I have had loads of help with my plea of what to use instead of an oven in my caravan. Now I am hoping you lovely people can help me with the next question: TV or laptop to watch TV in the caravan? I have read a lot of posts and thought I had the answer but then read one about dongles for lap tops and I am now confused I have read about a 12v tv you can get from Makro which seems good and cheap. Any ideas? Also ariels? Many thanks.
As you say there are lots of previous posts on this subject. I would have thought you are likely to get a more watchable picture on a TV compared to a laptop especially if there is a couple or a family wanting to watch. There are numerous cheap colour TVs around but I much prefer to go for a better known brand. I got a lovely Hitachi TV/DVD from Argos but a bit more expensive than the likes of Tesco etc.
We got a nice Grundig from Argos flat screen,freeview with DVD we went for the 19 ins and ordered it on the phone in advance but when went to colect it they only had the 22ins in stock so they gave us one of them for the same price £149 and it has been very good with no problems as for an areial you don't need anything fancy just a basic digital arial which will work anyware.Ian
Quote: Originally posted by idmainian on 20/4/2012
as for an areial you don't need anything fancy just a basic digital arial which will work anyware. .Ian
Sorry to correct you, but if you want English speaking channels e.g. Freeview for example, an aerial (long thing with sticky out bits) won’t work anywhere!
It will only work within the UK!
If you want to pick up English TV channels both within the UK and abroad (France etc.), then you need a satellite dish and suitable satellite receiver (for $ky, Freesat or the "Free to Air" channels).
I bought an Aldi Satellite Kit last year £49.99 which we use when we can't get a Freeview signal, ok for the uk but you would need a bigger dish if go abroad fairly cheap on ebay (you still use the same tuner but in France, Spain etc you are on the edge of the Astra satellite footprint so the signal is weaker hence the bigger dish).
I don't think a "normal" TV will work for me as I am mainly going to be using the power from the leisure battery as we will mainly be at dog shows with no hook up. I think I will need a 12 v tv, or am I wrong?
That earlier reply seemed a bit of a pedantic response IMO, however with regards to TV's, I can thoroughly recommend Kogan mains and/or 12v TV's, which if you take a nose at the link you'll see are pretty good value. They're supplied for mains connection as standard, but a relatively cheap 12v power cable can be bought for 12v use should you find yourself on non-EHU.
Aerial wise, I have used several from Grade and found these to be good; either the Image 610 kit or the Image 620 (which I have now), both supplied with masts etc and work well wherever I've used them ... in the UK (better get that in quick).
EDIT: Posted as you were Formula1girl, soz. Yep your right, if you're planning to be running off battery at the shows, a 12v TV is needed - see my link above for Kogan.
Also Grundig have gone the way of Wharfedale, Bush and Goodmans. All of these were once great brands that could be relied upon for excellent products. The original owners closed the local factories and sold the brand names to Turkey's Arcelik AS group, so now they are simply cheap imports with Grundig etc branding
We bought a tv/dvd with a 10 inch screen that folds down like laptop on ebay for around £130 it has built in freeview and a rechargable battery (lasts about and hour and half) the main thing to consider when your using your leisure battery is how much power you tv will use the one we have uses just over 1 amp, any bigger say 15 inch the consumption rises to over 3 amps which will run down your battery a lot quicker so you takes your choice.
I like F1 and the other half likes Holby/Casualty so have to have a tv when we go way but we pitch on sites that rarely have EHU's so we use solar panels to charge up the leisure battery during the day, halogen lamps replaced with led lamps so we can watch tv all night if we want to.
When I last checked my 22 inch Kogan it only consumed about 2 amps when receiving freeview. One of the reasons for buying it was the low consumption of the newer led backlit tv's from Kogan.
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Quote: Originally posted by steve1961 on 20/4/2012
Also Grundig have gone the way of Wharfedale, Bush and Goodmans. All of these were once great brands that could be relied upon for excellent products. The original owners closed the local factories and sold the brand names to Turkey's Arcelik AS group, so now they are simply cheap imports with Grundig etc branding
is this an april fool but a bit late? does that company really exist or are you making it up?
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Topic: TV for a Caravan
I have read about a 12v tv you can get from Makro which seems good and cheap. Any ideas? Also ariels? Many thanks.
