TV Question

We have a pathway X2 and a 211 receiver and a 45" sony tv in the main room. All run off our inverter without problems.

In the bedroom, we have a 211 receiver and a 32" sony tv and run it off our portable inverter (through a 'car plug' rather than direct wired) with no problems. The inverter is a 300W pure sine and the 211 and TV only pull about 80W combined. We use this to save battery as we have other stuff connected to the house inverter. We need to conserve the batteries at night to make coffee in the morning...

We only have to use the generator to watch TV if our batteries are less than 50%, which never happens because we have solar.

I have had to camp near people who believe they need a generator to watch TV. In both cases, they had a 5K open frame construction generator. They ran it for HOURS just to power 300W worth of tv.

Some LED TV's use a "power brick" that plugs into the wall and converts the electric to 12 volts. If you can find one like that, you can wire it directly to 12 volts. I have a small, cheap, 13" set that works that way. Unfortunately, those kinds of TV's are few and far between.
Using an inverter to power up both the TV and satellite system is an option. You just have to make sure the inverter is rated for the maximum load, and based on the size of the inverter, you have enough batteries to last a reasonable amount of time.
I have heard that it is not too expensive to take a Direct TV receiver from home to use in the trailer, and depending on the receivers you have, there is probably a portable dish that will work - get the make and model number of the receiver you want to use, then check out the dishes you like.
We use a stand alone Dish TV system that uses a Wingard Pathway X@ dish and a 211 series receiver - works great, but have to have shore power .....