[C320-list] flat screen LCD

Mon Feb 18 13:56:41 PST 2008

The are already selling the digital, LCD sets, the dust has settled...if you don't want to buy a new TV, the convertor box will be needed....it's all quite simple..
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OD

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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Seastream [robert.seastream at comcast.net]
Sent: 02/18/2008 01:29 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] flat screen LCD

I have considered a TV onboard, but am waiting for the 'dust' from the  
analog to digital conversion to settle.
The FCC has authorized analog TV broadcasting to be discontinued on  
February 17th, 2009.
If your TV is used primarily for movies, no problem.  If you use it  
for live (analog) TV, problem.
You'll either have to go to satellite, or obtain some sort of  
converter box, same issue at home.

Bob Seastream
'Intuition' # 906

On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:34 PM, Bill Culbertson wrote:

> As long as we're asking you about model numbers, can you provide  
> make/model of the mount you chose too?  It seems like a good find.
>
> -bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John Frost <john at frostnet.net>
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 11:07:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] flat screen LCD
>
> It was a Panasonic "HD Widescreen LCD TV/DVD Combo" Model 1513-TDXB
> Circuit City has it for $240.
> http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Polaroid-15-4-LCD-HDTV-1511-TLXB/sem/rpsm/oid
> /175907/catOid/-12867/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
>
> It fit like a glove and left a little room on the shelf below for
> miscellaneous things. I'll send a picture to Jerry and Irving.
>
> John Frost
> 2007 C320 MKII, Hull # 1118
> Lake Guntesville, AL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jerry  
> Brown
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:05 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] flat screen LCD
>
> Hi John
>
> I am also looking to outfit a MKII with a small flat screen in the  
> same
> location.  What model Panasonic is it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry Brown
> Indigo #1137
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Frost" <john at frostnet.net>
> To: "'C320-List'" <c320-list at catalina320.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 9:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] flat screen LCD
>
>
>> Sig
>>
>> At risk of revealing my cruising versus racing bent, I'll give you my
>> thoughts. I am still outfitting my MKII and had the same question.  
>> You
>> have
>> several choices to include three bulkheads and under either side  
>> combing.
>> To
>> avoid the back of heads bumping into the tv, we chose to mount over  
>> the
>> new
>> hanging locker on the port bulkhead, similar to Stan but higher. This
>> won't
>> allow a monster size, but it is completely out of the way and is  
>> simple to
>> wire back to home base. To pick the actual unit, I took the exact
>> dimensions
>> to all my local stores and climbed in back of the units to find the  
>> ones
>> that had an external power supply, AKA "wall wart". These allow you  
>> to use
>> 12 volts DC without using an inverter by simply splicing into the  
>> power
>> supply cable. (Funny, no one at the stores knew that)Out of the  
>> dozens
>> that
>> I examined, I found one that exactly fit the space, ran on 12v and  
>> had a
>> DVD
>> internal. It was a Panasonic. It also will take computer input and  
>> play
>> from
>> memory cards/sticks.
>>
>> Next came the mount. I ended up buying 5 or 6 candidates and taking  
>> them
>> all
>> to the boat. One stood out as obviously more robust and flatter so it
>> stayed. Some had advised us to mount directly on the bulkhead to  
>> avoid
>> flopping on a tack, but we found most of the screens we looked at
>> completely
>> washed out if viewed from below the horizontal. The mount we went  
>> with
>> allows pulling the unit close to the seating positions for that "big
>> screen
>> feeling" and then firmly stows.
>>
>> Lastly, I am now wiring the sound output into my stereo to make Jimmy
>> Buffet
>> DVDs sound like he is there.
>>
>> Now, back to the moving thru the water with gusto stuff.
>>
>> John Frost
>> 2007 C320 MKII, Hull # 1118
>> Lake Guntesville, AL

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