For last 12 months I've used my Laptop as TV with a Cinergy XS USB stick that works on normal or digital Freeview channels (you have retune from one method to the other depending upon which signal is best so I try digital first and only go UHF is no decent signal). I use a Maxview magnetic rooftop aerial and usually get great digital TV in built up areas and fringes. As its a laptop it takes power from my 12v laptop feed so I can leave the inverter off. Much lower drain than I had on a CRT TV used previously but assume more than a dedicated LCD TV but I don't need to buy one of those. Its like - take 2 electrical devices on the boat when you can take shampoo & condition as one bottle?
Having this laptop system is great for taking on land to hotels or when visiting family & friends if you want bedroom TV. Clive --- In [email protected], "Ron Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well said Paul. In my view the best solution is always buy TVs that are > designed to run on a 12V car/caravan/lorry/boat supply. A source I have > used in the past has been http://www.roadpro.co.uk. Our current boat TV is > just great - good colour, very stable picture and it will usually work down > to about 10 voles or so - then you start getting some noise on audio when > the picture is bright (time to change batteries). I will change it in a > couple of years as it's analogue only and analogue transmissions start being > switched off *next year* (but not where the boat is!) > > Ron Jones
