and this is the case in point about supplying a stb rather than a new tv.
my recently deceased m-in-law had moderate dementia. we gave them a stb for christmas 18 months ago. for the following 12 months she could not cope with having a different remote than that of the tv and stubbornly...
i'm with the OP - you can buy a pretty good new tele for under $400 nowadays.
how many pensioners will have old tv's that the set top boxes don't work with anyhow ... and how many will be told that they need their aerial replaced (splutter splutter) for more rip off money ... and even my...
