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What TV should I get?

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by Beer Runner, Oct 26, 2011.

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  1. Nov 9, 2011 #11
    Beer Runner

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    I've been looking at them for over a year now and made up my mind. Both are very good TV's and will most likely go with the Skyworth because it is $189 at the Loves. Naxa is $199. I think these TV's will outlast the others out there. Plus when not in use I can lay it flat on it's back. Check out this site. http://www.12volt-travel.com/
     
    Beer Runner, Nov 9, 2011
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  3. Nov 13, 2011 #12
    justawheelholderfornow

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    Really? just talked to a guy at Love's buying his THIRD ONE THIS YEAR!!!
    What a glutton for punishment! After the FIRST one went bad, I would never even have looked at them again, let alone bought another!
     
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  4. Nov 13, 2011 #13
    Oscar the KW

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    I have a 19" skyworth that works well in my truck. It has the hdmi plug, built in dvd, headphone jack. Lots of other jacks on the back also.
     
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  5. Nov 13, 2011 #14
    Beer Runner

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    I just got my Skyworth and am happy with it right now. Picture is very clear, sound is loud. DVD works well and my PS3 works on it. I'm glad I got it.
     
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  7. Nov 18, 2011 #15
    fgb3

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    i have a 35 inch flat screen samsung mounted on the passenger size with two bungies lol works great and has for years!
     
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  8. Dec 8, 2011 #16
    mike91118

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    i have 2 32inch tvs samsung in the bunk 3 13inch in the front and a swing out 1 22inch tvthat slides out from the back of the wall in the back of the seat
     
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  9. Dec 9, 2011 #17
    lonewolf4ad

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    DO NOT!!!! I repeat DO NOT!!!! lay the tv's on their backs when not in use. the transition of angles is bad, and will not reduce the vibration encountered.

    I'm looking at a telescoping mount for my 32" Samsung.
     
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  10. Dec 9, 2011 #18
    justawheelholderfornow

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    What napkin did you read that on? maybe that true was for a tube TV from the 1950s lol
    PLASMA cannot be on their backs AT ALL
    But LED/LCD is NOT an issue. Think about this...Laptop screens are LED/LCD, they are CONSTANTLY open/close/open/close
     
    justawheelholderfornow, Dec 9, 2011
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  11. Dec 10, 2011 #19
    Beer Runner

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    I have my Skyworth upright all the time, unless I run down to AK or MS. Then I lay it down, because the roads are in such bad shape. So far it works.

    I like the Skyworth it gives me HD on some channels. And with the HDMI I can play my PS3. I think for a truck this is a very good TV. I have the 13.5.
     
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  12. Dec 10, 2011 #20
    lonewolf4ad

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    wheel holder, I have DONE repair work on tv's (plasma, LCD, and 2 LEDs when they were first coming out. the majority of damage that happens to them is when in transit if they are laying face down. The damage isn't to the screens, it's to the other components within the television. When shipping parts they are always marked to keep upright for this reason, and even in the directions for sending back boards companies are extremely specific about what packing techniques they want as well. There is no value whatsoever to laying a television on it's side, but there is increased possibility for components being smashed together.

    Unlike a laptop where the screen is seperated from the video board, sound board and everything else, a television has all those parts behind 1 another. the plastic casing is not meant to handle the weight that laying down puts on it.
     
    lonewolf4ad, Dec 10, 2011
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