12v TV

Avoid the 5.6" LCD TV from Maplin. I paid £200 for one. Receptions virtually non-existant from the in-built aerial, and poor from even external sources.

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I have a Thomson, well built with a good picture, a few years back they were about the only 12/240 volt tv manufacturer. Been around a long time so they must be getting something right. Good picture as well, but remote is abit of a pain to use.

If I was buying again now I'd be looking at an lcd flatscreen, Sharp make a good'un

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I paid £130 for my 5" maplin lcd, they were on offer last Xmas. Im quite impressed with the reception and the quality of picture. I did however overcharge the batteries and knackered them when i left the tv charging for several days. I dont think there is a cut out facility when charging batteries.

I think the reception is as good as my old BW tv. Watch out for offers this Xmas!!1

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one of those flat screen job under £300.

they have a 240 to 12volt mains converter. so buy one and just plug straight into 12volt. you then can use 240 when in the marina if required.

I know it works, we bought one for the broom about 4 weeks ago.



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got a laptop.Why not fit a TV card.Basic From 80.00.Tv + fm 100.00 ish.
Available from Radiospares etc or local computor shop.
External USB type also.

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Bought a Sharp LCD myself this year. Best viewing angle then everything else, however, although the transformer supplied steps the power down to 12V I can't find anyone willing to make a lead up. Sharp them selves were next to useless suggesting I buy an inverter if I wanted to run the thing on 12v.

Although the actual socket on the unit indicates 12 volt supply there are numerous pins that are required so I've never got round to making one up myself.

Currently I plug the transformer into an inverter, sounds crazy as despite the inverter claiming to be 90 % efficient it doesn’t half get hot.

I think that other displays such as the LG just have 2 wires supplying 12 volts from transformer to unit that makes it dead easy to change yourself. Although the LG has a much tighter viewing angle and not the best speakers I'd probably have bought this if I were doing it again. A lot cheaper too.




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I've got an LG LCD TV, which is ,as you say, a two wire 12V supply. Trouble is the connector on the set is completely non standard, so short of butchring the supplied lead or set, it's not easy to provide a 12v feed. So I too, use an inverter. Works fine, draws about 4 amps.

Got it an home at the moment, and using it with PC input whilst I'm typing this.

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Try Towsure at http://www.towsure.co.uk/

There are 12 TVs on here all rated at 12V starting from less than £34.95 (B&W and a bit crap) up to just short of £700 , also got sat dishes VCRs etc.

Go into the electrical section

KevL

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Fiitted a SHARP 15" LCD with Freeview adaptor (Hauppauge) to my boats 12V supply. Used the cable from the AC adaptors There are a number of Pins but diagram is on back of TV. There are actually two rows of PINS, one row at 12V the other GND. Works great - and digital picture is so much nicer than "ghosty"analog.

Also bought a Vogels mounting bracket. Has a 3 way pivot - great for boat (but expensive)

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