Why is there a TV over the driver seat?

I think I remember a RV story once where the buyer ordered a $1m+ motorhome and wanted TV's everywhere such that he used up all the NCC. Some folks are just addicted and can't have too many TV's. Me we have one in the living area. Sometimes I'll bring a small second one and watch under the awning but only during college football season.

They were originally placed in the front over the driver when the only TVs available were tube type. Think how deep a tube tv is. Where would you place it, other than in front, that would not take up a lot of space.

Back up camera?

The Sahara had one over the driver's seat. Originally, it was used as the monitor for the backup camera. Turning on the camera also turned on the inverter!

This configuration made sense then, and also because the recliner that was standard faced the TV. If you sat on the couch (only one recliner so someone needed to sit there), you got a crick in your neck looking left and up all the time.

We pulled out the recliner and the associated lamp table and put in a lift cabinet with a 32" LED TV directly across from the couch. I used the wood from the lamp table to rebuild the old TV overhead cabinet so that it looked like the other 23 up front. This also opened up the living room area and made much more room for moving around. This is important in an old bus with no slides.

Navyskcs wrote:
As my wife and I are looking at class A's have always wondered why there is a TV in the main living area and one over the driver area. How many people would use both?

I've had the same question and when asked I get all sorts of reasons. so both can watch tv at dinner; a couple can watch different programming; "it's an option". the one on the wall ought to be the option. when we were shopping for a new MH in the fall of 2015 we took a quick pass on any MH with the two-TV setup in the mail cabin.

Triker33,
Wow, you have a lot of TV's don'tcha. I have a 46" flat screen in my shower and a 46" over my king size bed that doubles for a work bench.

We the samething when we bought Our 2013 Entegra Anthem. There were 2 tv's in the living area. One in the front center and one at the other end off the living area. When we would pull intocables a rest area and not be able todo extend our slide the only one we could watch was the one in front with the slides in.
But we always thought 4 tv's were excessive.

I watch the front 20" one when sitting at the kitchen table while using my 22.5" PC monitor.

I watch the 55" Smart Curved 4K when sitting on the couch straight across from it. I can't see it from kitchen table.

In the bathroom I watch the 10" TV from the throne.

In the bedroom I watch the 24" Smart from the bed.

Outside I watch the 26" mounted in a compartment.
I also do some streaming on iPhone, 2 iPads, Laptop & Desktop. :)

I can also see anything recorded on the DTV Genie on 4 of the 5 TV's. :)

Navyskcs wrote:
As my wife and I are looking at class A's have always wondered why there is a TV in the main living area and one over the driver area. How many people would use both?

actually always up top and centered between front seats;; the main living area ones have only shown up in the last 10 years or so and usually on the higher end units like diesel pushers;
on most gassers and such that's the most easily visible viewing from the living area of the MH ;;
why have both? beats me.I have both and never use the front one it was there when I bought the unit ;; I have 4 Tv,s in my unit I always tell people I got more tv,s than Walmart LOL

We use both when we are eating.