Boat TV
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Get the model that has the best off center viewing capabilities....
You can either get a 12volt model or a 120v model...
If you will be wanting to view the tube when away from the dock you can find the 12v ones for sale at about any larger truckstop, anywhere from budget models to the better quality units.... and 12v dvd players.
Best Buy's Insignia brand 19 and 24 inch models are 12 volt. I recently bought a 24 inch with built in DVD player. For a cheap TV it has a pretty good picture and viewing angles. I drilled holes in the base and screwed it down to a shelf. The base is a little flimsy though so I may go to some sort of wall arm mount.
You just missed a freebie. The P.O. of my boat had one mounted on the saloon bulkhead with one of those swivel arm attachments. Most useless piece of boat gear I ever saw..flopping and flipping about when the boat was, you know, sailing. Damaged he bulkhead to boot. Took it off, stowed it in the boat shed...and then finally dropped it off at Staples recycling last month. Now I need to figure out how to fix the holes...
Gunni just described the problem with arm installs on a boat. If you want to put a TV in your boat it is best to solidly mount it on a bulkhead. 12 volts power source is the most practical as well. Chief
Putting aside the comment abou it being "useless" and the implication it is "the most useless...".
I would suggest staying away from the Sharp brand as their power board is intolerant of voltage fluctuating common to boat power systems.
I would suggest staying away from the Sharp brand as their power board is intolerant of voltage fluctuating common to boat power systems.
The tv was installed on my boat when i purchased it... and its installed on a swing arm.
I learned the fist time i hoisted the sails that the tv needed a strap and hook to secure it so it has support against heeling and hull pounding. We've had no problems since.
Although when we do watch a movie, rochelle and i usually are laying on the dinette berth in the salon, but there have been times when ive been doing a project and she will swing the tv around so she can watch it from the v-berth....
The swing arm is nice, but it has to be a heavy duty one... even for a light tv.
Mounted a 32" Vizio wifi enabled LED TV ($280 at Costco) hard to the galley bulkhead. Use a ~$50 HDTV antenna (forgot the name, but it is the size and thickness of a piece of paper) and a hardwired PicoStation M2HP for the repeater. The antenna will grab stations 50 miles away and the repeater grabs weak wifi signals from 1/2 mile or more. The third devise is simply connecting the IPhone to the TV using apple's AirDrop which surprisingly, the newer Vizio sees (where an Apple TV and router were required before). So Netflix via data from the iPhone or via wifi on the Netflix or Amazon Prime apps preinstalled on the TV. Or movies and stored content from the IPhone. The kicker is watching the iSailor NAV/charting app on my iPhone on the 32" TV. so everyone knows where we are (and the ETA for the tired kids).
Look for MOR/ryde brand tv wall mounts. Check out the RV outfitting stores and websites including Amazon.Com. I found a great wall mount with full range swivel arm. The most important feature is the spring lock. It locks the mount and TV in the stowed position. It's very sturdy. Highly recommend looking for a locking swivel mount. Don't constrain yourself to a simple wall mount that doesn't give you the best viewing angle.
