Portable-TV Reviews

This radio looks great. I really liked the style. However, that's about all I really liked. Another reviewer compared the sound to the Bose Wave radio. Either they've never heard the Bose or they were just really happy with the price comparison. At high volumes the radio sounds ok but at lower volumes it sounds like it play from inside a cardboard box. I could live with that but my real disappointment was with the tuning. I live in the mountains where radio reception is difficult. Usually "PLL Synthesized Digital Tuning for rock stable reception of AM/FM" is exactly that. In this radio the tuning is stable but the reception was worse than other cheap dial tuning radios that I own. Often raising the antenna made the reception even worse. I really wanted to like this radio but it's just lacking in too many areas. The clock vs frequency display feature is another really bad idea.

I have had this radio for over a year, and I like it a lot. But it did have the problem described in an earlier review, in that the LCD display failed after a year and the radio became unusable. Sangean USA replaced the radio even though it was out of warranty, which was great, but was also a indication that the radio has a recurrent problem. I am planning to buy another one, but wanted to assure that the problem would not recur. I emailed Sangean, and they acknowledged the problem in earlier production units. They say it has been fixed for later production units, so according to Sangean the design problem has been resolved.

This radio is solid. The controls feel precise. The 1960-retro vertical styling makes it unusually handy to carry around as a portable. It has sound quality at least as good as any mono portable radio I've ever heard, and it provides stereo FM although, of course, only when you use headphones.

Unusually, it also has selectivity and sensitivity to match its other strengths. It picks up weak and distant stations as it should (and as most radios unfortunately don't), making it useful in rural areas, while camping, and so on. It might not be quite as good as the GE Superadio III in this regard, but it's close, has some good features the GE doesn't, and it tunes much more easily. On the other hand, if you're REALLY out in the boonies, external antennas can help you catch the weakest signals; and while the GE has terminals for both AM and FM external antennas, the Q Radio has AM antenna jacks only.

This is a radio with a clock, not a clock radio. If you want to use it as a clock radio only, its display will disappoint you; it is angled upward, making it hard to see when it's at eye level as on a bedside table, and it can't show the radio frequency and the time at once. However, it does sound far better than any clock radio I've ever had. In special circumstances, the fact that the Q Radio will still wake you on time even if power fails, or is not available at all, may lead you to prefer it to the more usual clock radios.

Although easy to operate, many of its controls have multiple functions. This can be slightly confusing at first. However, they're pretty thoroughly labeled, so you shouldn't have any trouble figuring them out.

This little TV is basicly a good product except for a couple of things that could be improved. First, if you look straight at the screen, the picture is too light or washed out. If you tip it up some and look at an angle the picture is much better. So you have to adjust the viewing angle for a good picture. You get a good picture at only just the right angle. Second,this TV should have memory for the channels. You have to scan the whole band (from Ch. 2-13) to find your channel each time that you turn the TV on.

This portable has excellent picture quality and very good reception. The LCD screen makes it much more compact than other 5" color TV's. I carry mine in an old Zip drive tote bag - including all its accessaries. The low power consumption of the LCD is also why it uses smaller batteries (8 AA's) than other TV's. It's still small & light even with the battery pack attatched, and cheaper to operate on batteries, too. It will also run on AC or a car's 12v lighter. You can connect an external antenna or a cable box, or A/V cables to use it as a monitor. This is the best 5" color TV I've used, and I've had several. In my opinion, picture tube based 5" color TV's just became obsolete.
Although this TV doesn't have a cable ready tuner, I've never seen a 5" TV that does.

This is an amazing product. It is lightweight, has a good picture and the color and reception is very good. I had shopped at [local stores] and could not find a color tv that used current and also ran on batteries. It also can be used in the car since it comes with adapter for cigarette lighter, it can be used with DVD player, VCR and Sony Playstation. It is also a standby for an emergency or power outage. I like it so much, I would like to have another one for home since I am using it at work now to tune in to Dr Phil's talk show for now.

It is very portable anywhere,picture so clear,sound is good

I take a lot of road trips so I decided to get this handheld TV. All I have to say is wow; I was up in New Hampshire over the weekend and this TV picked up more channels, while in the car, than the TV we had in our place that had rabbit ears. The only problems I encountered were that I was watching a football game and I couldn't see the score because the screen was too small. Also the battery life is no more than just over 2 hours, but I bought rechargeable batteries and a charger which gets rid of that problem. Anyway I would definetly recommend this TV to anyone who wants to watch a TV when they aren't close to one.

Use rechargeable NiMH batteries. The TV does drain batteries fast, but the picture and sound are great. Reception is good where you have strong broadcast signals. Otherwise, it could get grainy. But still fun to have when traveling.

I bought this walkman based on the recommendations here on Amazon. Unfortunately, I now disagree with all the favorable feedback.
First, the controls are totally counterintuitive. Instead of a "play" button, there's a "direction switch" button, which happens to also work as "play" (I actually had to look through the instructions to figure out how to play a tape!!)

Next, the controls are on the front, and are just small buttons which tend to get pressed by mistake if the unit happens to be in a pocket. Terrible design, unintuitive, and forces you to have to look at the unit in order to do anything - you can't operate it by feel as the buttons are too small to feel with your finger.

Finally, maybe I got a lemon, but in 3 of the total of 6 times I've used the unit so far, during operation (both radio and tape) I would hear a loud beep, and the the unit would either turn off or switch directions on my tape - for no reason. The unit was lying untouched on a flat surface at the time. No idea what was going on, and particularly annotying while trying to listen to a meditation tape.

