1. TEST REPORT DVB-T2 Receiver
Skyworth
HTA6 • Simple Minimal Design
• Uses an external power supply
• Very stable software
• Exceptional EPG presentation
• Specialty is the ability to blend in
subtitles
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2. TEST REPORT DVB-T2 Receiver
DVB-T2 in an Elegant Package
The new HTA6 DVB-T re- essary connections. And of the HTA6 – typical from channel scan across the en-
ceiver from Skyworth can these include a tuner input Skyworth. tire frequency band. Here at
be found in a 19 x 11.5 x with looped-through output, The Skyworth HTA6 be- our test location in Vienna,
4cm sized chassis made out an HDMI jack, three RCA longs to that group of re- Austria, the HTA6 needed
of glossy black plastic with jacks for stereo audio and ceivers that come with a three minutes to complete
edges that are elegantly CVBS video as well as a port practical installation assis- this task and thereby man-
rounded off. On the front to plug in the external 12V tant; it’s just another plus aged to find every available
panel you’ll find a USB 2.0 power supply. point in our overall rating. channel in DVB-T as well as
interface, a slot for the in- Thanks to the fact that Before the user can put the test channel in DVB-T2.
tegrated card reader as well Skyworth chose to use an the receiver to work, se- And just like in any of our
as three buttons (On/Off, external power supply, the lections need to be made other tests, we couldn’t re-
Ch+ and Ch-). receiver itself is not only for OSD language, receiver sist taking a closer look at
And it’s precisely this sim- suitable for use while camp- location, picture display as the receiver’s main menu
ple design that that we liked ing or even in a car, its heat well as voltage selection for before going on to actual TV
so much; who really uses a output it very low allowing it the antenna. reception.
four-digit segmented dis- to be easily placed in any TV The submenu Picture Dis- The Main Menu is divided
play? Skyworth even came setup or in any living room play includes 4:3 and 16:9 into seven submenus start-
up with an interesting so- cabinet. formats although the reso- ing with ‘Program’. Here the
lution to display the opera- The remote control sup- lution of the video signal via user can set up the channel
tional state of the receiver: plied by the manufacturer HDMI cannot be changed list as desired; channels can
An LED positioned behind is nicely organized and easy from here. be deleted, moved, locked
the On/Off button shines to read. The pressure points To finish off the initial in- with a PIN code, renamed
green when the receiver is of the buttons are relatively stallation, the user is asked or skipped over. Channels
operational and red when comfortable; the buttons to perform an automatic can also be moved into one
it’s in standby. themselves are rather small
At first glance the rear but it won’t take long to
panel of the HTA6 appears get used to them. Overall,
somewhat limited yet it there’s nothing to complain 01-02/2013
does come with all the nec- about with the workmanship Skyworth HTA6
A solid receiver for HDTV
via a terrestrial
antenna
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0.45
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of four Favorites lists. Even receiver can also handle a
the automatic sorting of the manual scan using the chan-
channel list is possible here. nel number or channel fre-
If you go to the ‘Picture’ quency. Immediately after
submenu, that’s where entering in these values, the
you’ll find the ability to signal strength and qual-
change the resolution of the ity are shown on two large
HDMI video signal, some- bar graphs; this allows the
thing we couldn’t do earlier user to confirm even before
in the initial installation. The a channel scan that an ac-
2 7 12
available choices are 576i, tive frequency has been se-
576p, 720p, 1080i as well lected.
as 1080p 50/60 Hz. In other Regarding setting the
words, the receiver is best time, Skyworth came up
suited for use with HDTV with an interesting idea: in
reception and is also ready addition to the standard way
for the future thanks to its of selecting the local time
1080p full HD support. difference to GMT, the user
Although hardly ever used, can also simply select their
the picture standard can be location from a list and the
switched from PAL to NTSC receiver will then automati-
3 and back again if needed. cally adjust for that time 8 13
You can also adjust the OSD zone.
transparency to your needs. Skyworth also included an
Hidden behind the ‘Chan- on/off timer so that the re-
nel Search’ menu are all ceiver can be programmed
the channel scan options. to automatically turn on and
In addition to the automatic off at specified times.
channel scan across the en- On top of all the different
tire frequency range, the settings capabilities, Sky-
worth also included child
1. Installation assistant
protection through the age
2. Automatic channel scam – feature in the EPG, the abil-
4 thanks to DVB-T2 compatibility, ity to do a factory reset 9 14
HD channels in H.264/MPEG-4
can also be played back and also language selection
without any problems
for audio, subtitles and the
3. With the help of the colored
function buttons the channel OSD.
list can be customized to your
personal tastes OK, we spent enough time
4. Channels can be easily discussing all the different
renamed settings that the HTA6 has;
5. The exceptionally clear and
nicely designed EPG it’s time to let the receiver
6. Picture settings do what it was meant to do:
7. Manual channel scan – the and that is TV reception.
bar graphs at the bottom
instantly let the user know if As we would expect from
a valid frequency has been Skyworth, there were no is-
5 entered
sues and it provided excel-
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8. Local time settings, and, if
needed, also with the help of lent picture and audio qual-
your location setting
9. Various language and audio ity. Even the roughly one
settings second channel switching
10. System settings
time from one frequency
11. USB settings
to another was nothing to
12. Music, pictures and videos
can be played back through the complain about and should
HTA6
even make a couch potato
13. Audio playback of an M4A
file happy.
