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August DA110BD(B) 11" Freeview/Analogue LCD TV & DVD Player with Built-in Battery/Card Reader/USB Port - Top 3 Small Screen TV by Channel 4, Star Winning Portable TV/DVD Player of What Hi-Fi Magazine & Featured by ERT Weekly Magazine. | 
| Brand: August
Category: CE
Buy New: £201.99
New (3) from £201.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 23577
11" widescreen 16:9 TFT LCD display panel, resolution: 800 x 480 pixels.
High quality monitor for video and game input. Output Freeview TV to large TV screen.
In/Output Ports: DVD slot-in loader, SD/MMC/MS Card Reader, USB Port, AV In, AV Out, External Antenna In, Earphone Jack, Power Input.
Accessories: AC power adaptor (100-240V), Car adaptor (12-24V), Stand & mounting bracket, A/V cable, External antenna, Remote control with battery, User's manual.
Dimension: 290x212x62 mm, Net weight: about 1.84 Kg.
Model: DA110BD(B)
EAN: 6920310658798
ASIN: B000YP54CA
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Digital TV for over 40 Freeview channels, Analogue TV for 5 popular channels, Plus all digital radio stations (subject to signal strength and reception). | | • | High quality DVD/DivX player with slot-in disc loader at side and built-in rechargeable battery. | | • | Plays DVD, CD-R(W), (S)VCD, MPEG-1/2/4, DVCD, HDCD, JPEG & Kodak Picture-CD. | | • | Plays video/music/photos from integrated SD/MMC/MS card reader and USB port (enable playing from external media). | | • | Remote control, mains (100-240V) and car power adaptor (12-24V), AV cable, small antenna and a stand/mounting bracket included. |
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Product Description
August DA110BD 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 (800x480 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.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent for entertaining the Kids on long journeys September 10, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Now that our 21 month old gets bored on long journeys in the car we decided that we needed a DVD player for the car. This one fitted the bill perfectly!
It's fits flush against the car seat so no little feet can kick it.
The picture qualtity is excellent.
Great 11" screen
It's side loading so easy to change DVD's on the move. (Not by the driver of course)
It can be run off the cigarette lighter so no worries about the battery going flat.
The on set controls are so easy my 21 month old can turn it on and play her DVD's herself.
We haven't tried the TV/Digital part as yet, but thought that it was a good extra to have when we are staying away from home.
We purchased this, with the carry bag and car harness from Digital Daffodil who were brilliant. The items arrived well within their given delivery time.
Very decent product at this price - with some limitations April 30, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
How useful you find this will depend very much on your expectations and application. At this price-point the feature-set is impressive - but also it's weakness.
Including a Freeview decoder in a portable device is always going to be problematic. For myself, I never really expected to receive digital channels using the portable aerial. Although transmission signals in my area are good, I live on the 1st floor of a block of flats and there's a lot of concrete and brick between me and Crystal Palace.
Using a feed from the rooftop aerial, reception is OK. Again, this is challenged as the aerial feed is shared. Reception on the busier Freeview multiplexes with less bandwidth (e.g. all the Five channels) is variable. This also reveals the shortcomings of the digital decoder in this unit. Using the same feed, the Freeview decoder built into my Sony DVD recorder has no difficulty receiving and displaying all channels. The August unit however struggles and the error correction is not as robust.
There is a very useful signal strength and quality indicator that can be accessed by pressing the "Display" button on the remote. This can help with identifying an optimising any problems with aerial leads and connections that are limiting performance. Adding a signal amplifier to the circuit improved things marginally - but not hugely.
It's a similar story for the digital radio channels. They can suffer from drop-out.
Bottom line though is that if you're not living in the shadow of your regional transmitter, don't expect to receive Freeview using the portable aerial. And as with all other Freeview units I've used, you need a decent clean feed from a rooftop aerial to receive all channels reliably.
These not unexpected issues aside, other aspects of the unit offer excellent value for money.
The screen quality, brightness and clarity are surprisingly good with all the necessary menu choices to optimise the picture. Ultimately, colour accuracy and resolution are restricted - but at 200 it can never hope to compare to what was a 900 CRT TV I have as a reference.
The electonic programme guide (EPG) is OK - but not great. Frustratingly, as soon as you scroll through the guide to see what's on the other channels, the in-picture display changes channel to whatever you've highlighted - which take a second or two. So you can't quickly scan through the EPG to see what's on.
Sound from the onboard speakers is acceptable and not overly tinny despite the restrictions on size. It's certainly capable of delivering loud enough volume for all domestic applications.
The DVD player is capable but despite the list of compatibility in the specifications the one type it refuses to play are DVDs authored on my DVD recorder. I've played these in other machines no problem so this is a disappointment.
I bought the version with the rechargable battery but haven't tried this yet.
Overall, a great set of features combined in a practical (if not very sexy) unit for not a lot of cash.
Freeview DVD portable DA110BD from Digital Daffodil April 2, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The product arrived well before due date, and is just as specified. Just as others commented the clarity of the display is superb. We did the setup as recommended using our digital rooftop aerial and got most of the freeview channels. We then transferred it downstairs to the kitchen where we have only an analogue aerial, and to our amazement most of the freeview channels work down there as well as the analogue channels. It plays DVD's, audio CD's. Haven't tried the MP3/4 player yet but have no doubt that it will work. This is a great little product, super technology, and we are really pleased with it.
It does more than expected! December 5, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
We bought this model for our kitchen as the size is about right for the space and did not really know what I would get apart from expecting it is a TV for Freeview and analogue plus DVD player. The unit surprised me and my wife once arrived firstly with the crystal clear picture. We managed to obtain most of the channels by using roof top aerial. The DVD player looks high quality as it allows disc slot in and out itself. The memory card reader enables us to view digital photos without computer or digital photo frame. We have tested the USB socket to play video clips and MP3 songs from flash memory stick and it works. This is useful if we go holiday. All after all, we are very happy about this TV. Thanks for the technology.
 Beware this product doesn't work November 22, 2007
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this product due to its 'portability'. Whilst the tv worked when plugged into my house rooftop aerial I couldn't get a picture with either the analogue or digital portable aerials included. I called today to return the product but was told I wouldn't get a full refund (including the postage) as there is a warning on the site that it may not work in all areas. That's why I'm back on the site and can't see it. So if it is there it isn't clear enough and I am now giving that warning to potential customers.
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