Need New TV

[riltri]

Our Furrion TV has died. The Wal-Mart near our next stop has a Vizio in stock and the correct size. I have never replaced a tv in an RV. Any reason that a standard tv will not work? TIA

[wa8yxm]

Regarding TV/Tuner.. I once set up a video PAGING service for an event. Several televisions all fed by a RF driver fed by a VIC-20. During set up we were playing "The Loan Ranger" rebrodcast from a local TV station.. (Kind of good for a Vic-20 don't you think)

Actually the RF modulator was a VCR.

[TechWriter]

riltri wrote:
I have never replaced a tv in an RV. Any reason that a standard tv will not work?

If your new TV doesn't have a QAM tuner (sometimes called a "digital tuner"), then you won't be able to see TV programs coming from campgrounds with digital cable.

All new TVs must have OTA digital tuners (ATSC), but they aren't required to have QAM tuners.

[2oldman]

We hope these suggestions have been helpful, OP.

[coolmom42]

MURPHY55347 wrote:
Beware newer Visio TV’s do not have a built in tuner so no over the air capability.

Some of them do.

If it's called a TV it has a tuner. If it's called a monitor/display, it does not have a tuner.

[coolmom42]

MURPHY55347 wrote:
I agree with your assessment. Vizio P, M, and most E series have no tuners. Some model E and all series D have tuners.

Depends on the size, mostly.

IME smaller ones don't have tuners, but are great with devices like a Roku or Chromecast.

[coolmom42]

I would opt for a Roku device over the built-in apps on a TV. I've had both, and the Roku apps work MUCH better and get updated more often. You also have a ton more choices.

All you need to use a Roku is a HDMI port. If the TV has a powered USB, you can use that for the Roku power. Otherwise, the Roku needs a separate USB adapter for its power.

[wa8yxm]

MURPHY55347 wrote:
Beware newer Visio TV’s do not have a built in tuner so no over the air capability.

If they do not have a Built in Tuner then they are called Monitors. NOT Televisions.

By Federal mandate a TELEVISION sold in the USA after I think 2007 must have a ATSC tuner/decoder in it.. Most Televisions sold in the USA This Century or the decade preceding have QAM decoders (Digital cable) but and most can get NTSC (analog) but by law newer than 2007 (I think) have to do ATSC (modern over the air digital)>

ELEMENT TV has ATSC. and far as I know NTSC but not QAM. It's the only one that I know of that does not have QAM.

And yes I know what all those letters stand for (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation for QAM And National/American Television Standards Committee for the others)

Used to be I knew how to fix em. today.. generally not worth it.

[MURPHY55347]

I agree with your assessment. Vizio P, M, and most E series have no tuners. Some model E and all series D have tuners.

[MrWizard]

A TV ? Without a tuner is Not A TV
It is only a Display , a monitor
Technically to be a television it has to be able to receive broadcasts

AFAIK Vizio makes both types, as do many other mfg

[MURPHY55347]

Beware newer Visio TV’s do not have a built in tuner so no over the air capability.

[wa8yxm]

riltri wrote:
Our Furrion TV has died. The Wal-Mart near our next stop has a Vizio in stock and the correct size. I have never replaced a tv in an RV. Any reason that a standard tv will not work? TIA

RV TV's are regular TV's.. So no there is not
When I upgraded I bought one at a pawn shop.. The reason I choose that specific TV.. IT FIT. It was the correct size.

[Learjet]

if you want to use the same bracket...you need to make sure it is capable and the location of the screws will match. I changed one TV and it ended up being higher than the one it replaced...still worked...but I would verfiy.

[jorbill2or]

6 months ago bought two televisions . One is a Visio with built in smart cast and the other a TCL Roku tv. both are excellent televisions. Both have built in streaming app availability via your WiFi. It’s almost impossible to not get a smart tv today.
Televisions have become commodities and the average person wouldn’t know the difference. There is nothing that needs to be “ special “ about a Rv television,unless you want a 12 volt tv so you can run off batteries without an inverter. ( I wouldn’t) . Rv manufacturers generally put the cheapest thing they can buy in bulk , in this case a furrion. Anything you put in will be good.

[Tzman4]

No reason what so ever. You might even look at a "smart" tv for other apps. 🙂