Mini Freeview Digital TV and Media Player

What is it?
When we first heard about this “TV tablet”, we got extremely excited with ideas about what exactly a TV tablet could do, flew around the office. We were slightly embarrassed when we realized that this was infact a media player and not a pill but our interest was still peaked.

So, after repeatedly slapping ourselves for being so stupid, we took a closer look at the Mini Freeview Digital TV and Media Player. Portable media players are getting pretty common so to shake up this tired genre these clever bods have decided to shoe-horn a Digital TV receiver into the tiny 10.5 x 7.5 x 1.8 cm unit. “Portable tellies have been around since the 90s so that is not to impressive either” we thought. But this little portable gizmo has a lot more tricks up it sleeve.

The digital TV receiver has as an electronic program guide with subtitles function and can receive digital TV broadcasts up to 180km/h. So TV on the move is possible. Static TV is also impressive as a AC/DC mains adapter gives you unlimited battery and a portable detachable aerial helps pick up those elusive channels. Our favourite point about this magic little box is the fact it comes with AV leads and an aerial cable. This means you to hook it up to a TV and use it as a freeview box.

- Brilliant, especially as the digital switch over is very much upon us.

The media side of the unit is not to shabby either. There is no internal memory to speak of but there is a memory card slot allowing you to plum in an SD/MMC card up to 8GB allowing to watch or listen to your media library on the go as it supports AVI’s, MPEGs, MP3, WAV files and JPEGs. The internal battery allows for up to 3 hours of video or TV playback or up to 10 hours of audio. Easily long enough to watch your favourite flick or catch that episode of East Enders.

All the visuals are put through the surprisingly satisfying 3.5″ LCD screen that displays in 320 x 240 pixels and will display in 16:9 and 4:3. The audio can be listened to through the supplied head phones or the external speakers allowing you to share/annoy others with your viewing selections. No modern media player released to the current market is complete without the addition of some rubbish games built in. This media player delivers in spectacular style with two corkers on board (less said the better).

Why do I want it?
Portable media players are always fun but the general consensus within GFM towers is that we always find that we get board of downloading media then having to transfer it across. You could call us lazy and you would be correct. The obvious advantage of the Digital TV and multimedia player is that is has a digital TV receiver built in. This means you could just use it as, a portable TV making those lunch hours and train rides that bit more interesting.

The fact that you can hook it up to your TV and use it as a freeview box though is our favourite point because, as stated before, the digital switch over is looming and any analogue receiving tellies will no longer work. Yes you could go buy a twenty quid free view box from TESCO, or you could use this as an excuse to purchase a free view box that also acts as a portable media player. As the media player takes SD/MMC memory cards, you could also store/play your tunes and films through your TV as well. You can’t buy many freeview boxes that can do that, especially not for under a hundred notes.

The unit also comes with a USB connection allowing you to playback your selections from external media. We rarely see a gadget come with so many adapters:

1) AC/DC mains power adapter (UK only).
2) Headphones.
3) USB Cable.
4) Portable Antenna.
5) Aerial Adapter.
6) AV Cable.

So if you are looking for a free view box that allows you to watch videos and play your MP3s through your TV as well as being a portable media player/digital TV? Then look no further. Get your Mini Freeview Digital TV and Media Player today for a price that will keep your wallet happy.