It’s a Panasonic Viera 106 cm wide. The sound without sound bar is OK for speech but music sounds tinny.
>From my iPhone > On 17 Mar 2021, at 10:59, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: > > Virginia, may I ask if your TV is a large-screen one? We have a very small > TV (24”) and the sound, even with a sound bar, is lousy. > > Gilly > > > >> On 17 Mar 2021, at 10:56, Virginia Routh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a LG sound bar attached to HDMI on TV which produces excellent sound. >> Classical music is my thing and I can listen to concerts on YouTube with >> pleasure. >> >>>> On 17 Mar 2021, at 10:17, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> I gather the original Homepods are being withdrawn (they're marked as >>> 'while available') so I thought I'd share my experience of them. >>> >>> I got a stereo pair last summer (one at a time) and I think they're >>> absolutely superb sound. One is good but two is much better. If you've >>> thought about getting them for a stereo pair, I would say you won't regret >>> it. >>> >>> We have a mini for the tv and I think the sound is disappointing. I >>> wouldn't buy a mini again (maybe they're better in stereo...) but I would >>> buy a pair of the full, and expensive, Homepods again. >>> >>> However: they're not good for computer sound. You can only output to one of >>> them as a speaker from the Mac (unless it's iTunes/Quicktime) and the wifi >>> lag means they're no good for eg meetings. >>> >>> They're not brilliant for playing specific music via Siri. I frequently get >>> told it can't find something that I know I have. I've even said 'hey siri >>> what's playing now?' and it says Song X by Band Y from the album Z. If I >>> stop it then say 'hey siri play Song X by Band Y from the album Z' Siri >>> then reports it can't find it. This is apparently a bug if you don't >>> subscribe to Apple Music (grr..I have iTunes Match but not Apple Music). If >>> you want to just play a band, it's great, just don't expect to get a >>> particular song reliably! >>> >>> It's absurd how well it picks up your voice even with music playing loudly. >>> I arrange all my calendar stuff via Siri on Homepod now as it's much less >>> fiddly than doing it manually. >>> >>> Ok, hasty review over. If you've been tempted, and want it for use with >>> AppleTV/Music, go for it while you can;) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/44C0E449-8F71-4B11-929B-201104B37066%40me.com. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/A73E8CEB-9138-445A-AC74-BAAC6724F3BE%40gmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/80C1FFEF-D492-40EF-9B4D-FA7861F623F2%40gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/6D2A3A8C-3DED-4314-AC86-A73F199A54D5%40gmail.com.
