August DA110CD 11″ Freeview/Analogue LCD TV & DVD Player with Card Reader & USB Port (As Seen on Channel 5 Gadgets Show 12/11/07)

May 2, 2008 | By Doug In kitchen appliance |

August DA110CD 11″ Freeview/Analogue LCD TV & DVD Player with Card Reader & USB Port (As Seen on Channel 5 Gadgets Show 12/11/07)
August DA110CD is a multi-functional personal entertainment centre. It is LCD TV, digital Freeview TV receiver, digital radio receiver, high quality tablet DVD player with slot-in disc loader, media player from SD/MS/MMC memory cards and from an external hard disc via USB port, digital photo displayer and widescreen (16:9) high resolution monitor (800×480 pixels) for other media player or a game console. With stylish state-of-the-art design, outstanding picture and sound quality and user friendly features. It becomes an ideal TV and media player for kitchen, bedroom, caravan, boat and travelers. It can also be connected to a larger screen to output TV, video and digital photos to your home TV.

Please note that there may be difficulty to receive Freeview TV signal by the included portable antenna in some areas where the signal is not sufficiently strong at present. This is due to that the Freeview service (www.freeview.co.uk) in the UK is yet full power broadcasting to support portable TV antenna at present. The reception will be improving along with the progress of Digital Switchover Program (http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk). A signal amplifier or booster may improve reception capability in regions where the signal is marginally strong. (Please note that reception capability may also be affected by various factors such as proximity to Freeview TV/digital radio transmitters, tall building structures, thick walls, ceilings and etc.). A rooftop TV aerial may be required to watch Freeview channels in regions where the signal is insufficient for a portable antenna.

Customer Review: Impressive for a portable LCD TV
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I bought one of these for my wife as a present, especially as I’d never heard of the manufacturer before, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Because I’m so close to our local transmitter I’m within the “shadow” area and have to use a good rooftop aerial, none of my prior TV’s have obtained a decent picture from either an inbuilt aerial, or even one of the custom wall-mounted types connected through a booster, so I wasn’t at all surprised to find I needed to connect this to the external aerial as well. For that reason I can’t make a fair comment about the inbuilt aerial. No doubt I’ll find out how good that is when I next go camping, but if we can’t get a signal it’s easy enough to take a few films along with us instead !

That aside, picture quality is very good, whether for analogue TV, freeview, DVD, or plugged into the Sky box. DVD in particular was much better than I was expecting for such a compact unit.

Sound is fairly decent too, obviously it’s nowhere near as good as a hi-fi when it comes to audio cd’s, but good enough to play music on in the kitchen, bathroom or a tent if you just want something playing in the background while you get on with other things.

The flexibility of the unit is what impressed me the most, it’ll handle just about anything you can throw at it. The only thing it doesn’t have is an HDMI input for my HDV camcorder, but then it’s not a High Definition TV so I knew that wouldn’t be an option….

I’d definitely recommend it as a kitchen or bathroom TV that will also double up as a personal DVD player to keep the kids occupied in the car on a long journey, or a wet evening at the campsite.

My only complaint is that the controls can seem somewhat sluggish in responding, I’m not always sure if it’s registered the button presses or not.

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