Jensen JDTV-430 4.3-Inches TV Tuner/Receiver - Black

• 4.3- Inch TFT LCD Screen
• Full ATSC Digital Broadcast Receiver, Digital Up/Down Tuning
• Digital Volume Control, Auto Channel Programming, Power Indicator, Closed Captioning
• Rubberized Cabinet, Telescopic Antenna, External Magnetic Base Antenna included
• Headphone Jack, Built-in Speaker, Stereo Earbuds, Carrying Pouch
• Power: Built-in Lithium Ion Battery or AC Adaptable (AC Adaptor included)

I live in an area (Indiana) that has just (3/2012) experienced devastating tornadoes. Many people died. You need to be able to monitor the local weather radars and weather updates in the area. When the power goes out or if you are on the run, information is vastly improved with the visual experience of a TV rather than hearing a voice over a weather radio. Those broadcasts are nearly always recorded and a short delay as to what is actually happening occurs.

You need that visual input that only live local television broadcasts can provide. This small TV has a sharp picture and is perfect for emergency use. It has a built in antenna, an external antenna jack and includes an external antenna, built in rechargeable battery that lasts about two hours, and is supplied with an AC adapter/charger.

One reviewer said you have to charge the battery in order to use the TV. Not true. It does charge faster when the TV is off, but you can watch the TV using the AC adapter, and you can watch while it is charging.

In bad weather season, you need to be vigilant and keep it charged. Just as you have to keep your emergency lanterns charged. I only gave the unit four stars because of it's tinny sound and sometimes the antenna is fickle in receiving a signal (blame digital broadcasts). This is common for all units of this size, though. I've had several. The speakers in these units are so small that a good tone is not possible. The included ear buds work well with the unit, and good sound is possible with that.

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The tv works great. The picture quality is excellent. The reception is clear. It is very easy to use, but I do not know if there is a remote to go with it.

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I received this television today , and already I am very impressed . I live in Homestead florida which is about as far south in flordia as you can go . Miami is thirty miles away from my house where all the television channels are . I went to the walmart parking lot in Homestead and did a scan for channels , I did not expect to receive one station that far away . Well I received 13 station not bad . This was said to be the exact television as the jensen by the guy who sold it on amazon ,I bought it for $40.00 plus shipping about $46.00 all together . The area I live in is flat with no hills , I have heard that hills and mountains block HD television reception and stations are not received . I am recharging the television now . I really wanted to see if HD television channels could be received where I live . I plan on going to biscayne national park here in Homestead and do a straight shot to miami across the bay . I should receive a lot more stations at biscayne national park ocean area .

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I purchased this TV believing that the kids could watch HD broadcasts on those family trips this summer in the SUV. The unfortunate truth is that you CAN NOT use this TV while moving in the car. The antennae apparently can not stayed tuned into the HD signal while moving. I'm not sure why, but that being said, while standing still, this $40 TV rocks! Great price, great screen. The included antennae has a very powerful magnet as a base which I had mounted easily to the top of the car roof (even though I could really use it while in the car). We watch the Simpsons one evening on the HD FOX local broadcast, it looked so cool. Everyone at the ice cream shop was asking us where we got the TV. The screen is 4:3 so be aware that part of the broadcast on the edges gets cut off...those are my comments. Absolutely a way above average TV for the price....

I'm very happy with this TV. In a medium size city it scanned and found about 12 channels. Of these I blocked three because I would never watch them, and yes you can block channels in the menu. I read one review that wanted the ability to tune in a channels manually. This doesn't bother me, weak channels on digital broadcast are useless. Unlike old analog broadcast that you could tolerate, digital just breaks up into blocks on the screen or does come in at all.

Operation was very easy. Very few, if any, items I buys these days I can operate without reading the manual, let alone understand everything a device can do. But I can use this TV out of the box without the manual. I only checked the manual once to make sure I charged the battery correctly. Everything is straight forward. There are, however, two power buttons, one on top with the rest of the controls, and one where the power cord plugs in. Think of the one by the power cord as the "main" switch. You can place this in the off position so not to accidentally turn on the TV if the top button switch is hit, wearing down your battery,,, nice.

This comes with an external magnetic mount antenna. It wasn't clear to me in the description if this was the only antenna, but there is a built-in antenna as well. I had pretty much decided I didn't need the external antenna and would just use the built-in antenna. But being able to place the antenna outside picked up several more stations, even though it was less then 12 inches from the built-in antenna on the other side of a window. I now keep the extra antenna with me always. You wouldn't think it would make that much difference but it did for me.

Now for the power supply. A lot of you can skip this because you won't care. This is powered by 5 volts, 1500mA 7.5W. The battery is 3.7 volts, 2000mA. So the first thing I wondered is why this wasn't USB powered, which comes in just over 5 volts. So, yes you guessed it, I built a USB power cord for the TV. Of course it's important to check polarity (center post positive on this one) and amps/watts, but this was simple if you have a multimeter. I bring this up because now you can run the TV on an external USB battery (extending viewing time without a wall outlet), or leave yet another power adapter at home and use a UBS wall adapter. Some of my USB wall adapters/chargers don't have enough power to run the TV, but some do, for example my iPad USB charger at 10 watts can handle the job. Check the ratings on your power supplies.

This is a great little TV and it cost less, I paid just over $100 for the old analog color TV. It has larger screen then my old analog TV while being about the same size overall by using more of the surface and moving the speaker to the back. It's sometimes hard to hear the TV in noisy conditions because of the speaker location but this is a good trade off for the larger screen and external speakers may help solve this, of course you can use head phones. You do get stereo with phones, but uses a single speaker in the back of the set. The external antenna was a bonus. The TV has jacks for power, antenna and earphones. Some people may want more, but I'm glad this was kept simple like the rest of the TV. Although the seller didn't provide a tracking number, expedited shipping got it to me in four business days, so I'm happy. Build feels good and I like being able to store it in the pouch it came with. I hate long reviews, sorry, but I really like this TV.