Portable TV 10" Freeview - August DA100D - Digital Television with In-built Recorder HDMI, USB & Multimedia Player / DVB-T2 MPEG4 H.264 / H.265 - Home & CampervanEnergy Label

For a long time I have been wishing I had a small TV for my kitchen so I can watch my favourite programmes, as they are broadcast, whilst washing up and tidying up, etc. but it needed to be small enough to sit on top of my microwave oven, which is on the worktop under a wall unit. My laptop is too tall, and my phone is too small so I cannot really watch TV on either of them. Then, four days before setting off to Cornwall, to care for my uncle for 3 weeks, I decided to Google 10" TVs, not really expecting to find anything. I make the 300 miles journey to Cornwall every 2-3 months, but I really miss my favourite TV programmes when I'm there. My 88 years old uncle only has one TV in his house now. He is profoundly deaf as a result of WW2 injuries (even with two hearing aids), and he has the TV on full volume. It is so loud that I can't sit in the same room when it is on, as it hurts my ears. Also, he flicks channels, not really watching anything - and he certainly doesn't watch 'my programmes'!In the past, when with him, I've tried to watch TV on my laptop/phone, and on Catch-up, but internet and mobile coverage in his part of Cornwall are almost non existent. So, I took a chance and ordered this dinky TV (on a Thursday), even though I had never heard of the brand or the manufacturer. I hoped for next day delivery, with Prime, but the following Monday was given as the delivery date. I also ordered the carrying case, and the 12v car charger. Their delivery date was the Saturday. As I was travelling on the Monday I thought I would miss the delivery of the TV at home, so I arranged for local pick up in Cornwall. Then, on the Saturday, I got a message to say all three items had been delivered to my local pick up place in Cornwall. They were all in the same packaging, and I was quite disappointed that I'd missed two days of having the TV.I collected it on the Monday evening, as soon as I arrived in Cornwall, and I set it up immediately. I didn't read the instructions first, as advised - I just plugged the TV into the mains, plugged the tiny DTV aerial into it, started automatic tuning with the remote control unit, and hey presto. I am absolutely thrilled with it.... so much so that I rang my sister to show it to her on a video call and she ordered one the next day. The TV comes with lots of accessories (cables) and, as well as running on mains electricity, and a 12v car charger, it also runs on six rechargeable AA batteries. I haven't tried it on batteries yet, as they are somewhat expensive and I don't need them at the present time. It could be worse though; at least the batteries it needs are rechargeable, and battery operation is a handy option to have. Oh, and I should mention that the 3-pin part of the adapter plug is detachable, and can be replaced with the European 2-pin part (supplied).The picture, upstairs at my uncles house in Cornwall, is excellent. The sound is a bit tinny, but that doesn't bother me. Also the remote control buttons feel a bit spongy to me (I think they are rubber/silicone) and I have to press them quite hard to change channels. My sister's TV also works well upstairs at our mother's house on the Wales/Shropshire border, but neither of us can get a picture downstairs in these rural locations. We might need to get booster aerials but, again, that does not bother me as we want them for upstairs use in these two locations. I'm confident that my TV will work up and downstairs at home, as I live in a good reception area, and my two 19" TVs work well on indoor aerials. I was delighted when I saw this TV, and excited to receive it. Now, I am so happy that I bought it, and thrilled that it is small enough for me to take it with me wherever I go.PLEASE NOTE: The shoulder strap in my picture of the TV's accessories (shown folded) did NOT come with this TV. It came with the August Travel Case for 10" TV, and 9/10" Tablets - which I bought at the same time. Apologies for my mistake!

I decided to buy this TV after not having a working TV for several months.Plugged into the mains I got no image or any sound using either of the two aerials packed with the TV. Just a black screen and silence.Once my rooftop aerial lead was plugged in I got a screen asking if I wanted English language - I pressed OK. I was asked if I wanted to install and I pressed OK.Got lots of channels when the TV had scanned and they had the same freeview numbers as shown in the newspaper.GREAT picture and reasonable sound. I pressed the remote to increase the sound and there was sufficient for me.Wearing one set of headphones I found the sound was too soft - I don't mean quiet, I mean not just sharp enough. With another set of headphones I found the sound was ok. I can't wear the type of head phone push-ins that came with the TV as they drop out of my ears.Took me a while to realise that pressing TV/R changes the TV from TV channels to Radio channels and pressed again reverts back to TV channels.Pressing INFO while a channel is showing gives me the channel number, name, start/end times of program showing and start/end times of program next in line.Not too sure about all the other things this set does.When I press Menu I get a list to choose different things - Digital TV, Movies, Music, Photo, Games and Disk Manager.I have yet to work out what these do.I need to investigate about a portable hard disc to record programs on to. Perhaps the one I have already will work.What I have noticed which are not properly visible on illustrations on the page are the ten buttons across the top of the tv (hidden from the front view).These are On/Off, Menu, Left/fast Left, Right/fast Right, Enter, Channel Down/Left, Channel Up/Right, Volume -, Volume +, and Mode.I was a bit worried about losing the remote and being unable to even turn the TV on.The remote is a bit cheap looking. It is very thin and uses just one flat C battery. At first I found it hard to get the buttons to work but I persevered. I am really glad the TV has buttons too as I think I will be pressing the remote buttons too hard and these things don't last when you do that.I have yet to try out the RED BUTTON channel 0200.The coloured buttons on the remote have white writing on them which makes the yellow one hard to read. I think it says Move.Red = ZOOM. Green = FAV. Yellow = MOVE. Blue = LOCK.Not sure what Move and Lock are all about.The TV weighs practically the same as my Kindle Fire without its leather case. It will be no problem to carry from room to room or upstairs etc. I just have to find a decent aerial or pay for more roof aerial extensions.The Manual is quite good, the front cover up to and including page 23 are the English pages. The typescript is small.To use off the mains the manual says you get 2.5 hrs with 6 rechargeable AA batteries.Note. I did notice as I was experimenting something about 16.9 so it might be that you can change the screen size when necessary.All in all I am very pleased with it just need to find a portable aerial that works.Ps. I forgot to mention that in the manual it gives details for locking certain channels and applying passwords, parental locks and all that.