"NE Sailboat" wrote in news:gt6ah.4419$Kw2.3963
@trndny05:

TV Onboard Report ::; from the sailor who started this madness.


Got a laptop computer? My music/movie/TV machine is a Gateway 15.4"
laptop, MX6438, CC has them on sale at times in the $750 range. You can
run nav software on it, tons of movies downloaded for free from Usenet's
alt.binaries.movies.divx newsgroup, MP3 files, etc....

Then, there's this:
http://hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_hvr950.html
Digital and Analog TV for your FAST laptop computer for $99. The little
whip antenna isn't much but this little Philips antenna turns it into a
powerhouse:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...e/103-1042369-
4062224
(This says Zenith, same as Philips at Circuit City's TV department)
The USB stick completely EATS all computer time processing high definition
video, so you can't do anything else while its running, but the picture is
perfect! You'll need a little 100 watt 12VDC to 115VAC inverter to plug
the laptop into. The little inverters are MUCH cheaper than a 12V power
supply from the computer companies. Mine was $20 at Radio Shack...175W.

A laptop with LOTS of uses is far better than a little DVD player that will
only play STORE BOUGHT DVDs and CDs... With the laptop, you can even use
it for a boat phone on Skype if your marina has wifi...(c;