August DA100D 10 Inch Portable TV with Freeview HD, Built-in Recorder, HDMI & USB, DVB-T2 Digital Tuner, for Caravan, Camping, Home

I purchased this small TV to replace an old 4:3 format 10" one by a different manufacturer that I used in my workshop and had developed a problem with its sound system. Knowing how useless the supplied aerials have been with other digital TVs, I re-used the indoor aerial that I had connected to my faulty TV and connected it to the TV before connecting the power supply and switching it on. The installation process was simple to follow and the scanning process picked up all the channels. The picture was surprisingly clear, though given the size, it was no surprise to find the sound a bit tinny. I used a USB memory stick to try a scheduled recording. The process wasn't obvious, but following the instructions in the supplied manual it was reasonably straight forward. I checked the result on the TV and it worked well. I then moved the memory stick to my main computer which has a 24" monitor and was able to confirm that the recording was good. I really wanted to score it 4.5 stars. There are two let-downs. The remote requires a good solid press on the buttons and there is a lag in response so it tends to feel unresponsive. Secondly, the menu system appears to have a logic all its own and will take a bit of getting used to before I'll be able to discard the manual. I have still to try recording to and viewing files from a USB hard drive. For the price it represents good value and is a nice little TV with the ability to record programmes directly or by scheduling.

I decided to buy this TV after not having a working TV for several months. Plugged into the mains I got no image or any sound using either of the two aerials packed with the TV. Just a black screen and silence. Once my rooftop aerial lead was plugged in I got a screen asking if I wanted English language - I pressed OK. I was asked if I wanted to install and I pressed OK. Got lots of channels when the TV had scanned and they had the same freeview numbers as shown in the newspaper. GREAT picture and reasonable sound. I pressed the remote to increase the sound and there was sufficient for me. Wearing one set of headphones I found the sound was too soft - I don't mean quiet, I mean not just sharp enough. With another set of headphones I found the sound was ok. I can't wear the type of head phone push-ins that came with the TV as they drop out of my ears. Took me a while to realise that pressing TV/R changes the TV from TV channels to Radio channels and pressed again reverts back to TV channels. Pressing INFO while a channel is showing gives me the channel number, name, start/end times of program showing and start/end times of program next in line. Not too sure about all the other things this set does. When I press Menu I get a list to choose different things - Digital TV, Movies, Music, Photo, Games and Disk Manager. I have yet to work out what these do. I need to investigate about a portable hard disc to record programs on to. Perhaps the one I have already will work. What I have noticed which are not properly visible on illustrations on the page are the ten buttons across the top of the tv (hidden from the front view). These are On/Off, Menu, Left/fast Left, Right/fast Right, Enter, Channel Down/Left, Channel Up/Right, Volume -, Volume +, and Mode. I was a bit worried about losing the remote and being unable to even turn the TV on. The remote is a bit cheap looking. It is very thin and uses just one flat C battery. At first I found it hard to get the buttons to work but I persevered. I am really glad the TV has buttons too as I think I will be pressing the remote buttons too hard and these things don't last when you do that. I have yet to try out the RED BUTTON channel 0200. The coloured buttons on the remote have white writing on them which makes the yellow one hard to read. I think it says Move. Red = ZOOM. Green = FAV. Yellow = MOVE. Blue = LOCK. Not sure what Move and Lock are all about. The TV weighs practically the same as my Kindle Fire without its leather case. It will be no problem to carry from room to room or upstairs etc. I just have to find a decent aerial or pay for more roof aerial extensions. The Manual is quite good, the front cover up to and including page 23 are the English pages. The typescript is small. To use off the mains the manual says you get 2.5 hrs with 6 rechargeable AA batteries. Note. I did notice as I was experimenting something about 16.9 so it might be that you can change the screen size when necessary. All in all I am very pleased with it just need to find a portable aerial that works. Ps. I forgot to mention that in the manual it gives details for locking certain channels and applying passwords, parental locks and all that.

Arrived on time & works perfectly in kitchen without taking up too much room.

This is an excellent product for the price. The picture is very good for its size, with an easy to use menu system, and the mini HDMI allows external devices to be connected. I connected a Roku Stick to this which is also powered off the USB port. It's likely that you'll need to connect an external aerial to this, but that's the same with most digital televisions. I was able to receive all the Freeview channels with the supplied telescopic aerial, but I'm close to the transmitter and the signal still dropped out in certain parts of the house. There were no problems with reception using an external aerial, or indeed using the television outside using with the supplied aerial. Only thing that could really be improved is better spacing between the aerial, USB and mini-HDMI ports on the right side as you'll need the right cables if you want to use them all at the same time. It would also be great if this could be offered with a battery pack that can be recharged in situ, as whilst the television can be powered off rechargeable AA-sized batteries, they need to be removed to be recharged and of course you'll also need to carry around a charger as well.

I have barely used this over the 17 months I have owned it. Maybe a total of approx 5-10 hours use over the 17 months due to selling previous camper. Since doing a new camper van up, I wanted to start using it more more frequently as we stayed in the van this winter. Unfortunately the picture no longer works. There are a series of colourful lines that run through the screen. I have tried it with both 12v and 240v supply cables and it is nothing to do with signal as the problem occurs in the menu screens and the 'August' logo screen when you turn it on. It is now past its warranty. I definitely don't feel it has been worth the money to only last that long. If you want a tv that stays working past the warranty then avoid this one. Prior to it being useless, the picture quality was good, but the menus were very dated and the EPG didn't seem to work very well. Go for something better....