[C320-list] New 12 volt 24" LED LCD HDTV at Costco

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A Shakespeare omnidirectional TV antenna mounted on my mast about 3 feet above my radome.  I installed it last fall after trucking our boat from San Diego to Seattle. Works great. 

Dave


On Sep 19, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Joe Abbagnaro <jabbagna at gmail.com> wrote:

> What are you using for an antenna ?
> 
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:55 AM, David Swanson <kswanson123 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> For anyone looking for a 12 volt HDTV...
>> 
>> I had a factory installed 15" 12 volt Sharp Aquos LCD TV that came with our 2007 C320 MK II.  The LCD TV was 25 inches wide and mounted on the forward starboard bulkhead.  Unfortunately, the Sharp LCD TV only had a built in NTSC (analog) tuner and consequently would only tune analog over the air channels or cable TV at the dock.  So, I sold it on Craigslist and have been looking for a replacement.
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>> When researching 12 volt LCD TV's for boats and RV's, I learned that several years ago, most of the flat panel LCD TV's run on 12 to 13 volts and you could cut the power cord from the power brick and directly wire the TV to our 12 volt system (with a panel switch and fuse of course).  My factory installed Sharp Aquos had a 13 volt input.  After finding that 12 volt TV's such as the LCD TV's made by Jensen were very expensive ($300+) with relatively poor specs and that most of the newer modern LCD TV's have a direct 120 volt plug in, I resigned myself to buying a new 120 volt LED LCD TV and using an inverter while anchored out.  This was going to require a little bit of new 120V wiring that I was not looking forward to...
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>> However, today, as I was getting ready to buy a 120 volt 22" Samsung LED LCD HDTV, I hit the jackpot!  I found a Westinghouse 24 inch LED LCD 1020p HDTV that has a 12 volt input from a 120 volt power brick at Costco!.  LCD TV's with 12 volt inputs are very hard to find.  Lucky me.  So I bought it and installed it, hard wired it to my existing 12 volt television circuit and I now can tune over the air HDTV.  At my marina in Seattle, I can pick up 12 local over the air HDTV channels that include FOOTBALL!  Very cool and without paying for cable at the dock.
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>> The TV was $189 at Costco and has 2 HDMI inputs.  It has great  HDTV picture quality from over the air channels, very good picture quality from DVD's from my built in Sony Stereo/CD/DVD player, and exceptional HDTV from my iPad through the HDMI input.
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>> Here is a link to the TV if any of you are interested:
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>> http://westinghousedigital.com/products/led/up-to-26/ld2480/
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> David Swanson
>> S/V Emily Ann
>> 2007 C320 MK II, No. 1107
>> Mukilteo, WA
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