Haier HLT71

• Average user rating: 1.0 stars out of 5 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 1 stars

  Power on problem as soon as 90 day warranty ended.

  by ladydog8 on August 25, 2009

  Pros: Unit worked very well when connected to a quality digital antennae. Very easy to use, scan, etc.

  Cons: Called customer service. They told me since it is out of warranty to take it to an electrical shop for repairs. I called several and they tell me they cannot get parts if it needs any. I certainly does! Wasted $105. Won't buy Haier anymore.

  Summary: I used this in an office building with a digital antenna near a window. When it worked, it was excellent but as soon as I started having problems there was ...

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  Summary: I used this in an office building with a digital antenna near a window. When it worked, it was excellent but as soon as I started having problems there was virtually no customer support. I only used it for 45-60 minutes Mon. through Friday so for it experience trouble after only 120 days is unacceptable. I would pay to have it fixed but no one wants to work on it because they tell me they cannot get parts. I had another brand that worked flawlessly for 8 years until the digital change. Totally unhappy with the customer service or lack thereof!

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• 2 stars

  Poor audio quality made it useless.

  by tamhigh on August 13, 2009

  Pros: Good price. Easy to set up. Good picture. Fairly good reception

  Cons: The audio was very bad and there are no adjustments. The sound was similar to that of an old transistor radio and was quite irritating. If I wasn't sitting close and focused in on the program, I was unable to follow the conversation.

• 6 stars

  Seems to work as expected

  by syrbuff on July 17, 2009

  Pros: Great picture. Good ease of handling. Relatively intuative controls. Remote.

  Cons: Antenna unscrews if turned counter-clockwise. Antenna gets LOWSY reception. Tuner seems to lack sensitivity. Local stations "spotty" even with external antenna connected. Once stations are programmed, unit won't allow pickup of un-programmed channel.

  Summary: I was intrigued with the concept of this TV, since my older analog handheld is 95% useless now. The Haier "71" promises a crisp clear picture with fairly good sound ...

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  Summary: I was intrigued with the concept of this TV, since my older analog handheld is 95% useless now. The Haier "71" promises a crisp clear picture with fairly good sound for a small unit, and the controls (via the remote) are easy to navigate. What I dislike is that the tuner doesn't receive as many stations (when connected to the same external indoor antenna) as my 13" 1980's Radio Shack analog TV does (when connected to a converter box). I'm missing 6 channels with this unit... which is somewhat annoying, and what's worse, is that after a scan is done, if a channel is selected that didn't appear in the scan, it IMMEDIATELY asks..."continue with the scan?" (without even attempting to search for the desired channel) and if you say yes... it scans FROM THE START again, goes through every station, and STILL misses the one I was trying to get! UGH!!
  
  As far as the internal battery is concerned...... they say 6 hrs to charge (when dead) and runs for 2 hrs, when full. The battery begins to charge WHENEVER the adapter is connected to an outlet. Overall--- about a 7 out of 10.

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• 3 stars

  Nice piece of hardware but hardly useable

  by not10cents on June 24, 2009

  Pros: Nicely constructed. Easy to setup and operate. Very nice picture. Very portable.

  Cons: Highly directional. Moving inches from one side to another or from one floor to another has a major impact on reception. Not like an analog signal. You either get reception or you don't.

  Summary: We live about 40 miles outside a major mid-western city with access to 9 different DTV stations. The best I could do with the Haier was maybe two of the ...

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  Summary: We live about 40 miles outside a major mid-western city with access to 9 different DTV stations. The best I could do with the Haier was maybe two of the stations and this depended on whether or not it was in the backyard or on the 2nd floor of our house. Clear line-of-sight appears to be important for good reception hence the difference between the reception in our backyard (none) which is below the prevaling tree line and our second floor near the top of the tree line. Given the directionality of the reception, the Haier would not be suitable for viewing in a moving vehicle.
  
  Understand that I do not fault the HLT71. The directionality problem is inherent with DTV. Unless you happen to be very close to a transmitter site, protability is somewhat problemnatic.
  
  PS - Set works great with our household cable system.

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• 2 stars

  but ours lasted only one week before it died...

  by famgat on June 14, 2009

  Pros: Good picture,compact in size.

  Cons: It only lasted one week. Power supply issues. Adapter okay. The connector which mates to the adapter. Failed, the conn. acts as a DC switch. It disconnected itself from the tv.

  Summary: Dislike it only lasted ONE week.

  Summary: Dislike it only lasted ONE week.

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