposing to make a storage shelving unit - 2ft squareish but only 3" or so deep - for spice jars, maybe a blackboard and chalk, just so as not to waste a blank wall. It's about 3ft wide, 8ft tall.
It dawned on me that I could incorporate a TV so that I don't miss vital programmes like the 6 Nations or University Challenge while I am chained to the sink.
One problem with this would be feeding an aerial lead to it. So convoluted as to be practically impossible.

My question is - are there such things as TV screens that are thin enough to go against a wall but that work on wifi signal only?

I have BT Broadband, good reception all around the house, but no subscription services such as Netflix etc; I rely on the likes of ITVX and iPlayer.
I want it to be a standalone device; I don't want to cast from another device.

Whaddya think? Might seem elementary to you, but some of us older folks have an inbuilt resistance to being au fait with technology.

Aren't you describing an iPad or similar tablet?

[unclealec]

Aren't you describing an iPad or similar tablet?

I would be but I am hoping for a switch-on-and-view experience. My present wife would be struggling to access TV programmes on a tablet or similar device, but can cope with a TV remote control (eventually). To be fair she has eyesight problems but can still get the hang of what's on screen if it is familiar to her and accessible with a couple of dabs on a remote control.

[number2]

I would be but I am hoping for a switch-on-and-view experience. My present wife would be struggling to access TV programmes on a tablet or similar device, but can cope with a TV remote control (eventually). To be fair she has eyesight problems but can still get the hang of what's on screen if it is familiar to her and accessible with a couple of dabs on a remote control.

Ah okay that makes sense, good luck with the search.

[Chicken Pox]

Powerline ethernet adaptor into SMART TV also an option, went this route when the NOW TV hub I had was rubbish even for phone / ipad in the TV room. Without an aerial not all "live" channels are obtainable on my old (compared to the other thread discussion) SMART TV but iplayer, ITVX etc apps work fine.

ETA presume could squeeze in a 32" SMART TV? Review here:https://www.techradar.com/news/telev...d-today-655660

[Griswold]

This won't be much help, but....

I went through this some time back. In the end, drilled a hole through the kitchen wall, ran a cable from the Ariel though the loft and down the outside wall and mounted a flat screen TV on a swivel bracket on the the wall so it could be watched from anywhere in the kitchen. It worked absolutely fine, only we hardly ever used it after the first flush of success. So it's been taken down and I'm now left with a length of trunking, ( fixed to the wall to hide the mains lead as SWMBO wouldn't accept a wire hanging down), which I have to remove, and a load of holes in the wall which I have to fill; and then I've got to repaint repaint the whole 'B *****y' wall!

So be absolutely certain you will actually use it regularly. We thought we would, but when prepping, cooking, cleaning down etc it ended up sat there unused and being a white elephant!

[Mr Pointy]

If your wife can cope with using apps like iPlayer & iTVx then yes, you could connect over wi-fi. You won't have an overall EPG though & it probably requires use of more than a couple of buttons on the remote.

[Saint-Just]

This won't be much help, but....

I went through this some time back. In the end, drilled a hole through the kitchen wall, ran a cable from the Ariel though the loft and down the outside wall and mounted a flat screen TV on a swivel bracket on the the wall so it could be watched from anywhere in the kitchen. It worked absolutely fine, only we hardly ever used it after the first flush of success. So it's been taken down and I'm now left with a length of trunking, ( fixed to the wall to hide the mains lead as SWMBO wouldn't accept a wire hanging down), which I have to remove, and a load of holes in the wall which I have to fill; and then I've got to repaint repaint the whole 'B *****y' wall!

So be absolutely certain you will actually use it regularly. We thought we would, but when prepping, cooking, cleaning down etc it ended up sat there unused and being a white elephant!

I will second that, although I have no direct experience of fitting a TV in a kitchen. My installation was somewhat simpler, being a Sonos One in the kitchen. Yet even that does not get used, despite spending time in the kitchen daily as we cook all our meals.

I haven't even been bothered using it somewhere else.

[adrianw]

I use an LG oled TV with a box cut into the wall, it accommodates Ethernet, SkyQ box and the mains plug,

A clever and discreet way to do it would be a decent quality LVDS panel with the power supply and whichever tuner in a cupboard, but that would be a bit of a project

[ryanb741]

Most smart TVs these days are WiFi connected so to answer your question yes you will have a lot of choice.

[mrsammyp]

The likes behind Freeview (BBC, ITV, C4 etc) are bringing out an app later this year called Freely which will allow you to stream live tv using only a broadband connection. Should be available on TV’s, Tablets etc.


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[unclealec]

The likes behind Freeview (BBC, ITV, C4 etc) are bringing out an app later this year called Freely which will allow you to stream live tv using only a broadband connection. Should be available on TV’s, Tablets etc.


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Cheers, that might be worth waiting for.

[xxnick1975]

You can deffo do this. There are a few lower end TVs out there with native Roku or Fire platforms built in that are ideal for this.

I stuck a Hisense Roku one in our gym, so can stream any of the main terrestrial channels, TNT, etc when in there. The Roku also seems to allow casting with any apple or android device without any fuss which might be a consideration.

Also see Sky Glass.

https://www.roku.com/en-gb/products/finder/roku-tv

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