Laptop TV that goes everywhere

What with Euro 2004 less than two months away we are already starting to assemble a range of gadgets to ensure that we don’t miss a kick.

We quite like the look of the Lifeview TV Walker, a mobile phone sized TV tuner that connects to a laptop via a USB 2.0 connector.

The device, which is distributed in the UK by ECS, in theory covers all three worldwide TV standards so it will work in the US as well as European countries.

Also on board is an MPEG encoder that supports MPEG 1,2,and 4 recording and the tuner comes with PVR software-enabling users to save programmes on their laptop’s hard disk. It is available now for £65 + VAT. One is coming through the post any day now so we’ll have a full review shortly.