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Tivax HiRez7 Portable 7-Inch Digital Widescreen TV
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List Price: $159.99
Our Price: $99.99
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Manufacturer: Tivax
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Tivax
Display Size: 7
EAN: 0753182094571
Feature: 7" Widescreen LCD Digital TV
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Label: Tivax
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Manufacturer: Tivax
Model: HiRez7
Publisher: Tivax
Studio: Tivax
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Features
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7" Widescreen LCD Digital TV
Three power options: AA batteries (using docking station, sold separately), rechargeable Li-ion Batteries and AC power
Perfect for all occasions (picnic, camping, ball games, emergency situations)
Can use both antenna and cable; Adapter included
Built in stereo speakers
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Editorial Reviews:
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Tivax HiRez 7-Inch widescreen LCD portable Digital TV has advanced ATSC digital tuner for high performance! Enjoy your favorite television programs anywhere. Take it camping, hiking, use as an emergency TV during hurricanes, etc. Advanced technology is built into this high quality product for unsurpassed value. It can also be used as an external monitor to play video games and watch DVD movies. The optional USB cable connects to other USB devices like U disk or mp3 player to play picture/audio/video, including JPEG, MP3, AVI, MPEG-1/2/44, DIVX format. The built-in card reader (SD/MS/MMC) can play your favorite movies as well as show the pictures from your camera. The Tivax HiRez7 can also work with regular alkaline battteries when used with docking station sold separately, which makes it perfect in all situations. Package includes Magnetic antenna, A/V cables, Remote Control, Instruction manual, Power adapter, Earphones, Car adapter, and Li-ion batteries.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good value 7 inch portable digital TV with average LCD/image quality. check out the slimmer 9 inch version as well.
Comment: Tivax HiRez7 Portable 7-Inch Digital Widescreen TV is a decent portable TV with a reasonable price. The ability to receive over the air digital signal is the main feature, and this TV managed to get most of the channels that I get from my other TV. The LCD quality/screen resolution is average (it's nowhere near a phone/iPhone or a regular laptop/netbook LCD quality, but then again it doesn't cost as much). The image Color and contrast are good however. And this TV is watched from a reasonable distance (i.e. not too close, like farther than 2 feet), the average quality LCD is not too noticeable. Overall, this is a good product with a decent price. In my opinion, this TV is positioned to be a value 7 inch TV screen, and I think they achieved it.
Pros:
1. Decent image color and contrast
2. Decent digital signal reception (but will vary depend on where you are)
3. Decent sound
4. Nice 7 inch screen (much better than 5 inch TVs/screen)
5. Battery last 2 hour (and can be extended with additional battery on docking)
6. Car adapter, external antenna, headphones and remote control included
7. Built in SD memory card reader, USB port, and TV stand
8. can be used to view photo, music or video (e.g. JPEG, MP3, AVI, MPEG 1/2/4, and DivX)
9. Can be connected to cable, DVD player, or gaming console
10. Reasonable price
Cons:
1. Average picture quality (low resolution LCD panel), especially if you see from very close distance
2. Can be thinner profile (feels bulky though it's not heavy) and can be more solid build (the button feels a bit flimsy)
3. Antenna included isn't very good (signal reception not very strong)
4. Reception is bad/unstable when the TV is placed in a non-stationary object (e.g. moving car), but this is universal to digital TV
5. A lot of buttons and complex menu system can be challenging to navigate
6. Non standard antenna input jack (need additional adapter to use a different antenna)
7. Docking station that will improve sound (external speaker) and playtime (using 8 AA or 2 Li-Ion batteries) not included in the base package (Tivax HiRez7-DS Docking Station for HiRez7 Widescreen 7-Inch Digital LCD TV)
I would recommend you to also check out the Tivax 9 inch version which has bigger screen, but features slimmer profile and the price isn't that much more expensive.
Sidarta Tanu
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awsome sound you can actually hear going down the road!!
Comment: I received this Tivax portable lcd tv not expecting the sound qualty to be very good but was very surprised when I first turned it on and the volume was at max. Wow it was so loud you could hear it from one end of the house to the other and could also understand what is being said. It certainly blows my netbook speakers out of the water.
Next I tested to see how long the battey life was and it seemed to last just over two hours so not bad for the size of the unit. It charged up fairly quick but did not time how long.
The on screen menu was very easy to navigate through unlike some others have mentioned. Maybe my version is newer and they updated the menus?
The remote is easy to use and buttons are logicaly placed. Sometimes I did have to push the button twice to make it work but may just be me.
If you should take it on the road it comes with a magnetic mountable antenna that you can put on the roof of your car and seems to work great. The reception of the digital pitures was pretty good and pulled in several channels. I did not notice the channels fading in and out too much while driving.
The tv has a USB input so you can hookup your portable DVD player or MP3 player to it. It has a headphone input for quiet listining.
Another nice feature is the flip out stand so it can be laid back at angle.