It is true that the unit is very light, which is a big plus, and the sounds seems to be decent. But I'd happily sacrifice the sound a bit for faultless and intuitive operation... Very disappointing.

This is the worst set of controls I have ever seen on a radio/cassette player. Good thing it only takes one battery -- it will inevitably be left on. DO NOT buy this unless you're about 14. I hate it very much.

I agree with the other positive reviews, here I'll just point out a few things missing from the reviews I read and the product description. I bought this unit as an exercise peripheral for listening to lecture tapes.

1. There's an attachment point for a wrist strap, but oddly enough I didn't see the 5 cent nylon wrist strap in the package. I passed a very slender nylon pull tie through it and then locked on a metal key ring. I can use that to attach the device to gear.

2. It comes with a very lightweight unpadded nylon jacket with a belt clip. The clip is worthless (slides off a belt) but I threaded a thin nylon climbing belt through the jacket and it's easy to carry this way.

3. It has a remote with an somewhat longish cord. Looks promising if one keeps the cord bundled up safely. I used another nylon tie for that.

4. It's made in Malaysia (I think that's where SONY's better quality stuff is made now).

5. It's VERY light -- feels empty. That's good.

6. The included headphones are not appropriate for exercise. Most people use earbuds or the ultralight over the head earphones (same style as in the poorly reviewed SONY sport). So budget another $10-15 for exercise headphones if you don't have any on hand.

Seems to be about the best available device for exercise on the market nowadays.

This DVD player worked for about 20 hours, then stopped playing DVDs. It had a 3 month warranty. There is no repair site in the instruction book. We won't purchase any electronics with an Eddie Bauer name on it.

We purchased this a little over a year ago. It works fine, but the cable that connects the two monitors together is very difficult to plug in to the monitors, which results in the cable being damaged easily. I have gone to the Target store to replace the cable. There, I was told to go to the Audivox web site. The Audivox web site does NOT recognize this as one of its products, so now, I can't find the cable to replace it. I have one monitor now that works, and the other can't be connected to it. Regular audio/video hook-up would have been much better than some foreign cable that cannot be purchased, even from the manufacturer.

We bought this DVD player and the additional screen for our road trip to FL which lasted 14 hours one way. We have two kids, ages 8 and 12 and they did not fight the entire trip! The only problem was they ran out of movies to watch, which was easily fixed since we went to Disney World. I would highly recommend purchasing a DVD player for any road trip. We had no problems with the DVD player at all. There was a slight problem with the actual DVDs since the picked up lint from the case, but the kids just cleaned them first. The nice thing about this DVD player is that the case, which is very nice, is included as well as the cords to attach it to the back of the car seats.

As far as the design, it's great. But the picture is terrible. There is no contrast and it looks milkwashed. You can barely see an image. For $400, I think Audiovox could do a lot better.

The screen size is a bit too small. Either a 7", or a 9" would be perfect. Also, if you arn't looking directly at the screen, it is hard to see the picture. If you are looking down or up at the screen, it comes out either all black or all white, because it is a flat-screen TV.

Very handy, portable. You can lift up the screen, and tuck it out of the way when it isn't in use. Works great in the kitchen, but don't expect to sit down and watch TV. Only practicle for those who listen to TV more than they watch it.

I am totally happy with the picture quality. I have it set up between my computer moniter and tower and watch it while doing mindless work at the keyboard (like right now) so the viewing angle is fairly constant. Because of a limited viewable angle, it could be a bit of a problem in the kitchen where you are moving around.

My only serious gripe: there seems to be no way to aquire the optional security camera, which was one of its nicest selling points (its listed on the box). I have even emailed Audiovox with no response. Judging from the products listed on Audiovox's website, this TV and all accessories have been discontinued, so beware. I'm still glad I got it. ...

I GOT THIS CD PLAYER AND NOT ONCE HAD ANY PROBLEMS. I LOVE THE SOUND BUT THE HEAD PHONES ARE WRACK, I ADVISE YOU TO BUY BETTER HEAD PHONES. THIS WOULD BE THE BEST! CD PLAYER IF IT HAD MP3, WHICH ANOTHER VERSION OV THIS CD PLAYER ALREADY HAVE IT. YES BUY THIS CD PLAYER ITS GOOD AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!

I got this player as a present around 1 year ago. I was really impressed with the sleeknesss and cool design, and how it had an AM/FM tuner. (it has AMAZING reception for a cd player! I live in pittsbug and I got stations from PHILADELPHIA! pa)

As for playing CD's, it has never failed me. Not once, not ONCE has this player skipped. For background info, although it does not say so, it is really water resistant. (I am a member on a swim team that goes to long 1 week away meets almost once a month, and this player goes with me EVERYWHERE. To the pool, hotel, restaurants, everywhere I have dropped it a few (to say the least...) times, and it played great afterwards.))

The headphones, are, erm... not the greatest. (Since I gave it 5 stars, all of the other good features out-weighed the bad ones...)They sound fine, but i do recommed getting new ones. (you don't have to spend a lot either, i am currently using Koss KSC-50's, wich sound GREAT, and they were only $13)

The sounds that the player picks up on the sound are incredible. really. I am currently using Good Charlotte 'The Young and the Hopeless' and one track 4, you can hear the guitars as if they were right near you. You can hear their fingernails plucking the strings. ( Its not a bad thing, they sound so much better!) The on thing I do have to point out is the bass. IT IS OUTSTANDING!

The only other thing I complain about is the ambsence of a clip or hand strap, but i bought one and it works fine.

I highly recommend this player. (It is ANYTHING BUT flimsy..... no hard feelings!)

I love this discman! I've had it for 2 years, and it's still going strong!