Cello Traveller TV

We have the Cello traveller, about 3 years now I think. As you say not a lot of difference between the 2 but the price. It all works well does what it says it does no problem.

Hi TG, thanks for that. At the moment the Cello is £200 and the Axtex £350 so a big saving which may be why I am a little reluctant as it seems a bit too good to be true!

We thought the same, so had a good look at them at the Glasgow show, can't say we found any difference, maybe someone who has an Avtex could comment. Just to say if you have any issues with the Cello the helpline number is very good for after sales service. 

We have been using the Cello for the past 4 years now without a problem with the TV. I had dropped the remote and that became problematic so I bought a new one really cheaply from the company who sold us the TV via their Ebay shop & no more problems. The speakers are like the rest of small flat screen TV's, poor, but I have plugged in a pair of 240v external small computer speakers and the quality is very good. All in all a good buy for us I think. Regards, Roy

Browsing for more information on the two sets came across the Finlux which has some good reviews. That's one of the things with tinternet, you can end up with info overload which is not always a help when trying to make a decision!

Still looking like it will be the Cello as it's a new model and has the advantage of the sat receiver and ezy cast.

A and J.

I paid £269 for the Avtex but only a 16" as this to will be used off grid.I also went for the "satellite version".The ease of set up is good and sound quality of speakers is much better than my old TV.

Has a built in DVD player which keeps the grandchildren quiet.

It has been mentioned before that the Avtex has no ahead planning for recording programmes,only for the day ahead,but I haven't tried to record anything yet.

we had a Cello in the bedroom of our previous van.

when getting this van geared up, i asked the dealer to transfer over the Cello to the bedroom (along with instructions to the technician on the necesary Sky/Magic Eye connections.

when i collected the van, i noticed that they had replaced the Cello and put in a new, larger screened, VisionPlus TV.

I think the technician must have misread 'transfer TV' for 'put in new TV', however it was all FOC...

.....and the VisionPlus is a marvellous piece of kit, with a great picture.

I'd certainly recommend having a gander and would see them as a direct competitor to Avtex and Cello.

Viewing them all for comparison purposes would be advantageous, but where? 

So the shortlist now is; the Finlux at £140 but with no sat tuner, we have an old sky box that was given to us, Cello at £200, Vision Plus £270 and Avtex £350.

The Finlux will be fine but would prefer to have a built in sat tuner but is it worth spending £60 to get something that may be used once a year? As the only concern is that the Finlux may be a tad large for us the it's looking like the Cello.

As dmiller says it would be nice to view but have in the past dismissed sets for home that had a rubbish picture only to find that it was down to the rubbish set up in the shop and not the set itself.

just a couple of points about sky boxes (sorry if you already know this....)

ypu say ypu have an old' box....the very old 'javelin' boxes were 12v and anything 10 yrs (ish) newer will be mains only.

So, if ypu do any off grid camping (THS etc) youll need an inverter to run it, whereas with a TV with sat tuner,it will be 12v.

however, the Sky EPG is light years ahead of anything on a freesat TV, and ypu may be able pick up a few different channels on the Sky box, even without a subscription.

we have freesat tuners in both our van TVs, but dont use them as we are Sky subscribers and the interface is so much more user friendly.