RV Flat Screen TV

There are many TVs that run on 12-14 volt DC using a "Brick" in the power line to convert.

Yours might even be one of em.. I can watch one of my TV's while driving (Well I can't even see it when driving but if someone else is driving) without the engine, and all eat 120vac Even the ones that can run on DC direct.. I don't have DC cords for 'em.

Radio Shack, while they last, carries what y\ou need to adapt.

No, it runs off AC, which is why I have the PSW inverter. We almost always get FHU at campgrounds so I have not actually used the inverter yet.

At this time I think I'm going to go with a regular LED/LCD TV with a power inverter. I think this option will give me more options on the brand and size of the TV, along with a better price point.

What size/power power inverter do I need to a LED or LCD TV

I'm sure I will need to buy new mounting bracket as the existing one is specifically build for the current TV.

What ever you decide to buy....be sure to see it ON in a store first.

Then walk up to it and then 'walk to the side' and see if the screen looks gray. We are using flat screens quite differently in an RV than in a home setting where you sit right in front of it.

SOME brands the screen goes gray or black when viewing them from below or to the side.

I got burned on my first flat screen for the MH. You had to be seated right in front of it and at eye level. Just like you do when you are at 'home'. Which is what they are designed for.

I had mine mounted up high in the MH so sadly when you sat on the couch when you looked up the screen was all dark or when you moved off to the side the same thing. :(

Best thing to do is go to Walmart or best buy where they have all of them mounted on shelves and move to the side to see if the view changes before you buy.

AGC wrote:
At this time I think I'm going to go with a regular LED/LCD TV with a power inverter. I think this option will give me more options on the brand and size of the TV, along with a better price point.

What size/power power inverter do I need to a LED or LCD TV

I'm sure I will need to buy new mounting bracket as the existing one is specifically build for the current TV.

Just about any size inverter will be adequate for most modern televisions of the sizes you'd be looking at...typically they're well under a hundred watts. A 300W inverter should be plenty for the TV and a DVD player, satellite receiver, or other source. It may be wise go a bit bigger if you expect to use an XBox, though still probably not really necessary.

Incidentally, an LED TV is actually an LCD TV with LEDs for the backlight (rather than cold cathode fluorescent tubes). The marketers don't like to make that clear so you think that an LED TV is some exotic new technology that is vastly superior and so undoubtedly worth discarding your existing television sets to own.

TV mounting

Note the new shelf with a video switch on the right, plus the PSW inverter hanging on the left. Other space is for the sat rcvr and DVR.

I have the exact same set up except my cabinets are a little darker. Looks like the 28" fits perfectly in that spot.

Thank you for the posting the pics

I was originally going for the 32 inch, but I made a cardboard mock-up and it obviously was too big. Then I cut it down for the 28 inch size and it worked.

That piece of foam at the bottom gives it a little support and vibration damping but also lets it slide easily. I have the mount tightened to where I can adjust it but it won't move by itself while under way. The distance of the arm of the mount is about 5 or 6 inches between the hinge bolts.

The mount is screwed on the backer board from the rear and then mounted on the wall. I spent lotsa time getting the measurements exactly as I wanted.