[KLC Lewis]

"NE Sailboat" wrote in message
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TV Onboard Report ::; from the sailor who started this madness.

I was over at the boat today, then took a ride to Best Buy.

I looked at DVD Players ( portable ). Very sweet item for my little
sailboat. They will play a DVD movie, or other DVD show such as old tv
shows which I can take out at my local libray. Of course, also any other
show such as How To's.. like how to anchor, dock, etc.

They play DVD's and CD's. So, you get music and movie. The battery which
comes in the portable DVD is the weak point. It will only hold a charge
for 3 hours. Since the movie will probably run 2 hours ?? You see the
problem... But, next to the DVD shelf was an accessory. It is a battery
which will power up the DVD for 8 hours. That would give you 11 hours of
movies between power ups.

The portable DVD can be used for music also. The speakers are bad though.
The kid at Best Buy asked me if I had any old computer speakers at home.
Why of course, the computer is gone but the speakers are ..............
??? bingo. Now your DVD has good sound.

The price for a good DVD was around $200 and the extra battery was
something like $80. When I got home I looked and there are a ton of
DVD's, extra batterys , et all on Ebay.

If I can decide ??? Always a hard thing ... and I can buy two or three
extra battery packs on Ebay cheap ... why not.

As one sailor said, it is nice to lie around and watch an old movie. I
live on my sailboat for weeks in the summer.

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

Remember that those speakers will also need power, so you'll need to make
arrangements for that.