Sumvision Cyclone Micro

I have been looking for a gadget like this for years. I am far from tech savvy and after learning the ability to download movies, I now needed a way to watch them on the television. No matter how many cushions I put on my old and frayed office chair it never quite made watching a two-hour film on my desktop an enjoyable experience! And, as one gets older my back didn’t enjoy it much either. This has not been a simple endeavour for someone as knowledgeable about computer innards as I am of that a horse. Cables, conversion boxes and what not dumbfounded me, and it seemed you needed to be a ... more

The Sumvision Cyclone is an inexpensive little gadget, for around £30 you get a very small box that can play back AVI and Divx movies on your TV. The size of the Cyclone make it extremely portable so I find it particularly useful when camping or taking trips in the caravan. It plays the movies via your USB stick and upscale to 1080 also. You may need to download the latest firmware to be ale to play all the movies etc. you wish to watch as I found it did not recognise a number of them. The sound and picture quality are decent also, you cannot expect too much from something in this price range ... more