wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

I don't understand what the hassle is with all those batteries.

I have a 15" LCD tv and a sub-$30 DVD player (plays commercial and
home-made DVD's) and I run them both off a tiny inverter (I think 70W)
about the size of a pack of ciggies.

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

A laptop with LOTS of uses is far better than a little DVD player that
will only play STORE BOUGHT DVDs and CDs...

What are you talking about? I have 3 DVD players. One at home, one at
work, one on boat and they all play DVD's I've burned. (The one at home
was also easily converted to region free and no copypro via a hidden
menu I learned about on usenet.)

How much jooce does that laptop require? I run 15"LCD & DVD off a cheapo
70W invertor. ;)

I do think the device is great for easy HD if one has a fast laptop. But
that laptop probably costs twice or more what a dedicated HD set might
cost.

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:19:34 -0500, in message

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote:

The thing is there is a big difference between "going boating" and living on
a boat for 6 months or longer. A cruising boat is not a camper although a
lot of people use than as such. A cruising boat is a home and should have
what ever conveniences and amenities as the owner feels he needs.

I agree with your point that there's nothing wrong with making a
cruising boat as comfortable as one wishes. I'd just like to add a
supplemental note.

My boat doesn't have all the comforts of home by a long shot, but I
spent about 3 1/2 months straight on the boat away from home port last
year and still missed being on the boat when I came home to all the
comforts. I found that I don't need all the conveniences and amenities
I thought I did.

Ryk

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with
the
computer speakers ..........


Now you're talking! Nothing like a quiet night on the hook watching The
Devil and Daniel Webster...or Jaws before the next morning swim!
DVDs and CD's/Ipod offer smart entertainment onboard. They take up
almost no space and don't use much power. You can store 100 movies in
the space of a couple of paperbacks.



Robert
Beneteau 35s5
NY

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

Most Honorable Captain Rob ,,,

There is a reason that "babe" is sleeping on "your" boat!

Last summer as I was cruising about Casco Bay, I anchored up the New Meadows
River at a spot called The Basin. Had my after sail coffee, listened to
some music, starting reading and ................. then I plugged in my el
cheapo black and white tv. The B/W tv runs off of the cigarette battery
power plug ..

I figured I'd never get any reception. Wrong! A very clear station came
on ... it was the NHP Station ... national public tv ,, the education
station or whathaveya ..

I sit back, pour a cup ,,, relax ..... and guess what the show is?

A documentary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria.

How is that for irony?
===================

And then one night recently I am watching some show on some channel ..
history channel, discover ?? One of those ... and the show is all about a
nuclear submarine. One of the major problems on a sub is weight, and space.
Makes sense ,, under the water and all. As the program went on it showed
how the sub dealt with this ... one major breakthrough in sub technology
was the CD Rom. Those little CD's replaced all the paper on the sub. There
is a CD for everything. Menu for the gallery, storage, weapons, systems,,
you name it. And they take up about the size of a little closet. When the
sub had paper, it was a major problem carrying all the info. So much weight
was gone and so much space was available that the crew had more space to
live in.

So, not only will I be bringing DVD's for movies, I will bring along all the
system DVS's, fix it DVD's, the how to sail it DVD's, etc.

High tech !!

I will bring along my Disco's Greatest hits CD though... my boat was built
in 1975!




"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...

The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with
the
computer speakers ..........


Now you're talking! Nothing like a quiet night on the hook watching The
Devil and Daniel Webster...or Jaws before the next morning swim!
DVDs and CD's/Ipod offer smart entertainment onboard. They take up
almost no space and don't use much power. You can store 100 movies in
the space of a couple of paperbacks.



Robert
Beneteau 35s5
NY

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

"Larry" wrote in message
...

I've collected a few and no, I don't send them out:
MASTER MOVIE LIST
11/23/06 2747 movies
Movies beginning with "The" listed by 2nd word in title.

$windle
10th and Wolf
10.5 - The Final Earthquake
snippage

You do realise, of course, that usenet downloaded movies are pirated?

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

I don't know why you wouldn't expect reception in The Basin, its only
6 miles from Bath, about 8 from Brunswick. It just feels like it in
the boonies. My TV, admittedly with a powered antennae 20 feet up the
mast, gets a clear signal from up to 50 miles.


NE Sailboat wrote:
Most Honorable Captain Rob ,,,

There is a reason that "babe" is sleeping on "your" boat!

Last summer as I was cruising about Casco Bay, I anchored up the New Meadows
River at a spot called The Basin. Had my after sail coffee, listened to
some music, starting reading and ................. then I plugged in my el
cheapo black and white tv. The B/W tv runs off of the cigarette battery
power plug ..

I figured I'd never get any reception. Wrong! A very clear station came
on ... it was the NHP Station ... national public tv ,, the education
station or whathaveya ..

I sit back, pour a cup ,,, relax ..... and guess what the show is?

A documentary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria.

