Product Description

Tivax HiRez7" 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, 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1376 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Tivax
• Model: HiRez7
• Dimensions: 8.30" h x 1.10" w x 5.40" l, 1.00 pounds
• Display size: 7

Features

• 7" Widescreen LCD Digital TV
• Can use both antenna and cable
• Includes two rechargeable Li-ion batteries up to 1.5-hour usage
• Built in stereo speakers
• Will work with alkaline batteries when used in docking station sold separately

From the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer ASIN: B002BDU89MATTRIBUTE_NAME: 4055 REVIEW: The Tivax HiRez7 Portable Seven-Inch Digital TV puts your favorite shows and movies in the palm of your hand. Perfect for toting around the house, taking on camping trips, or using as an emergency TV, the HiRez⁷provides portable entertainment in any environment. With this palm-sized television, over-the-air digital channels look great, and it offers many options for adding sources for your digital music, movies, photos, and more.

The HiRez7 offers: 7-inch color screen. Integrated USB port and memory card reader. Built-in ATSC tuner for receiving over-the-air signals

A built-in memory card reader lets you play popular digital media files. View larger.

Enjoy digital TV whether you're at home, on camping trips, or traveling. View larger.

Entertainment at Home and On the Go
Weighing just one pound and measuring a compact 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches (WxHxD), the HiRez⁷ goes anywhere you go for an easy way to enjoy TV, movies, music, and more. Use the portable TV at home, setting it up in whichever room you are working in. For instance, you can watch the game while you tinker in your garage without taking up valuable workspace.

You can also add the HiRez⁷ to your home's emergency kit so that you're be prepared for power outages and other emergencies. With this portable TV close at hand, you will be able to stay informed about disaster news and weather reports.

Bring the HiRez⁷on trips and keep your kids entertained. Use the built-in parental control to regulate what television shows they watch or load your favorite videos onto the TV. The built-in 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and included headphones make the HiRez⁷ a great companion for road trips. And for airplanes, it has an integrated USB port and memory card reader, so you can take your favorite shows with you and enjoy them as you travel.

Please note that digital reception in the United States is poor when the TV is moving, such as in a vehicle. For best digital reception, the TV must be stationary.

Digital-TV Clarity, Battery-Powered Portability
The HiRez⁷'s built-in ATSC digital tuner receives an over-the-air signal, and its magnetic antenna gives you great reception, so you can watch all your local channels on the bright, crisp, seven-inch screen that provides digital-TV clarity. The HiRez⁷ also works with most cable hook ups, and its built-in stereo speakers offer great sound.

With the HiRez⁷, you can stay mobile for up to 120 minutes using the included Li-Ion rechargeable batteries. If you're on a road trip, you can conserve your TV's batteries by using the 12-volt car power adapter; if you're spending a day around the house, you can use the home power adapter and save battery power. A screen saver option also helps you extend battery life.

Enjoy Music, Movies, and Photos Everywhere You Go
The HiRez⁷ plays many popular digital files, including JPEG, MP3, AVI, MPEG 1/2/4, and DivX, which means you can watch movies or listen to your favorite tunes using the HiRez⁷'s optional USB cable. There's a built-in SD/MS/MMC card reader for even more entertainment options, and you can also use the TV as a large photo viewer to share your digital pictures with friends and family. The included A/V cables allow you to connect to a DVD player or gaming console and use the TV as an external monitor.

An antenna, remote control, and car charger are all included.

The Tivax HiRez⁷ is covered by a one-year warranty.

About Tivax
Tivax and its parent company, Michley Electronics, manufacture top-quality electronics that make life easier. Always a great value, their products are found in many OEM applications or on store shelves under famous brand names.

What's in the Box
Tivax HiRez⁷ Seven-Inch Portable Digital TV, magnetic antenna, A/V cables, remote control, instruction manual, power adapter, car adapter, earphones, and Li-Ion batteries.

