Which TV
We've always had a cheapish 240v tv in the caravans, now moved to a motorhome and at the same time the tv gave up.
We are usually on mains hook up so 12v is not essential, what I am really asking is it worth paying the extra for an Avtex, Vision Plus or similar when you can buy a cheap tv that apears to do the job.
The last on a Logic lasted over 4 years, also anyone got experience of the arial fitted to 2016 Autosleeper van conversions?
Comments
-
We were looking to replace our tv in the caravan and discussed whether it was worth us purchasing an Avtex tv. To be honest unless you will be using 12v you really don't need the Avtex and it is costly. We bought a Panasonic 24" tv for £179 from Currys.
0 -
I bought an Avex TV for £340 (12v) for the fromt of the motorhome and a Samsung Smart TV for £160 (240V) for the back of the motorhome.
The Samsung is much better. Picture, Sound and features are all better. It does not have a DVD but I could connect my Ipad or laptop if needed.
You don't even need to be on hook up to use it. We use a small invertor that plugs into the 12v socket and it works fine as it is only 22w . The invertor cosr us about £18 of Amazon.
0 -
We've had our cheap TV in our motorhome for about nine years. Fingers crossed . Its a question we chew over from time to time. TV doesn't bother me by OH prefers to have it. We have solar power and I'm happy to try off grid which we did once years ago
but were in Scotland in the summer so didn't notice.I read on their threads some 'normal' TV's will work on 12v but how?? I'll be very interested in replies here.
0 -
We are very pleased with our 21.5 inch Avtex Combi. It has the advantage of having a built in satellite receiver which is linked to our automatic satellite dish. For quite a few years we had a 19 inch Hitachi which had an excellent picture but was not as flexible as the Avtex. My advice would be that if you are always going to use it on mains and don't need the flexibilty of 12v or satellite receiver then look at a good branded TV in the size you want. Before you buy a TV try and get the opportunity to see it working at a retailer especially to look at if from different angles.
David
0 -
Our M/H has a built in Oyster system (Avtex TV) and recently we were off grid 2 nights (no solar) and watched TV both nights and still had loads of battery power left. The picture is brilliand as is the sound. We previously have had Avtex and Samsung,
the Samsung sound is awful and picture not quite Avtex standard but very good. So I would say if you are 99% going to have EHU then choose a good quality normal TV and go without TV the 1% you are off grid (radio is very good) but if you want to use 12v
then Avtex or similar due to the low power draw etc.0 -
I read on their threads some 'normal' TV's will work on 12v but how?? I'll be very interested in replies here.
Simple some TV's have an external power supply, like a laptop. This takes the mains voltage from 230v to a lower voltage. Typically 12v, however the Samsung I use has a declared voltage of 14.4v. get a power lead and fit a 12v plug. I have not had any
problems using it off the caravan battery. The 22" Samsung I bought cost iirc £128 I paid another £12 for a replacement power supply, so I didn't have to chop up the one supplied with TV as that might infringe the warrany
another couple of ££'s for a cigarette plug so for £150 I've got 22" HD tv. This represents a slight cost saving over buying and Avtex.0 -
We have a Cello tv 12/240v built in DVD, Freesat,Freeview and USB port for recording and playback. Its basiclly the same as the Avtex but not as expensive, we have used for the last 2 years for at 6mths each year while away and for the rest of the year it
is the spare bedroom coupled up to a hard drive where we record lots of programmes for when we are away in Spain. Not had any problems after sales has been very good.0
