"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Is it a small regular 12" tube TV?

Or one of those newer LCD flat panel units with built
in tuner?


I think it's a 9-inch screen, with a built-in VCR. Not at all high tech.

We used to use a small 110VAc / battery powered TV for watching the Super
Bowl, during superbowl sunday fishing derby. Worked fairly well. Had to
adjust the rabbit ears as we swung on the anchor at times. But this is the
Sacramento River Delta, near San Franciso.
Bill

wrote in message
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Dumb question here..... but Im not a boater or sailor

Im curious as to what "specific" equip most people use
to watch TV on their boats?

Do you buy smallish LCD flat panel TVs and outdoor
antennas designed for mounting on a boat?

Do you make your own TV/Tivo by installing a
specialized video board into a PC and use that?

Do you just not HAVE any type of TV equip at all?

Thanks in advance

I think you have to qualify what type of boat you have, most importantly
whether or not you have a cabin and how much room you have to spare for a
tv. Will you be watching away from the dock or at the dock with 110v
service?

We had a 9 inch color with built in vcr in our cabin. We had a power tv
antenna on the radar arch to improve reception. We also had the ability to
tap in a cable connection if the marina we were visiting had cable.

Sams Club has a couple neat little flat screen televisions that would look
great mounted in our cabin. The base on the ones I examined are nothing more
than weight to keep it from tipping over, it would be a cinch to remove it.
Add a set of rabbit ears to set on the deck, plug it into a small inverter
and we would be good to go.
wrote in message
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Dumb question here..... but Im not a boater or sailor

Im curious as to what "specific" equip most people use
to watch TV on their boats?

Do you buy smallish LCD flat panel TVs and outdoor
antennas designed for mounting on a boat?

Do you make your own TV/Tivo by installing a
specialized video board into a PC and use that?

Do you just not HAVE any type of TV equip at all?

Thanks in advance

bomar wrote:

Sams Club has a couple neat little flat screen televisions that would look
great mounted in our cabin. The base on the ones I examined are nothing more
than weight to keep it from tipping over, it would be a cinch to remove it.
Add a set of rabbit ears to set on the deck, plug it into a small inverter
and we would be good to go.

It must really suck to be out on a boat and worried about how many
channels you could pull in with your "rabbit ears...on the deck."




--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

Harry,
It sounds like he actually uses his boat and enjoy spending the night on the
boat. What kind of boat do you own and when was the last time you used it?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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bomar wrote:

Sams Club has a couple neat little flat screen televisions that would
look
great mounted in our cabin. The base on the ones I examined are nothing
more
than weight to keep it from tipping over, it would be a cinch to remove
it.
Add a set of rabbit ears to set on the deck, plug it into a small
inverter
and we would be good to go.

It must really suck to be out on a boat and worried about how many
channels you could pull in with your "rabbit ears...on the deck."




--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

He has no idea of what it's like to spend a weekend on a boat...since he has
no boat.

Oh, he might go to a boat show somewhere (if he can collect enough aluminum
cans to pay the admission) and drool over the boats that others will some
day own, but he will never be an owner. The closest Hairy gets to boating is
occasionally posting ridiculous fabricated tales of imaginary boats he owns
and the fictional times he has spent on the water.

It's not Hairy's fault...it's those damn politicians that are constantly
scheming against him.
I wish he would invest a little of his recycling income on a good aluminum
foil beanie to deflect some of the bad signals his addled brain receives...

"Comcast News" wrote in message
news:cyaSc.240120$IQ4.232352@attbi_s02...
Harry,
It sounds like he actually uses his boat and enjoy spending the night on
the
boat. What kind of boat do you own and when was the last time you used
it?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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bomar wrote:

Sams Club has a couple neat little flat screen televisions that would
look
great mounted in our cabin. The base on the ones I examined are
nothing
more
than weight to keep it from tipping over, it would be a cinch to
remove
it.
Add a set of rabbit ears to set on the deck, plug it into a small
inverter
and we would be good to go.

It must really suck to be out on a boat and worried about how many
channels you could pull in with your "rabbit ears...on the deck."




--
"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in
Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me -
you can't get fooled again." -George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002

Simple...

http://www.kvh.com/MarineSat/index.asp

Dan

wrote:

Dumb question here..... but Im not a boater or sailor

Im curious as to what "specific" equip most people use
to watch TV on their boats?

Do you buy smallish LCD flat panel TVs and outdoor
antennas designed for mounting on a boat?

Do you make your own TV/Tivo by installing a
specialized video board into a PC and use that?

Do you just not HAVE any type of TV equip at all?

Thanks in advance

kriste almighty! watch TV on a boat??? I don't watch that drivel at home.
Why in hell would I watch it in the middle of an anchorage? besides, one Nick
Carter book is better than a thousand hours of any TV. hell, a Nancy Drew book
is better than 347.38 hours of TV.

I use a 12V 9" TV/VCR combo on Cruis'n Rulz!. Fits perfectly into the
galley sink while underway. Don't watch TV much, just VHS movies.
JR

wrote:
Dumb question here..... but Im not a boater or sailor

Im curious as to what "specific" equip most people use
to watch TV on their boats?

Do you buy smallish LCD flat panel TVs and outdoor
antennas designed for mounting on a boat?

Do you make your own TV/Tivo by installing a
specialized video board into a PC and use that?

Do you just not HAVE any type of TV equip at all?

Thanks in advance

In article ,
says...

Dumb question here..... but Im not a boater or sailor

Im curious as to what "specific" equip most people use
to watch TV on their boats?

Do you buy smallish LCD flat panel TVs and outdoor
antennas designed for mounting on a boat?

Do you make your own TV/Tivo by installing a
specialized video board into a PC and use that?

Do you just not HAVE any type of TV equip at all?

Thanks in advance

LOL hell just yesterday in a small 28foot cabin i installed a 32" Plasma tv
with Playstation 2 and Xbox so his Kid could play games incase he got sick of
fishing with his dad when out for hours on end.