Axion AXN-8701 - 7 Inch LCD Widescreen - Portable Television

Televisions have been a symbol of modernity, prosperity and mass media since the second half of the last century, They have received a permanent place in our bed rooms, and it is no exaggeration to say they have shaped our world in that they has dispersed information like no media had done previously. Television has really brought the world into our homes.

As aged as the technology is, is as long as people have been trying to improve on it. Naturally we've seen some great advances, black and white to color, sizes of the screens, analog to digital and nowadays the increase in popularity of HD, But one project has never really worn out; portable Television.

Sinclair C5 portable TV Sinclair Research, more popular for its commercial disaster Sinclair C5, gave us the first commercial near-pocket TV in the 1970s, the MTV - 1. I say near-pocket TV because with its small gray scale display and huge battery, you'd need a very big pocket to call it a pocket TV, but one good point was that is could receive both PAL and NTSC transmissions, making it perfect for gadget-hungry jet setters. To be honest, with a price of $395 (equal to $1,309.66 at present), gadget-hungry jet setters were perhaps the only ones who could buy it, the MTV -1 lost the organization £1.8m in 1978 consequently.

With the advent of age of the Printed circuit board and Integrated circuit, electronics started to reduce in size, and fast. So when Sony launched the Watchman FD-210 in 1982 it was considerably smaller, though not quite compact enough for your pocket. And because of another innovation, LCD, a recent generation, the FDL-310 had a color display. Watchman continued to sell well into the 1990s. Though the devise size to screen size ratio was always an issue.

Those who have been shopping around recently would have noticed LCDs are becoming cheaper. One of the technologies taking advantage of this is the portable Television. Axion AXN-8701 - 7 Inch LCD Widescreen - Portable TV The most recent generation is higher quality and inexpensive, leading this generation is the Axion AXN-8701. As we've noticed before manufacturers have always been searching for the happy medium between devise size and screen size, and with it 5.7x7.2x1.2 inches (H x W x D) and 7 inch LCD widescreen, it appears like Axion has done just that.

The Axion AXN-8701 includes: a built-in antenna and an external one, internal ATSC/NTSCTV tuner for both analog and digital stations, built-in rechargeable battery and also a car charger as well. It's a 7" LCD display, two high quality speakers for stereo audio, remote control, adjustable brightness, volume control, headphone jack. Along with A/V inputs so you can hook other things up to it as well, such as game consoles and DVD player. All this packed into a sleek, mat black cover.

All in All it's an amazing small device, ideal solution for somebody who wants to, let's say, watch their cooking show in the kitchen but has no space for a bulky TV, and a life saver for countless car trip or the dentist waiting room. Having the Axion AXN-8701 you can enjoy all the amusement and information of your living room Television where ever you are.

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