Little Samsung TV at CostCo for $109

[RSD559]

Picked one up for the trailer's bedroom. Only 24", but that's fine when the TV is about 5 feet away from your face. What's cool is it's smarts. Wired or wireless access to a network. It picks up my mesh node from in the house. It uses apps for NetFlix, Hulu +, YouTube, Amazon, ... Plus it has internet access for anything else. The wife likes Acorn TV, British shows. It is only available on Roku and the internet. So we're good. It has coax to connect to the trailer's cable feeds and antenna, and you can connect a keyboard and mouse via USB. I had a wireless set handy. Kind of clumsy when setting up the apps, but works great in the internet. I couldn't believe the functionality and quality name for the price.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Makes a great 12vdc plug that can handle 15+ amps

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Check out a 10-amp 240 volt straight pins plug and socket. Nothing else can fit the socket and this makes a circuit dedicated. These plugs and receptacles can carry 15-amps so that's not an issue.

[RSD559]

SaltiDawg wrote:

RSD559 wrote:
Okay, 12v TVs are out there. But my trailer doesn't have a 12v access plug anywhere near the tv hookup. It only has one inside the box, at the head of the bed. I'm guessing for a charger, or a CPAP, or something. But too far away for a TV. Doesn't have one outside at all.

No RV experience here. With all that 12V power running around, is it not simple to splice in a 12V jack in any of many locations?

In my B&M home, I can't see myself pointing at any bare space of sheet rock and concluding I couldn't "splice" in or add an additional receptacle.

Just curious.

You have to be careful. Most circuits are fused close to what their greatest legitimate draw should be. A TV could be more than the circuit can handle. If you up the fuse to handle the addition of the TV, you lose the protection for the smaller circuit. Also, you don't know how robust the wires on the circuit are and could overload them. Not likely to happen, but it might.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

RSD559 wrote:
You Boob - YouTube, I get it. I thought you were calling me a boob! For, I don't know what reason. YouTube is my relaxation. Sometimes NetFlix. Living life through someone else's camera. But, I use it to learn how stuff works and how to do stuff.

Heaven forbid, I don't attack people nor make personal cracks. However humor is how I deal with life's challenges. No TV s-it com, makes me laugh harder than some of the stunts I see on "YouBoob". My granddaughters hate "The Look". It's a special facial expression I offer after they get caught doing something really -er- not in their best interest - like trying to cook a super thick pancake "to save time..."

[SaltiDawg]

RSD559 wrote:
Okay, 12v TVs are out there. But my trailer doesn't have a 12v access plug anywhere near the tv hookup. It only has one inside the box, at the head of the bed. I'm guessing for a charger, or a CPAP, or something. But too far away for a TV. Doesn't have one outside at all.

No RV experience here. With all that 12V power running around, is it not simple to splice in a 12V jack in any of many locations?

In my B&M home, I can't see myself pointing at any bare space of sheet rock and concluding I couldn't "splice" in or add an additional receptacle.

Just curious.

[RSD559]

You Boob - YouTube, I get it. I thought you were calling me a boob! For, I don't know what reason. YouTube is my relaxation. Sometimes NetFlix. Living life through someone else's camera. But, I use it to learn how stuff works and how to do stuff.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

I like the 'portable' bit. My kids are addicted to (Mexican) soap operas. I run like hell. I was surprised to see the amount of complete movies on "You Boob" marshall Dillon playing the monster in "The Thing", Clint Eastwood playing a squeaky voiced teenage lab assistant in The Revenge Of The Creature (of the black lagoon). Not too long ago I played The Crawling Eye for the girls. Brenda told me Pilar and Dalia (grandkids) stumbled off to school bleary eyed after leaving the lights on all night. DVD discs are not that hard to record and store. Record a 30 minute segment at home - traffic, crowds, then when things seem to get boring while camped a refresher segment could remind a person why they packed up and fled.

[RSD559]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Minimalist...

A TV is a TV but the WiFi can be used where available. The critter is portable is it not? For me, You Boob, streaming would work great for entertainment. News, how-to's, etc.

Good find!

I was too busy laughing to take offense. It will be fixed to the bedroom wall. But, when available, it does have internet access. As others have noted, the WIFI will usually be subpar, and not up to streaming, but that isn't a huge concern for web surfing. The wireless keyboard and mouse are in the overhead in the bedroom, so it will be great for internet usage.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Minimalist...

A TV is a TV but the WiFi can be used where available. The critter is portable is it not? For me, You Boob, streaming would work great for entertainment. News, how-to's, etc.

Good find!

[RSD559]

wa8yxm wrote:
Re-Smart TV. Those look nice on paper but you do know they are 2-way Right. there is an open microphone streaming audio to the web and I am told there are folks who know how to access the built in camera as well.

This one doesn't have any of the high end features that would use a microphone or camera. Who would want to see a couple of old people snoring and burping and farting all night? Not my idea of entertainment!

[wa8yxm]

I think I got my 21" for a bit less, nto a smart TV but was a "Scratch and dent" (Floor demo with missing remote) Since it replaced a Samsung and since Samsung only uses one set of remote codes the old remote.. Works fine .

Re-Smart TV. Those look nice on paper but you do know they are 2-way Right. there is an open microphone streaming audio to the web and I am told there are folks who know how to access the built in camera as well

Reason # 2 and 3 why I don't want 1 (Reason 1 is they suck bandwidth).

[mike-s]

72cougarxr7 wrote:

mike-s wrote:

Ralph Cramden wrote:
Probably, most LCD TVs or monitors are 12VDC internally.

Source? Most electronics these days run at various voltages - 1.8 and 3.3 volt are common these days, although there's still some 5 V around (e.g. USB). Even if 12 V were used (backlight?), there's no real reason for a TV power supply to convert first to 12 V, and then again to the voltages actually needed. It would generate them separately. Can you give an examples of current TVs which do an AC->12VDC->??? power distribution?

And, of course, in the context of RVs, "12 V" really means more like "11-15 volts."

12v inputs are quite common on tv's.
I bought this one a couple years ago to use in my RV.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sceptre-19-Class-HD-LED-TV-720p-60Hz-with-Built-in-DVD-Player-E195BD-S/16935878

Came with a 110 cord with a power "brick"...

Whoosh.

He was referring to ones with a 120V power cord plugging directly into them, and modifying the internals to take 12VDC. He specifically referenced "no external power supply."

[RSD559]

Okay, 12v TVs are out there. But my trailer doesn't have a 12v access plug anywhere near the tv hookup. It only has one inside the box, at the head of the bed. I'm guessing for a charger, or a CPAP, or something. But too far away for a TV. Doesn't have one outside at all.

[time2roll]

$109? Tell MEX before he goes crazy fixing that tv brick.