14. Playback of a DivX HD Video A push of the OK button
15. Playback of a Flash Video
displays the channel list.
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Here the user can easily side you’ll find the associ-
switch between TV and ra- ated detailed information.
dio reception using the left/ With the help of the color-
right arrow buttons on the ed function buttons on the
remote control. The FAV remote control you can eas-
button opens up a list con- ily page through all of the
taining the channels that content. Timer entries can
were previously marked as also be set up in the EPG so
Favorites while the red func- that you won’t have to worry
tion button lets you search about missing your favorite
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for specific channels. program; they can be stored
In our tests the HTA6 was on an external storage de-
easily able to handle any vice connected via the USB
of the received streams in 2.0 port.
either DVB-T or DVB-T2. It With the help of dedicated
was also quite happy with buttons on the remote con-
the H.264/MPEG-4 format trol for audio language and
for optimal use of bandwidth subtitles, the associated
in DVB-T2. settings can be adjusted
As long as the program- while the receiver is in op-
ming provider supplies EPG eration. There’s also an in-
18 data, it is shown by the tegrated teletext decoder
HTA6 in a clear and easy to and although the technol-
understand Info bar for the ogy is rather old, its pages
current and upcoming pro- are still a popular source of
grams with every channel information.
change. If more detailed in- Did you ever get annoyed
formation is needed, simply at the occasional small size
press the ‘i’ button on the of the subtitle text? Well,
remote control to access the Skyworth even thought of
expanded EPG. this problem: the HTA6 has
We also liked a particu- the ability to change the
lar feature of the Info bar text size, text color and
19 in which a row of dots indi- background color of the
cates graphically to the user subtitles. We found that to
how long a program has be extraordinary!
already run and how much There are hardly any digi-
time is left for that program. tal receivers out there today
Even the Electronic Pro- that don’t come with multi-
gram Guide (EPG) is a high- media features and the Sky-
light from Skyworth in that worth HTA6 with its USB 2.0
it is presented in a clear interface is no exception.
and organized fashion. It We appreciated all the dif-
is always displayed for one ferent audio and video for-
channel and divided into two mats that the HTA6 can han-
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sections. On the left side are dle, specifically, AAC, M4A,
the individual programming MP3 and WMA for audio as
entries while on the right well as AVCHD, DivX SD/HD,
Flash, MOV, MP4 SD/HD,
16. Playback of an MOV Video MPEG and TS for video.
17. Playback of an MP4 Video in This receiver not only lets
HD quality
18. Playback of a TS video you enjoy music, but you
stream can also view the latest In-
19. Picture viewer
ternet videos in full-screen
20. Thanks to the grid view,
multiple photos can be shown mode on your TV. At the
side-by-side same time, a picture viewer
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6 25 29 30
22 26 21. The display time and the switchover mode can be individually
set for a slideshow Expert Opinion
22. Subtitles can be displayed in three different font sizes and in
user-selectable colors An elegant housing, a clear OSD as well as
23. Channel list simple and logical operation highlight this
24. The red function button can be used to search for a specific receiver. Its menu operation should not be a
channel problem for anyone. The software proved to
be stable during our tests and didn’t present
25. A push of the ‘i’ button on the remote control displays
expanded information on the current channel + any problems. The video and audio output via Thomas Haring
TELE-audiovision
26. Info bar with the EPG data from the current and upcoming HDMI is very good and thanks to the external Test Center
program 12V power supply, the receiver would be per- Austria
27. Teletext fect for use in your back yard or while cam-
28. Selection of the desired audio track ping.
29. Favorites list
30. Selection of the desired subtitles The remote control is somewhat small but you’d eventually get
23 27
– used to it.
has become standard and and family conveniently and
Skyworth also included this comfortably from your living
function in the HTA6. room couch on your TV. TECHNICAL
DATA
Pictures stored on a USB The HTA6 from Skyworth Manufacturer Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology CO., LTD.
storage device can be dis- is a solid receiver that has Email sales miaodan@skyworth.com
played one-at-a-time, in no problems handling DVB- Internet www.skyworthdigital.com
slideshow format with ad- T and DVB-T2 signals. It Model HTA6
justable display time, at therefore lets you enjoy Function DVB-T/DVB-T2 Receiver
random or in a grid format. high-resolution TV from a Input frequency VHF (177.5-226.5 MHz) UHF (474-858 MHz)
Skyworth even thought terrestrial antenna. EPG yes
Supported standards DVB-T, DVB-T2
about a zoom function and The OSD is clear and easy-
Video resolution 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p 50/60 Hz
24 28 maintaining the aspect ra- to-follow, the operation of
RS232 no
tion. Regardless if it’s pic- the receiver is intuitive and
Ethernet no
tures from your most recent the housing was very taste-
USB 2.0 yes
vacation, a kid’s birthday fully designed. We here at HDTV yes
party or some other event, TELE-audiovision like this MPEG4/H.264 yes
the HTA6 will let you show box and feel it is worthy of a Internal Smarrcard Reader yes
them off to your friends recommendation. Power supply 12V DC
More about this company ENERGY
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DIAGRAM
Mode Apparent Active Factor
Active 11 W 5 W 0.45
StandBy 3.5 W 0.5 W 0.14
Apparent Power
Active Power
The first 15 minutes active operation with channel surfing and
multimedia playback; the second 15 minutes Standby
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