Good 12v dc TV

[Butch50]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good 12v DC TV. I bought a new MH and it has 2 Jensen 12v in it and they are about the sorriest excuse for a HDTV that I have every seen. If you are not sitting directly in front of the TV you can hardly see anything but just some black and a little color. If you stand up you can't see it either, like I say you have to be straight in front of it. I had a Jensen in my past RV and we could view it from almost any angle. The TV in the bedroom is just ok if on one side of the bed but just on the other side you can't even see it.

I tried looking at it receiving over the air at first and thought it was just bad so put a DVD in the player and it was just as bad.

The front one is a 24" and the rear one is 22"

Thanks.

[darsben]

wintersun wrote:
All the 12v TV's are junk. Get a good top tier name brand LED LCD TV and use it with an inverter.

For a DVD combo TV I would recommend the Toshiba and for other use the Sony Bravia that comes internet enabled and is very easy to setup and use.

Most if not all 110 volt LCD, LED TV's are 12 volt just a difference between external or internal transformer.

[wintersun]

All the 12v TV's are junk. Get a good top tier name brand LED LCD TV and use it with an inverter.

For a DVD combo TV I would recommend the Toshiba and for other use the Sony Bravia that comes internet enabled and is very easy to setup and use.

[2oldman]

Butch50 wrote:
Why do the manufactures put such garbage in the units?

The only answer I can come up with is.. cost. And yes, we buy them. I suppose if there's a delete option for the TV then that's what should be done.

I think you'd be better served with a real 120v TV. I wouldn't sweat cutting the brick off the TV, provided its output is 12v.

[D_E_Bishop]

We have two insignia TV with wall warts. They run off 12 directly and are fine. Our front is 24" an the rear is 19". I installed a HDMI cable from front to rear with an electronic splitter for the BluRay. No problems since I put the rear TV on an angle. The wall mount didn't allow enough down swivel.

The DW loves the 24" and says it is better than our LG, HD, 32".

[FrankShore]

The cord melted. It was the TV that I keep in the garage!

[darsben]

FrankShore wrote:
RCA makes some 12v TV's. I'd stay away from the "Insignia" brand!

The JensenTV's are supposed to be pretty good. Did you try doing all the adjustments to the picture and the sounds via the MENU?

What happened with your insignia brand TV

[Qualcity]

I purchased two led tv/ DVD combo units for my rv about 3 years ago from bundle city.com. I got a 24 inch for the front of the rig and a 19 inch for the bedroom. Both units run off of 110 or 12 volts. At 12 volts both only use a max of 4 amps. Have had them for over 3 years and they both work great. I think the brand is supersonic.

[FrankShore]

RCA makes some 12v TV's. I'd stay away from the "Insignia" brand!

The JensenTV's are supposed to be pretty good. Did you try doing all the adjustments to the picture and the sounds via the MENU?

[RJsfishin]

I went down the 12v road for too long. Nothing but 120v on inverter now, much better selection, much better prices, and very little more amperage. And w/ solar, why the hassle of 12v,..... I mean it ain't like you can eliminate the inverter for the sat rec, DVD and all the other audio/video stuff. I don't get it,....but then, I don't have to.

[MrWizard]

The new RVs I have looked at, at RV shows, were all 120 and powered by inverter
Have not seen 12v TV in New class A, RV

[Butch50]

Thanks for all of the ideas.

I know in the past I had a Sharp TV and the output of the brick was 12VDC but I was never brave enough to cut the cord and wire it to the 12V directly. Also at that time everybody was saying not to do it.

I guess it is off to Best Buy to buy 2 new TVs. Just what I wanted to do after buying a new MH that listed for over $120,000, is go out and buy new TVs for it. The front one was standard but the rear one was over $400 option. How do they charge so much for a 22” HDTV. Why don’t they just leave them out and let us buy our own. Put the wiring in for them and let us install ones to our liking. It seems that they all have a love affair with Jensen garbage (in my opinion). Just like the stereo units they put in them, again they are Jensen’s, supposedly they are built to stand the up to driving down the road. I don’t believe this as I have used Sharp TVs for years and they worked just fine and I took them out and used them in the house. In fact my wife is still using a Sharp in her sewing room and this TV was bought over 13 years ago and traveled many mile in the back of a 5th wheel and never had one trouble and it has a great viewing width. Why do the manufactures put such garbage in the units? I guess I’ll answer that myself, because we buy it with this garbage.

I have to take the MH into a dealer to get the power skylight fixed. It sounds like the gears are stripped. It worked on the walk through on Wednesday morning and didn’t on Thursday evening. Gives me great confidence that it is going to work for years. I think once it is fixed I’ll just leave it closed and never use it. When I’m in the dealer with this problem I’m going to complain about the TVs. I know it won’t do any good but it will let me vent a little.

Ok enough of the complaining, thanks for the ideas.

[RoyB]

If you have a good 120VAC HDTV brand you like you can always install a PSW 300WATT Inverter to run off your battery and give you 120VAC to run the HDTV and other home entertainment items like the DVDs-cell phone chargers-computer chargers etc... I ran two 120VAC emergency drop cords installed out of site to both my home entertainment area and the bedroom area from my Installed power Inverter for our emergency 120VAC power requirements. All you see is one of those multi-tap extension cord receptacles on the back of a cabinet top with ON-OFF breaker switch.. These are always ON when we are camping. Even at Electric camp sites... They go off-line sometimes too...

Some folks will find a good HDTV they like that has the 120VAC BRICK transformer for power source. Those usually put around 15-19VDC and run just fine off of 12-15VDC that your trailer converter/charger produces... All you need is a DC adapter (RADIO SHACK) that fits the DC Cord connector on the back of those HDTVs... Carry the brick transformer with you to Radio Shack and you can match up the proper adapter real quick.

The VIZIO HDTVs pick up the digital BROADCAST TV signals from the local towns just great using the OTA BATWING crank up antenna. With digital high def TVs you either get great quality TV pictures or nothing at all... Not like the old days...

We have been running the VIZIO HDTV models from WALMART for years. They always have something good on sale it seems... We use the 22-inch model in our off-road POPUP. Having the same HDTVs everywhere makes it easy to always find a remote unit hehe...

Roy Ken

[ChooChooMan74]

Insignia makes 12v dc Tvs in 2 sizes. You just have to make a cord up from Radio Shack.

http://campinglifewithmatt.blogspot.com/2013/04/trailer-mod-12v-insignia-tv.html

[Class_A_DP_1]

great, now I am going to replace my TV's again. haha thanks for the idea.