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Customer Reviews

Great little portable TV!
Just received my Tivax RiRex7 7 Inch Digital TV from Amazon yesterday, and I am delighted with this purchase!
I was looking for just the right portable digital TV to have on hand during our hurricane season in Florida.
This was the only portable TV that I found that in addition to the rechargable Li-on batteries, also uses regular alkaline batteries. When the electricity goes out, having an alternative to rechargable batteries is a must! With the supplied antenna, and using battery power, I was able to pick up 17 digital channels! The color and picture quality are better than I anticipated. For the many features that this Tivax portable TV offers, it is a great value for the money, and well worth waiting for. The only thing missing is the "docking station" that houses the alternative alkaline batteries. Hopefully, Amazon will be offering this soon!

Waste of money
This purchase was a total waste of good money. As one reviewer noted, it has the worst instruction manual I have ever seen. It does not even mention the operation of, or how to insert the re-chargable batteries. They don't tell you when you buy it that you can't use regular alkaline batteries unless you have the docking station. The docking station doesn't even go on sale until November. I too live in Florida, and was counting on this TV to use with regular batteries when the power goes out. So much for this hurricane season. I also had to place it in about 5 different spots before it picked up any channels. I was extremely disappointed with this TV and would not recomend it.

I hope this review is helpful.
PROS: 1) One more, low-tier, portable TV on the market that one can chose from. 2) Setup allows for image Rotation. This means that the TV can be viewed (I tried it) even if it is turned up-side-down but I am not sure as to when this functionality can be used! 3) The color system includes PAL (analog reception in Europe), helpful to take along if you travel to that continent.

CONS: This product was rushed to market. 1) It has two buttons: Setup (Bright, Contrast, Color, Rotation, Color System, Aspect) and Menu (Auto Search, CH Setup, CC Setup, EAS, Parental Control, System Setup, Program List, EPG, Audio and Mute) that should have been combined into a SINGLE Navigation button. As it is now, the hardware, firmware and programming are confusing. The CH+, CH-, VOL+ and VOL- buttons besides changing channels and sound volume, are also used for navigation in submenus of the Setup and Menu buttons. They are also noisy, hard to push and must be press 3-4 times in order to advance to the next menu or function. They are ergonomically in the wrong places that logically make no sense.

2) Because of the bad navigation design and low quality components, the unit has a dedicated "Exit" button to get out of the submenus so that the buttons CH+, CH-, VOL+ and VOL- can be used for channel selection and volume change otherwise they will not function. As a result, some users have problems with the operation and have express their frustration, see other reviews, saying that the owner's manual is worthless. The design of this product is poor and should not have been rushed to market.

3) This TV includes two batteries of different sizes and both are required in order to operate when not connected to AC (house) or DC (car) current. The brochures are misleading and one was left to believe that the TV came with two batteries of which one was spare. Since the batteries are different sizes, there is not way of inserting them into the TV the wrong way (they are fool proof). Apparently, from what I have seen in some reviews here, this has created confusion and frustration to some non-technical buyers.

4) Antenna connection is somehow non-standard. You will need some kind of adopter to connect a better antenna for better reception... Reception is similar to most other TVs and worked fine in Houston. Do not complain if the reception is not as good as your old TV, the digital monster is more demanding, you will need a better antenna.

OTHER: There is a single LED at the front: Red - batteries are charging, Green- batteries are charged. The LED is off when operating on batteries. If the batteries need replacement you will need to purchase two instead of one and will be more expensive and harder to find. Operation under fully charged batteries was 110 minutes.

MISC. I ordered this TV long time ago and like some others, I was notified by Amazon of the shipping delays and had the option to cancel. I did not cancel and the order was to be cancelled automatically on Thursday, August 13, 2009. Guess what! Amazon shipped it at 11:59 PM, a few seconds to a minute before expiration! What a game, Amazon did not want to miss a sale! Any way, because of the so many issues with this TV, I returned it immediately. (Note: You can purchase a TV with better ratings and if the AC (house) or DC (car) current is not available, in emergencies you can still operate it by connecting to an external power pack. Several power packs are sold here at Amazon, some have enough capacity to even operate medical equipment such as CPAP).

Added 6 Sept. 2009: See Comments for power pack options. Includes instructions how to build your own power pack with alkaline (6V lantern) batteries for just a few dollars. It will operate this and other similar 12V DC rated TVs in emergencies.