The Bottom Line: Given its small size the picture is surprisingly good. The facility for AV input is useful. So on that basis I would recommend it to anyone into camcorder filming.

I have had this little TV for quite a while so I thought it about time I reviewed it.

The picture with this review speaks for itself, but does not really show is size. I would guess this to be about the same as two cigarette packets side by side, but I don't smoke, so I guessing at this from the seeing friends' cigarette packets.

Down the right hand side of the machine are:
1) Volume control
2) Brightness control
3) Audio/video input (more on that later)
4) Earphone socket

Down the left side are:
1) Aerial (antenna)
2) Power switch
3) Wrist strap attachment point (strap not provided)
4) DC Power input

In the picture of the front of the machine you can obviously see the screen, below which is a UHF scale. The TV is tuned by use of the silver left and right buttons below the scale. When one these is pressed a green vertical line will appear and start scanning along the scale in the direction chosen until the next signal is found. When the ends are reached the line goes to the opposite end and continues in the same direction.

Below the tuning buttons is a gold cover, behind which are hidden the three AA sized penlight batteries needed to feed the thing. Battery life is not particularly long, but this is hardly surprising given the power requirements of a TFT screen backlight. I reckon on getting about 2 to 3 hours out of one set of Eveready Ultra Plus batteries. Thankfully a 6V mains power supply is provided. I did find that using rechargeable NiCads was not particularly good, because the lower voltage tended not to be quite enough to keep the backlight working effectively.

Moving around to the back there is a pull out stand. I found this to be particularly useless. It is about two inches long and when flipped out, it makes the TV reline at an angle of about 45 degrees, which would be fine if it is being watch while sat at a desk say, but in most other instances it doesn't help at all. I usually find I have to prop the TV up with books and cushions.

In reality though I didn't buy it to watch TV originally, although it actually does this rather well. I bought it to be used as a remote monitor for my DV Camera. The two can be connected using a doubled ended 3.5mm stereo jack lead, the one I use is 5 metres long. I use it when I have to place the camera out of reach, or when I am shooting over peoples' heads.

Another gripe I have about the machine is that it doesn't drive both sides of a pair of stereo headphones. I can understand it not having stereo sound, but to only fit a mono headphone socket is in my opinion ludicrous, given how difficult it is to buy mono-earpieces. Most people would assume that they could use some headphones from a walkman, but oh! No! I got around the problem buy making myself a mono jack-plug to stereo jack socket lead.

The picture brightness is good as I said in the pros. The brightness control can go too far however, and when turned right up turns the whole screen white! There is no contrast control, but I rarely find myself in a position where I would have wanted it.