Televisions have been a symbol of modernity, prosperity and mass media since the second half of the last century, They have earned a permanent place in our bed rooms, and it is no exaggeration to say they have shaped our planet in that they has spread information like no media had done before. TV has truly brought the world into our homes.

As old as the technology is, is as long as people have been trying to improve on it. Naturally we've seen some significant advances, black and white to color, sizes of the monitors, analog to digital and lately the rise in popularity of HD, But one project has never really caught on; portable TV.

Sinclair C5 portable TV Sinclair Research, more famous for its commercial disaster Sinclair C5, gave us the first professional near-pocket TV in the 1970s, the MTV - 1. In my opinion it is near-pocket TV because with its tiny gray scale monitor and enormous battery, you'd need a pretty big pocket to call it a pocket TV, but one selling point was that is could receive both PAL and NTSC transmissions, making it perfect for gadget-hungry jet setters. Actually, with a price of $395 (equal to $1,309.66 at this time), gadget-hungry jet setters were probably the only ones who could afford it, the MTV -1 lost the company £1.8m in 1978 accordingly.

With the coming of age of the Printed circuit board and Integrated circuit, electronics started to get smaller, and abruptly. So when Sony released the Watchman FD-210 in 1982 it was noticeably smaller, though not quite small enough for your pocket. And due to another innovation, LCD, a later generation, the FDL-310 had a color screen. Watchman continued to sell well into the 1990s. Though the devise size to screen size ratio was always a problem.

Those who have been shopping around recently would have noticed LCDs are being cheaper. One of the technologies profiting from this is the portable TV. Axion AXN-8701 - 7 Inch LCD Widescreen - Portable TV The latest generation is higher quality and affordable, leading this generation is the Axion AXN-8701. As we've seen before manufacturers have always been searching for the happy medium between devise size and screen size, and with it 5.7x7.2x1.2 inches (H x W x D) along with 7 inch LCD widescreen, it appears like Axion has done just that.

The Axion AXN-8701 includes: an internal antenna and an external one, built-in ATSC/NTSCTV tuner for both analog and digital channels, built-in rechargeable battery and even a car charger as well. It's a 7" LCD screen, two high quality speakers for stereo sound, remote control, adjustable brightness, volume control, headphone jack. Along with A/V inputs so you can hook other things up to it also, such as game consoles and DVD player. All this packed into a sleek, mat black cover.

Really it's a great little gadget, perfect solution for someone who wants to, let's say, watch their cooking show in her kitchen but has no space for a huge TV, and a life saver for endless car trip or the dentist waiting room. With the Axion AXN-8701 you can enjoy all the entertainment and information of your living room TV where ever you are.

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