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DATA
TECHNICAL
Manufacturer
Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology CO., LTD.
Unit A 13-16/F, Skyworth Mansion, Gaoxin Ave. 1.S.
Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518057, China
Email sales
ganweicai@skyworth.com
Internet
www.skyworthdigital.com
Tel
+86-755-26010018
Model
HT21
Function
Very small
PVR Receiver with HDMI
Input frequency
VHF (177.5 bis 226.5 MHz) UHF (474-858 MHz)
EPG
yes
Supported standards
Video resolution
720p, 1080i 50 Hz
RS232
no
Ethernet
no
USB 2.0
yes
HDTV
yes (only via
)
MPEG4/H.264
yes (only via
)
+
–
Thomas Haring
TELE-satellite
Test Center
Austria
DIAGRAM
ENERGY
Active Power
Apparent Power
Mode
Apparent
Active
Factor
Active
10 W 5 W 0.5
PVR
11 W 5 W 0.45
StandBy
3.5 W 0.5 W 0.14
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Living room friendly receiver with excellent
reception characteristics. The OSD is futu-
ristic and a welcome change from the typi-
cal display found in receivers from other
manufacturers. Thanks to the USB 2.0 port,
the HT21 can with one hand be expanded to
include PVR functions and yet its small size
lets you easily slip it into your pants pocket
so that you can take it with you in your RV or outside to your
gazebo. Picture quality is excellent regardless if the HT21
is used with a 22“ LCD TV or a large plasma monitor. The
receiver‘s audio quality is also outstanding.
Unfortunately the built-in tuner doesn‘t support DVB-T2
Expert Opinion
The first 15 minutes: active use with channel switching as well as
recording and playback via the USB 2.0 interface. The second 15
minutes: standby
the HT21 it was no different:
the little Skyworth worked
together with the small an-
tenna very well and thanks to
its error correction was able
to provide for excellent TV
reception even with weaker
signals. Even when we cre-
ated our own DVB-T signal in
our test center and routed it
to the HT21 through a corre-
sponding modulator, the in-
tentional error bits we added
to the data stream did not
bother the receiver‘s soft-
ware at all. Additionally, the
receiver proved itself even
when the picture quality was
reduced by our artificially in-
troduced errors.
The HT21‘s PVR functions
revealed the receiver‘s best
side: previously recorded
content could be played back
without any problems or the
content could be transferred
to a PC for further process-
ing. The little receiver can
even be used as a jukebox
at a party. Thanks to its MP3
playback, it could create the
perfect atmosphere at a cel-
ebration; its picture viewer
could also set the right mood
when showing your friends
and family your latest vaca-
tion pictures on your TV. The
Skyworth receiver can also
playback downloaded mov-
ies from the Internet in DivX,
MPEG, MOV and TS.
All of the features men-
tioned so far are even fur-
ther enhanced by the abil-
ity to upload new software
into the HT21 through a USB
storage device so that new
software from the manufac-
turer can easily and quickly
find its way into the receiver.
While some users will pass
the time during long com-
mercial breaks by playing
the integrated video game,
others will take advantage
of the integrated calculator
or calendar. Overall the Sky-
worth HT21 is a well-round-
ed receiver that we really
enjoyed testing.