How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.

I cruised with a Samsung LCD tv for almost two years. It is still running
fine. The Samsung 15 or 17" LCD sets are a particularly good choice for
onboard use. They have an integrated TC tuner, they can be used as a SVGA
monitor and they run directly from 12V DC.

David

"TB" wrote in message ...
How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 20:40:33 -0500, "David&Joan"
wrote:

I cruised with a Samsung LCD tv for almost two years. It is still running
fine. The Samsung 15 or 17" LCD sets are a particularly good choice for
onboard use. They have an integrated TC tuner, they can be used as a SVGA
monitor and they run directly from 12V DC.

Glad to hear it's running fine, I just replaced a TV and a monitor
with one Samsung 15 inch flat panel mounted on the instrument panel
and freed up two entire storage areas. Haven't given it a complete
shake test yet though.

I have an LCD projector left over from my business and have a
half-thought out plan to bring it along, hang a white sheet, and have
a floating theater to play DVD movies through the PC.

Would you know what they are worth?

Glenn.

"David&Joan" wrote in message
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I cruised with a Samsung LCD tv for almost two years. It is still running
fine. The Samsung 15 or 17" LCD sets are a particularly good choice for
onboard use. They have an integrated TC tuner, they can be used as a SVGA
monitor and they run directly from 12V DC.

David

"TB" wrote in message
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How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.

I bought a 15 inch lcd for my aft cabin, liked it so much I got a 20
inch for the salon. 12 volt, 4 amps, light weight, take very little
space. Junked the crt screens.

They should be able to put up with some motion, as the technology is the
same for lap top screens. I don't worry about them holding up.

My feedback is all good.

Jim


TB wrote:

How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.

What make and model number is it??


Thanx


Hanz



Jim wrote:
I bought a 15 inch lcd for my aft cabin, liked it so much I got a 20
inch for the salon. 12 volt, 4 amps, light weight, take very little
space. Junked the crt screens.

They should be able to put up with some motion, as the technology is the
same for lap top screens. I don't worry about them holding up.

My feedback is all good.

Jim


TB wrote:

How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.

The 20 inch is a Sharp Aquos model LC 20S2U-S, and the 15" is a Slyvania
6615LD.

Sylvania is really a Toshiba.
Jim

hanz wrote:

What make and model number is it??


Thanx


Hanz



Jim wrote:

I bought a 15 inch lcd for my aft cabin, liked it so much I got a 20
inch for the salon. 12 volt, 4 amps, light weight, take very little
space. Junked the crt screens.

They should be able to put up with some motion, as the technology is
the same for lap top screens. I don't worry about them holding up.

My feedback is all good.

Jim


TB wrote:

How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.

Jim
After the positive response i bought a Sharp 13". Although the unit is 12
volt , the only power source supplied is a 120AC to 12v DC adaptor. It
would be better to run direct from 12v rather than through an inverter.
How do you do it? Do you know if Sharp supply a 12v direct cord. I don't
want to just cut the cable after the transformer in case it HAS to be
12v and won't tolerate say 14v as the sytem will be when charging.
Tony

Jim wrote:

The 20 inch is a Sharp Aquos model LC 20S2U-S, and the 15" is a Slyvania
6615LD.

Sylvania is really a Toshiba.
Jim

hanz wrote:

What make and model number is it??


Thanx


Hanz



Jim wrote:

I bought a 15 inch lcd for my aft cabin, liked it so much I got a 20
inch for the salon. 12 volt, 4 amps, light weight, take very little
space. Junked the crt screens.

They should be able to put up with some motion, as the technology is
the same for lap top screens. I don't worry about them holding up.

My feedback is all good.

Jim


TB wrote:

How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 19:47:00 -0400, TB wrote:

Jim
After the positive response i bought a Sharp 13". Although the unit is 12
volt , the only power source supplied is a 120AC to 12v DC adaptor. It
would be better to run direct from 12v rather than through an inverter.
How do you do it? Do you know if Sharp supply a 12v direct cord. I don't
want to just cut the cable after the transformer in case it HAS to be
12v and won't tolerate say 14v as the sytem will be when charging.
Tony

Is that "power supply" just a standard unregulated AC-to-DC "wall
wart"? If so, I'm almost completely sure you will have zero problems
running it directly off of your batteries, even at the 14.5 volts
during charging. If it's a regulated supply, more investigation will
be required to see if 14.5 volts can be tolerated by the TV.

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TB:
If you look at the back of the unit, where the 110 adapter plugs in,
you'll see that the input is 12 volt.

I took the 110 cord to an electronics store and bought a plug. It cost
less than a dollar. Attached it to the cabin light circuit. I am
keeping the original cords "just in case", but it seems that I will not
need them.

Both TVs work just fine, and have been for months. Charger, batteries,
alternator, it works just fine.

My experience:
If you tell anyone you are going to do anything differently than
everyone else does, they will say, "Don't do it".

Don't tell anyone.

Jim

TB wrote:
Jim
After the positive response i bought a Sharp 13". Although the unit
is 12 volt , the only power source supplied is a 120AC to 12v DC
adaptor. It would be better to run direct from 12v rather than through
an inverter. How do you do it? Do you know if Sharp supply a 12v direct
cord. I don't want to just cut the cable after the transformer in case
it HAS to be 12v and won't tolerate say 14v as the sytem will be when
charging.
Tony

Jim wrote:

The 20 inch is a Sharp Aquos model LC 20S2U-S, and the 15" is a
Slyvania 6615LD.

Sylvania is really a Toshiba.
Jim

hanz wrote:

What make and model number is it??


Thanx


Hanz



Jim wrote:

I bought a 15 inch lcd for my aft cabin, liked it so much I got a 20
inch for the salon. 12 volt, 4 amps, light weight, take very little
space. Junked the crt screens.

They should be able to put up with some motion, as the technology is
the same for lap top screens. I don't worry about them holding up.

My feedback is all good.

Jim


TB wrote:

How do LCD TVs hold up in the marine environment? any good or bad
feedback? The plus that I see is low power consumption.