Features Of A Portable Lcd Television SetPortable LCD TVs If you love to travel and indeed travel a lot either on account of your official compulsions of on account of your own impulse, then portability is a factor you would look for in a most of the things you carry with you during your travels. It is with people like you in mind that portable LCD televisions are made. Portability is nowadays considered to be a great blessing for persons who are constantly on the move. Before we come to portable LCD TVs, let us dwell upon LCD TVs per se. We are already familiar with LCD technology in the form of digital watches and clocks etc. LCD is actually an acronym for 'Liquid Crystal Display'. As the name suggests, TVs based on LCD technology use the property of polarized light for display. Typically, these TVs have two thin, wafer-like polarized panels and in between these panels, a thin liquid crystal gel which is divided into individual pixels, is sandwiched. By applying electric current, the ability of the crystals to allow light through the crystals can be altered. With 60,000 hours of picture life the advantages of LCD TVs outweigh the disadvantages be it the ease with which you can watch an LCD TV than a cathode ray tube because of brighter screen displays with a high contrast and flicker free picture, the fact that they do not suffer burn in, are less expensive and lightweight which facilitates easier transport and installation. To be portable, the first thing which needs to be considered is the weight. The lesser the weight of the Portable LCD TV, the better. Next is the size factor. To facilitate portability, the size should be small. This can be ascertained from the screen size. The size of a Portable LCD TV is usually 7 inches. Yet another factor is whether the Portable LCD TVs can double up as another usable electronic gadget. For instance, a Portable LCD TV can double up as a DVD player or a set top box or a monitor for a GPS a digital radio or as a digital camera. There are various models available in the market where a Portable LCD TV and a DVD player and a digital radio all rolled into one. While purchasing a Portable LCD TVs go in for a model that has built-in rechargeable batteries. In addition you need to consider the life of the battery as well. Go for batteries that can play for longer duration continuously. A Tv with a built-in speaker which can be connected with headphones is naturally a good buy. If you travel a lot by car, then find out whether the Portable LCD TV can be powered by the car battery. All the above discussed factors may help to reduce luggage that you need to carry so that you travel light and at the same time do not miss out much. The quality of TV reception depends on the strength and quality of the input signal. If you have the TV on while traveling the reception may suffer due to alteration in the TV signals. Further when you move from city to city, you may have to retune since the frequencies of the TV channels may differ from city to city. |