How is that for irony?
===================

And then one night recently I am watching some show on some channel ..
history channel, discover ?? One of those ... and the show is all about a
nuclear submarine. One of the major problems on a sub is weight, and space.
Makes sense ,, under the water and all. As the program went on it showed
how the sub dealt with this ... one major breakthrough in sub technology
was the CD Rom. Those little CD's replaced all the paper on the sub. There
is a CD for everything. Menu for the gallery, storage, weapons, systems,,
you name it. And they take up about the size of a little closet. When the
sub had paper, it was a major problem carrying all the info. So much weight
was gone and so much space was available that the crew had more space to
live in.

So, not only will I be bringing DVD's for movies, I will bring along all the
system DVS's, fix it DVD's, the how to sail it DVD's, etc.

High tech !!

I will bring along my Disco's Greatest hits CD though... my boat was built
in 1975!




"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with
the
computer speakers ..........


Now you're talking! Nothing like a quiet night on the hook watching The
Devil and Daniel Webster...or Jaws before the next morning swim!
DVDs and CD's/Ipod offer smart entertainment onboard. They take up
almost no space and don't use much power. You can store 100 movies in
the space of a couple of paperbacks.



Robert
Beneteau 35s5
NY

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

Jeff ,,, I was just looking at a chart .... since you seem to know the area
... is it a tough ride up the Kennebec?


"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
I don't know why you wouldn't expect reception in The Basin, its only 6
miles from Bath, about 8 from Brunswick. It just feels like it in the
boonies. My TV, admittedly with a powered antennae 20 feet up the mast,
gets a clear signal from up to 50 miles.


NE Sailboat wrote:
Most Honorable Captain Rob ,,,

There is a reason that "babe" is sleeping on "your" boat!

Last summer as I was cruising about Casco Bay, I anchored up the New
Meadows River at a spot called The Basin. Had my after sail coffee,
listened to some music, starting reading and ................. then I
plugged in my el cheapo black and white tv. The B/W tv runs off of the
cigarette battery power plug ..

I figured I'd never get any reception. Wrong! A very clear station came
on ... it was the NHP Station ... national public tv ,, the education
station or whathaveya ..

I sit back, pour a cup ,,, relax ..... and guess what the show is?

A documentary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria.

How is that for irony?
===================

And then one night recently I am watching some show on some channel ..
history channel, discover ?? One of those ... and the show is all about
a nuclear submarine. One of the major problems on a sub is weight, and
space. Makes sense ,, under the water and all. As the program went on it
showed how the sub dealt with this ... one major breakthrough in sub
technology was the CD Rom. Those little CD's replaced all the paper on
the sub. There is a CD for everything. Menu for the gallery, storage,
weapons, systems,, you name it. And they take up about the size of a
little closet. When the sub had paper, it was a major problem carrying
all the info. So much weight was gone and so much space was available
that the crew had more space to live in.

So, not only will I be bringing DVD's for movies, I will bring along all
the system DVS's, fix it DVD's, the how to sail it DVD's, etc.

High tech !!

I will bring along my Disco's Greatest hits CD though... my boat was
built in 1975!




"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
ups.com...
The thought of watching "Casablanca" on my super cool DVD player with
the
computer speakers ..........


Now you're talking! Nothing like a quiet night on the hook watching The
Devil and Daniel Webster...or Jaws before the next morning swim!
DVDs and CD's/Ipod offer smart entertainment onboard. They take up
almost no space and don't use much power. You can store 100 movies in
the space of a couple of paperbacks.



Robert
Beneteau 35s5
NY

wondering .. do you have a TV on board? How ....
 

I've never gone all the way up by boat, but it isn't that bad a trip.
The river is wide and deep, somewhat bigger than the New Meadows.
Of course, with 100 foot hills on both side of the river, I wouldn't
expect it to be a reach.

Every trip that we've had the time to consider the various inland
routes, we've used that time to head further East, like to Merchants' Row.


NE Sailboat wrote:
Jeff ,,, I was just looking at a chart .... since you seem to know the area
.. is it a tough ride up the Kennebec?


"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..
I don't know why you wouldn't expect reception in The Basin, its only 6
miles from Bath, about 8 from Brunswick. It just feels like it in the
boonies. My TV, admittedly with a powered antennae 20 feet up the mast,
gets a clear signal from up to 50 miles.


NE Sailboat wrote:
Most Honorable Captain Rob ,,,

There is a reason that "babe" is sleeping on "your" boat!

Last summer as I was cruising about Casco Bay, I anchored up the New
Meadows River at a spot called The Basin. Had my after sail coffee,
listened to some music, starting reading and ................. then I
plugged in my el cheapo black and white tv. The B/W tv runs off of the
cigarette battery power plug ..

I figured I'd never get any reception. Wrong! A very clear station came
on ... it was the NHP Station ... national public tv ,, the education
station or whathaveya ..

I sit back, pour a cup ,,, relax ..... and guess what the show is?

A documentary of the sinking of the Andrea Doria.

How is that for irony?