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How watch TV on a boat?
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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
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? We can seldom pick up any sort of TV signal when we're cruising into the more remote locations in our part of the country. We do have a small TV, with some rabbit ears. I know of boaters who are *avid* sports fans and must watch particular ball games whether they are cruising or not. Some people install little satellite dishes on the radar arch and fiddle around aiming the dish. This works better at a float or pier and when anchored or on a buoy. When the wind or current changes the position of the boat, the satellite dish has to be reaimed. We carry a stock of old VHF movies, and watch one sometimes. I think if a person wants to spend all weekend watching TV, he or she might consider staying home. :-) |
How watch TV on a boat?
"Gould 0738" wrote in message ... 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? We can seldom pick up any sort of TV signal when we're cruising into the more remote locations in our part of the country. We do have a small TV, with some rabbit ears. I know of boaters who are *avid* sports fans and must watch particular ball games whether they are cruising or not. Some people install little satellite dishes on the radar arch and fiddle around aiming the dish. This works better at a float or pier and when anchored or on a buoy. When the wind or current changes the position of the boat, the satellite dish has to be reaimed. We carry a stock of old VHF movies, and watch one sometimes. I think if a person wants to spend all weekend watching TV, he or she might consider staying home. :-) Agreed. My S.O. (who is about to become INsignificant) likes to wonder aloud "Whattya do on a boat all day???" She'd die without cable TV. |
How watch TV on a boat?
Doug Kanter wrote:
Agreed. My S.O. (who is about to become INsignificant) likes to wonder aloud "Whattya do on a boat all day???" She'd die without cable TV. Uh-oh... -- "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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
... Doug Kanter wrote: Agreed. My S.O. (who is about to become INsignificant) likes to wonder aloud "Whattya do on a boat all day???" She'd die without cable TV. Uh-oh... One good thing about my ex, illustrated by an example: Me: Wanna go fishi....... interruption Her: I'll get the cooler. And, we need to set a limit of 12 hours. I have to do laundry later. She wouldn't always fish, but she could be happy watching birds with binoculars for hours on end. |
How watch TV on a boat?
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: Agreed. My S.O. (who is about to become INsignificant) likes to wonder aloud "Whattya do on a boat all day???" She'd die without cable TV. Uh-oh... One good thing about my ex, illustrated by an example: Me: Wanna go fishi....... interruption Her: I'll get the cooler. And, we need to set a limit of 12 hours. I have to do laundry later. She wouldn't always fish, but she could be happy watching birds with binoculars for hours on end. Twelve hours? My wife likes to go fishing, but if I kept her at that activity for 12 hours, she'd hang me from the imaginary yardarm. -- "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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
We do have a small TV, with some rabbit ears.
Is it a small regular 12" tube TV? Or one of those newer LCD flat panel units with built in tuner? |
How watch TV on a boat?
"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: "Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Doug Kanter wrote: Agreed. My S.O. (who is about to become INsignificant) likes to wonder aloud "Whattya do on a boat all day???" She'd die without cable TV. Uh-oh... One good thing about my ex, illustrated by an example: Me: Wanna go fishi....... interruption Her: I'll get the cooler. And, we need to set a limit of 12 hours. I have to do laundry later. She wouldn't always fish, but she could be happy watching birds with binoculars for hours on end. Twelve hours? My wife likes to go fishing, but if I kept her at that activity for 12 hours, she'd hang me from the imaginary yardarm. Perhaps I exaggerated a bit. :-) But you know what I mean. She'd go out for hours on end, especially in some of the wilderness lakes, like in the Adirondacks. A friend of mine loves to fish, but he packs his day with so many consecutive plans that sometimes, his idea of a good day of fishing is 3 hours, 1 hour of which is spent with travel and ramp in/out. Crazy. It takes me an hour to get connected with what the fish are doing, and after that....leave me the phuque alone. |
How watch TV on a boat?
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. |
How watch TV on a boat?
"Gould 0738" wrote in message ... 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. Another option, if movies are the only interest, is portable dvd players. |
How watch TV on a boat?
"Gould 0738" wrote in message ... 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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
wrote in message ... 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. |
How watch TV on a boat?
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 ... 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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
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 ... 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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
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 ... 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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
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. |
How watch TV on a boat?
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 |
How watch TV on a boat?
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:21:49 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote: 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." Maybe, but at least he IS out on a boat. Something you cant ever say... |
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:26:21 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote: Twelve hours? My wife likes to go fishing, but if I kept her at that activity for 12 hours, she'd hang me from the imaginary yardarm. LOL! Connected to that imaginary boat no doubt... |
TV does come in handy for weather and storm reports. The Doppler radar from
TV stations helps, like on lake Ontario in upstate ny.. Many times you are hours ahead, instead of waiting for coast guard reports on the VHF radio..... At Oswego NY, Wrights landing, one can get two to three stations American, and several Canadian channels. Our boating friends, down in Florida, do not realize how quick some dangerous waves come up, on the great lakes. "Cleesturtle" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:21:49 -0400, Harry Krause wrote: 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." Maybe, but at least he IS out on a boat. Something you cant ever say... |
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