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In ake (Dick) writes:

Dumb question here..... but Im not a boater or sailor

Im curious as to what "specific" equip most people use
to watch TV on their boats?

We used a 13 inch RCA color TV with rabit ears pluged in to an inverter. But we
took it off after a while. We did not have time to watch it much and it was
just taking up space.

These days, you can get a flat lcd TV that is running on 12 Volts and if
you feel the need for it, you can have a digibox on 12-volts as well.
Depending on the location it might be usefull to have an antenna
amplifier. Then you watch it just like you do at your home.

If you do not have the equipment running on 12-volt, you need to ad an
inverter to the show, and you loose a few more amperes by transforming
your battery power to 120/230 Volts AC and then it will be transformed
back to 12 Volt DC on your equipment.

- Lauri Tarkkonen