[NE Sailboat]

Since I don't have a "big screen" at home ....... a little screen on board
should be ok ... right?

I checked around and the dvd players are selling for $50 bucks ( that is the
price on the black Friday flyer ).

I clicked on a web site that said the battery should go 6 hours. Some of
them do battery packs, so you can bring two all powered up when you leave
for a cruise.

I also have a cd/am/fm/ stereo on board. I am adding a laptop for the boat.
Haven't bought it yet. The laptop will be used for navigation as well as
goofing.

With so much out there for sale, check ebay, why not?


Still must sail the boat though.


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"Tim" wrote in message
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I don't have one on the boat. I probably won't. The closest thing I
have to a TV is a depthfinder. But I do have an AMFM CD player .

When we're out on the boat, That's it. ..just us and the boat.

If I wanted to watch TV, I'd stay home with the big screen,.


NE Sailboat wrote:
Funny, I was thinking about this tonight .. why? I have no idea.

Do those small black and white tv's work? How much power? How do you
power
one? Battery?

While I have your attention :: how much power does a laptop take up?

Also, how long will a laptop run before it is out of juice?

[KLC Lewis]

"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
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Since I don't have a "big screen" at home ....... a little screen on board
should be ok ... right?

I checked around and the dvd players are selling for $50 bucks ( that is
the price on the black Friday flyer ).

I clicked on a web site that said the battery should go 6 hours. Some of
them do battery packs, so you can bring two all powered up when you leave
for a cruise.

I also have a cd/am/fm/ stereo on board. I am adding a laptop for the
boat. Haven't bought it yet. The laptop will be used for navigation as
well as goofing.

With so much out there for sale, check ebay, why not?


Still must sail the boat though.


There is at least one really good reason for having a TV aboard, at least
for coastal and/or Great Lakes sailing: Weather Reports. Here in Green Bay,
where storms can pop up with little or no notice and travel 30 miles per
hour, it's nice to be able to tune into the local news and see what's
developing on doppler radar. Our official NWS reports on VHF are usually
(or at least too often) so wrong as to be laughable, if not dangerous.

[Jeff]

KLC Lewis wrote:
There is at least one really good reason for having a TV aboard, at least
for coastal and/or Great Lakes sailing: Weather Reports. Here in Green Bay,
where storms can pop up with little or no notice and travel 30 miles per
hour, it's nice to be able to tune into the local news and see what's
developing on doppler radar. Our official NWS reports on VHF are usually
(or at least too often) so wrong as to be laughable, if not dangerous.


TV weather reports used to be my excuse for having a TV. And there's
nothing like a good in-depth report from a high quality weatherperson,
as we tend to have in New England. However, for fast moving
situations, I've come to rely on cell phone and now BlackBerry
browsers, which can display the up to date nexrad picture.

[Capt. Rob]

NE Sailboat wrote:
Since I don't have a "big screen" at home ....... a little screen on board
should be ok ... right?

I checked around and the dvd players are selling for $50 bucks ( that is the
price on the black Friday flyer ).

I clicked on a web site that said the battery should go 6 hours.



Most won't last even close to that. But the Sony does.

http://www.epinions.com/content_236299587204



Robert
35s5
NY