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NinerBikes wrote:
For a little Samsung 24" class TV, it's a very, very nice picture. Whether it's money well spent to save amp hours is kind of a moot point... it makes the travel trailer feel more like home with the quality... I am actually kind of looking forward to going out to the ManCave trailer for some beer, chips and dip and football this weekend. Kind of wish I was there tonight to see Peyton Manning and Denver play San Diego on the little unit... :-(

is that the man cave down the street from mine?

NinerBikes wrote:

JiminDenver wrote:
Not the OTA channels here. They may not be 1080p all the time but the major networks are especially for sports.

Major league teams in all the big cities get the 1080p camera's and 60 frames per second, me thinks. SCVjeff is the guru on that stuff, he would know for certain, he's the guy that puts the airwaves in the air.

Depends on the network...
ABC (and all of their sports holdings) & Fox went 720 vs. 1080 because they were very early adopters, and at the time the gear of the day couldn't build a picture fast enough to chase a NASCAR driver or flying football across the field without the picture completely breaking down. It's not the problem it once used to be as processors have gotten faster and faster, and the new encoders are simply magic. But off-air you can often see the difference the reduction in data has by looking at maybe a CBS station (1080) up against Fox or any of the ABC stations (both 720). If you can see them on the same band, in the same location (Apples to Apples), AND get out to where both are equally weak, the 720 transmitter will always outperform the higher data (CBS) simply because the TV is having to deal with 1/2 the data payload to create a picture. It's very easy to demo this in Los Angeles where everyone is grouped together on the same mountain. Back to motion.. On a smaller monitor it's very difficult to see the difference of the two formats with moving video, and impossible on most non-fast motion programs. Watching any reasonably strong station not sitting at threshold is getting more and more difficult to pick between what's 720 or 1080.

Back to the previously scheduled thread...

NB- It's entirely possible that plugging the Samsung into a 12V source vs. the 14v brick on AC could yield either the same or more current over running it on AC because the current draw of the TV could increase as the voltage goes down, depending on what voltage the internal regulator is providing. Only one way to tell...

That was a sweet game on the 39 inch in the S&B.

For a little Samsung 24" class TV, it's a very, very nice picture. Whether it's money well spent to save amp hours is kind of a moot point... it makes the travel trailer feel more like home with the quality... I am actually kind of looking forward to going out to the ManCave trailer for some beer, chips and dip and football this weekend. Kind of wish I was there tonight to see Peyton Manning and Denver play San Diego on the little unit... :-(

For reference, my 32" Magnavox draws 33W in regular mode (not vivid, not gaming). I power it with an inverter since inverter is usually on for 120V fridge. I have a VGA cable for connecting from laptop (settings need to be changed for best picture quality). Viewing distance is about 7'. A 55" screen would break my neck following the screen images. The OTA reception and picture quality is better than the plasmas in my house connected via cable. I'm using a DIY antenna with a short mast. Broadcast towers are 33 mi. away.

NinerBikes wrote:
SCVjeff is the guru on that stuff, he would know for certain, he's the guy that puts the airwaves in the air.

I'd like to know too.

JiminDenver wrote:
Not the OTA channels here. They may not be 1080p all the time but the major networks are especially for sports.

Major league teams in all the big cities get the 1080p camera's and 60 frames per second, me thinks. SCVjeff is the guru on that stuff, he would know for certain, he's the guy that puts the airwaves in the air.

Snowman9000 wrote:
NB,

You might find that the plug into the TV is a strange one. If you don't want to cannibalize the one from the brick, here is some info for you:

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27492979/gotomsg/27493644.cfm#27493644

Thank you, Snowman!!!

Not the OTA channels here. They may not be 1080p all the time but the major networks are especially for sports.

NB,

You might find that the plug into the TV is a strange one. If you don't want to cannibalize the one from the brick, here is some info for you:

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27492979/gotomsg/27493644.cfm#27493644