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

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. :-)

"Gould 0738" 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?

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.

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

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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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.

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

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?

"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.

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.

"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.

Another option, if movies are the only interest, is portable dvd players.