Newer floorplan designs

We have 5 TV's currently but 6 were an option. Our coach has several lay-out choices for the dinette where there are two stools attached to the floor with a TV built in the side cabinet for watching TV. You can watch TV during dinner or connect it to your computer if you use that space for cyber stuff. We chose the J-booth set-up so that TV was eliminated.

We have a 55" TV at the front of the coach on a lift, a smaller TV that's built in the roof of the driver's side slide that comes down on a lift for TV viewing. This one is mainly if the slides are in and you want to watch TV.

We have a small 7" monitor next to the passenger seat so that the co-pilot can watch TV or select the Navigation screen and watch what I have programed in.

We have a TV in the bedroom.

We have a 55" TV outside.

So, 5 TV's total.

MM.

my chieftain had what I consider to be the ideal living area location. it was similar to some TTs with the TV on the angle over the dinette. it could be seen from the sofa opposite, from one side of the dinette, and the passenger seat was a recliner that swiveled around and could view the TV.
My first two MHs had the standard centered over the dashboard which truthfully sort of sucked.
bumpy

tommy g wrote:
If anyone is insulted or otherwise taken aback by this, my apologies. DW and I go to the Atlanta RV show every year to check out new designs and pre-shop for when our old Bounder may go belly up. For the past few years I have noticed a design trend that seems to be mostly prevalent in mid to high range coaches. Is it necessary to have as many as five large TV sets in a living space as small as a class A RV? It almost seems that the designers are trying to see that you can always touch one TV from another. The particular locations of some of the sets is another discussion. Are there any "amens" or "grrr...you are wrongs"?

thank-you!! there is no need for more than 1 TV in the living space and another in the bedroom. we've seen coaches with two in the living space. why? and the TV's in the living space are sometimes oriented so that it cannot be seen from one chair or even the couch. I say put the TV back where it was...up between the pilot and co-pilot chairs.

I'll give you a tentative "Amen." Unfortunately, it seems the builders are responding to the buyers.

Ever watch one of those RV shows like "RV 2015" or whatever? As the buyers are going through the coaches it's all about the small TVs here for the kids, the big one there, the one in the outside entertainment cabinet. Very little dialog about the chassis, infrastructure, etc. It's the kids oohing and aahing over the TVs, the guy checking out if the shower is tall enough, the wife is looking at the kitchen, and then a price discussion.

Maybe it's what it takes to get new buyers out of their homes... show they can have all the electronics etc they are used to having at home out on the road. Doesn't seem to be much about enjoying the outdoors, at least on those shows.

Tommy....Typically, coaches come with only two or three. Many times, the show coaches have a lot of options on them so people can see what's available and are wowed by the goodies.

We bought our coach new last year. The basic TV arrangement was one in the bedroom and one in the living room. My dealer likes the one over the dash and the outside unit, so any coach he orders for his lot have four TV's.

We laughed at the number our coach came with, but found the optional TV (40") over the dash was better suited for watching TV when it was just the two of us. When we have company over to watch a show or movie, the TV (46") on a televator is best. We've never had an outside TV, but have found it useful for movie night with the grandkids and sports when the adults are outside.

The funny part, in a year of ownership, we've never turned on the bedroom TV. We're not bedroom TV people. So these coaches are being set up for different life and viewing styles.