MDTV Review

Product Summary

Positive: Input for Audio and Video, great pricing at less than $80, includes AC adapter and car adapter, built-in rechargeable battery.

Negative: Cannot receive signals while in a car (or in motion: more info), no removable battery makes the Axion AXN-8701 a tough choice for extreme weather or emergency use conditions.

Overall:  Great value and sure to satisfy needs for a small portable television.

Price: $79.99 @ Amazon

Reviewed On: 2/15/10
Last Updated: 2/15/10

MDTV Review

The Axion AXN-8701 is one of many new handheld televisions currently available to consumers looking for a small portable television with a built-in digital tuner.  It’s (W x D x H):  7.3 inches x 5.8 inches x 1.3 inches chassis is wrapped in black plastic with small grey plastic buttons for power, volume, channel, settings, and input selection.
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After the digital transition occured in Feb. 2009, almost all analog mobile TV sets became little more than electronic paper weights. How many? An approximate 8 million according to Consumer Electronics Association (2006 estimate), and not one converter box manufacture has produced a workable solution. One digital-to-anlog converter box maker, Winegard, has produced a dtv box which can be optionally powered by 6 D batteries, and run for an estimated 18 hours…but how do you connect it to a mobile TV with no inputs?

Our review focuses on the 4 most popular (for 2010) handheld TV sets w/ built-in digital tuners on the market.

Reminder: The handhelds featured in this review are built with an ATSC tuner, not capable of receiving broadcast signals while in motion. (More info)

Price: $79.54 @ Amazon

Positive:
7-inch portable LCD TV with ATSC/NTSC tuner, that WILL work after the 6/12/2009 Digital Transition
Selectable screen aspect ratio of 16:9 or 4:3
Audio/video jack and coaxial output; detachable antenna
rechargeable Li-polymer battery

Negative:
Some reviews have reported a battery life of approximtely 2 to 2 1/2 hours

The bottom line:
The HLT71 includes an AC power adapter, a car adapter, and the digital tuner seems to rate well with reception of DTV signals. At the current price point, the Haier HLT71 has been the current top seller at Amazon for mobile DTVs.

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LG’s DP570MH mobile digital television set combines a mobile DTV tuner and a DVD player. This unit features a 7-inch tiltable, foldable, wide-screen display (480×234-pixel resolution) and two stereo speakers. Manufacture LG boasts a 2.5 hour battery life while watching TV or up to 4.5 hours during DVD playback. The DP570MH also features USB 2.0 connection for JPEG viewing or WMA music format playback.   When folded closed, the DP570MH measures 9.5 x 6.5 inches.

One of our earlier posts show’s LG demonstrating the DP570MH at CES 2010.  (See the third video)