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Haier HLT71 7 Inch Handheld LCD TV

The Haier HLT71 portable LCD TV gives you the ability to enjoy your favorite television programs anywhere, any time–in your home or away. Watch the morning news without having to get out of bed, or while sun bathing in the back yard. Does someone else have dibs on the TV room? Pull out your HLT71, and you’ve got your own TV room. This handy little portable TV has a 7-inch LCD screen that switches between a 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio. It has a built-in ATSC/NTSC tuner with detachable antenna enabling you to receive crisp reception of your favorite channels – even after the digital-to-analog switch in June 2009. The HLT71 connects to other devices with an audio/video jack and coaxial output. Watch with others using the built-in twin speaker system, or plug your headphones into the included jack to enjoy your favorite programs without disturbing those around you. The rechargeable Li-polymer battery offers up to 2.5-hours of life between charges — enough time to watch an entire movie or several episodes of your favorite show without a recharge. The HLT71 includes an AC power adapter, a car adapter and a Remote Control.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star wasn’t impressed
Not worth talking about it has a hard time picking up channels I had a analog Casio 2″ that could pick up the world I was going to replace it with the Haler but when I took it into the factory I think it forgot it was a TV. You could have it scan for channel till the cows came home.

4 Stars Good TV
My problems with this TV were not the fault of the TV. The rural area in which I live has only one TV station and its signal is not strong since the switch to digital. I had a radio which received the sound from our local station before the digital switch, but it no longer works. I could not find a radio which received the digital sound, so I purchased this unit to replace my old radio. Our signal was so weak that I could not get it to tune without a cable. But it works fine when hooked up to a cable. My primary complaint is that the unit does not always receive the signal for the remote. Sometimes I have to try two or three or even four times before the sensor receives the signal and does what I want it to do. Also the picture is great if you look at it straight on, but not so good if you view it from the side or above or below.

2 Stars Works OK but poor picture quality
This little TV works fine with the exception of the picture quality. The screen is bright and colorful but low resolution. It’s OK if you’re watching it from 10′ away but from 3′ away it’s quite grainy. I returned it and will be looking for one with a better picture. My understanding is that the Viore brand has 3 times the number of pixels.

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1 Star DO NOT BUY THIS FAULTY ITEM
I just spoke with customer service at HAIER. THEY ONLY GUARANTEE THIS PRODUCT FOR 90 DAYS – and will provide you with Parts only for a year.

I rarely used this little tv. When I set it up on my table to finally use it on a regular basis, it worked for maybe a week and then I like many others here got the error message “NO DATABASE FOUND”.

BAD PRODUCT – BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE – BAD COMPANY!

3 Stars Pleased digital tv
When I 1st attempted to purchase cost was $95.00 but it wouldn’t take my check information therefore order did not process so when I went back in to give credit card info the cost had gone up so didn’t get at lower price which did not make me happy. Once got it,with the antenna supplied could only get 6 channels (4 of which were spanish, which I am not)could only get 1 local channel. After putting a different atenna (one we had) now get 13 channels, 4 spanish, 4 church, 2 local and couple of other ones not normally watched. Other than that the picture comes in nice & clear and I would recommend it. We put in on our patio and for what we wanted it for it works just fine.

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