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A few years back I bought a 7" screen 12v TV and the best part about it was that it was multi regional meaning that it would work anywhere in the world but then the Battery died and I got it replaced but it never worked again,
So Last week I found a slightly bigger replacement that has a 9" Screen and a much higher resolution and it has a USB port and a Card reader port and it comes with FreeView Channels so when you hit the Auto Tune Icon it does it all it's self and depending where you are the more channels you get, Using the small supplied Magnetic roof Ariel I am getting 130 Digital TV Channels and 33 Radio Channels and 14 Data Channels So that's 177 Channels in All,
The reason behind getting it was one to replace my old one But most of all I have been trying to replace all my gear with low powered Items, Ever since I bought my ARB fridge I have been looking at ways to lower my power usage, Anyways when It is plugged in to AC via it's adapter it uses between 8.0 to 8.4watts because the numbers change so often between the two figures it actually uses 8.12watts per hour running on AC and when hooked up to a 12v Battery Box it uses between 6.2 to 7.7watts, This past week I powered it by one of my big batteries and running it up to 16 hours a day the battery lasted about a week taking the voltage down to around the 50% mark,
The Colour of the screen resolution Is perfect and equal to my big 48" Samsung TV where as my other TV's seem either too orange/redish and I have never been able to get them right, But this one is a Keeper for sure, I tried it out plugging a memory stick in to it and looking at a few photo's and it worked real good, it also comes with various leads and a small magnetic Ariel and a remote control as well as a small stand and at a cost of about $115.00 bucks it's well worth it,
My Big TV uses between 85 to about 125watts and my 16" portable TV-DVD player chews around 30.1watts which although is a 12v TV it has to be run via it's 240v adapter which means using an inverter because it has some crazy 9 pin plug that comes from the Adapter to the TV So that means using an Inverter, and using a small 300w inverter then bumps that 30.1 watts up to 40watts, Where as this new one has a normal Cigar Lighter cord and a separate AC Adapter plus it has a built in Li-Po Battery as well, So It has 3 ways of powering it.
Just as a word of warning If you are going to Buy/Use a TV when camping make sure it has a simple lead that plugs in to it with just an outer earth and the positive Inner Pin type socket because if the lead goes south it's easy to find a replacement, Anyways here it is.
J.
So Last week I found a slightly bigger replacement that has a 9" Screen and a much higher resolution and it has a USB port and a Card reader port and it comes with FreeView Channels so when you hit the Auto Tune Icon it does it all it's self and depending where you are the more channels you get, Using the small supplied Magnetic roof Ariel I am getting 130 Digital TV Channels and 33 Radio Channels and 14 Data Channels So that's 177 Channels in All,
The reason behind getting it was one to replace my old one But most of all I have been trying to replace all my gear with low powered Items, Ever since I bought my ARB fridge I have been looking at ways to lower my power usage, Anyways when It is plugged in to AC via it's adapter it uses between 8.0 to 8.4watts because the numbers change so often between the two figures it actually uses 8.12watts per hour running on AC and when hooked up to a 12v Battery Box it uses between 6.2 to 7.7watts, This past week I powered it by one of my big batteries and running it up to 16 hours a day the battery lasted about a week taking the voltage down to around the 50% mark,
The Colour of the screen resolution Is perfect and equal to my big 48" Samsung TV where as my other TV's seem either too orange/redish and I have never been able to get them right, But this one is a Keeper for sure, I tried it out plugging a memory stick in to it and looking at a few photo's and it worked real good, it also comes with various leads and a small magnetic Ariel and a remote control as well as a small stand and at a cost of about $115.00 bucks it's well worth it,
My Big TV uses between 85 to about 125watts and my 16" portable TV-DVD player chews around 30.1watts which although is a 12v TV it has to be run via it's 240v adapter which means using an inverter because it has some crazy 9 pin plug that comes from the Adapter to the TV So that means using an Inverter, and using a small 300w inverter then bumps that 30.1 watts up to 40watts, Where as this new one has a normal Cigar Lighter cord and a separate AC Adapter plus it has a built in Li-Po Battery as well, So It has 3 ways of powering it.
Just as a word of warning If you are going to Buy/Use a TV when camping make sure it has a simple lead that plugs in to it with just an outer earth and the positive Inner Pin type socket because if the lead goes south it's easy to find a replacement, Anyways here it is.
J.
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