The second most impressing thing about this unit was the price factor. They have finally come down in price enough to where I can justify buying it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: El Cheap o - For Emergency use only!
Comment: Tivax HiRez7 Portable 7-Inch Digital Widescreen TV reviewed here is indeed an "ATSC" compatible digital TV which can receive OTA channels for free (Local Channels) and has some additional cool features that one might say "WOW", But before you get your hopes too high let me tell you that while the concept is cool to have ATSC tuner that can receive all Hi-def Digital Channels and SD Digital Channels and have capability to watch movies from a USB stick or SD/HC memory card or listen to MP3 music files the execution of those features are very poor due to bad programming and utterly poor ergonomics.
The Button layout is very confusing and next to impossible to get used to, When all the buttons have something or the other attached to it, for example VOL + and VOL - have navigation keys attached to it, There is a dedicated EXIT button from the MENU!!! You get the idea?
All those buttons that this TV has could have been reduced down to 5 buttons in a neatly organized navigational buttons but that would require some nice menu and programming on the device, but instead of that one has to fumble with tons of buttons and switches all over this TV just to get simple task done.
With so much of negativity in the first paragraph of this review you must be wondering does this TV even work? Well, After you have fumbled with buttons, got the antenna plugged in and finally made the attempt to scan the available channels in your area you do get a decent array of digital TV from local broadcasters depending on your location, I live about 40 miles from the nearest TV broadcast tower and I was able to pick up about 40+ digital channels.
The Scanning time for ATSC channels are relatively quick but getting all channels is beyond the expectations of that included antenna, but it does its job well and handles Multipath situation pretty well and the picture remains stable without dropouts or pixilation. But you cannot move the TV or be mobile with it, You need to keep it perfectly stable and still to view the channels without dropouts, that is simply the digital TV downside there is nothing one can do about it.
Well, this is a poorly constructed unit, The Picture Quality is mediocre at best when viewed at close distance, But if viewed from 2-3 feet your eyes cannot make out much of a difference and the picture looks pretty good, It is almost like Standard Quality TV as the LCD resolution is poor and the Menu is poor, the Sound quality is tinny and quality of components are mediocre at best.
PROS
[+] It is a Portable 7-Inch ATSC LCD Digital TV
[+] Comes with full array of accessories and cables
[+] Can Display pictures and Low-res Movies from USB Stick
CONS
[-] Poor Button Layout and ergonomics
[-] Poor On-screen Menu
[-] Very low LCD resolution
[-] Quality of materials are mediocre at best.
The included Li-Ion Batteries (You need two batteries to run this unit) gives you about 100 minutes to 105mins max of viewing time depending on the LCD brightness that you set, The on-screen battery low warning does not go away and covers the center of the screen telling you that the batteries are going to run out in 10seconds but stays there for more than 15-20 mins of the last remaining juice of the battery (Again Poor Programming of the unit)
Of the cheap variety of Digital TV, the Haier HLT71 7-Inch Handheld LCD TV is much better than this one and a whole lot cheaper too!
I would not recommend buying this at retail price, If you really need to buy this, Buy it when it is on-sale and if you can live with all the quirks that this device has to offer it is still a useable portable Digital TV for emergency use only, Do not consider this unit for any viewing pleasure whatsoever. - Not recommended.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Displeased
Comment: Stopped working after three weeks. It did work at first and was very easy to set up and to put in the two included rechargeable Li-ion batteries. Batteries work right out of the box and do not need to be charged before putting them in. The included small antenna brought in about 30 channels, about 10 of them strong (I am in the Miami-FT. Lauderdale area). Picture was OK but not very bright. Sound was poor. However, after only three weeks of very moderate use, the picture started to flutter horizontally and then died, leaving only a curtain pattern. Now will not work from the batteries, A/C or car lighter.
Also, the docking station has a small door for the AA batteries that has a small plastic tongue to keep it closed. The tongue on the first DS broke very soon and I had to order another one. And then the tv stopped working. By the way, the recommended amplified antenna cannot even be connected to the tv. It has a coaxial connector, the tv does not.
I am very displeased. Do not buy it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent emergence TV (as well as for every day use)
Comment: Tivax HiRez7 Portable 7-Inch Digital Widescreen TV
I found this to be an excellent product. I live in Floride, so I purchased the optional docking station, which not only gives you better sound, but allows you to use AA battery's to charge the unit and run the TV. I do not know of any other TV on the market, that will allow you to do this. We have not had an emergency situation yet, but if the power goes out I know I will have the use of the TV long after the internal battery's run down, by just using AA battery's. The few extra dollar's that this unit cost, is well worth the piece of mind that it offers. In the last hurricane, that we had, I lost power for 4 days, and I sure wish I had this TV.
The TV itself,has an excellent picture,and my wife uses it every day in the powder room,as she puts on her make-up. It works great and we have not had any problems with it.
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