anyone using a streaming device on their truck?

I use a roku at home and it works well. In the truck/hotel I use laptop or nook hd and can even tether to my phone which has unlimited data.

 

i only paid 15 bucks for my hdmi cable at wal mart. dont need anything fancy as it works just fine with my tv and ps3

 

I firmly believe that streaming has a long way to go to say its perfect or works well on a consistent basis. Not to mention you are going to get some serious data bills through your carrier. Just one movie is going to eat data big time, in addition to whether the unit can handle the bandwidth. I started to notice very frequent buffering problems with streaming and no matter how much I complained it was always my equipment was not up to snuff. Amazingly their infrastructure and equipment is the best apparently. I used VUDU a lot at first and we got fantastic reception for a year until the buffering problems kicked in. They made all kinds of excuses but I'm a tad more savvy than most on video equipment and to me they're just giving me the run around. There's too many people using the system for it to handle effectively without buffering, so I've decided to scrub it til they get their act together, funnily though despite that I've had good luck with AppleTV and I think Roku ipunits are excellent. I think that we should be able to download the program first then watch it, but oh no, the powers that be don't want that. So I'm passing on it and just watch via Blu-ray Disc. Good luck Streaming IMHO will never take over from the disc. It will only be an option

 

Hdmi cables are digital and do not need near the shielding analog cables need. No need to buy the high shielded $60 cables. Wal-Mart carries a hdmi 2 pack for around $20. Also monoprice.com has some of the best prices on any cable you'd need for just about anything. I use hdmi from my laptop to tv with no issues.

As far as mibile internet goes, all are not equal. I use millenicom and am in the verizon network. Thry said I get 20gig at 3g speed a month. I rarely go iver but have gone into the low 40s and had no issues. I usually get 1-2.5mbs for speed and no issues with netflux, vudu, crackle, network sites (cbs, nbc, etc) or hulu. I have problems in Kentucky and randomly in other places but for the most part I'm fine. I just keep dvds and my kindle with my for those occasions.

 

I've got a 40" Westinghouse LEDTV "Slim", sticker on the back says it uses an average of $13 a year in eletricity. Would be interested to know how the power consumption would be in a truck. You might want to look into an LED.

If I cant sell mine for gas money before the end of the week, it might end up in my truck lol

 

You have no option but to go HDMI if you want to go with HD audio, via Dolby D or DTS. it's the recognized spec now for complete HD movie experience especially if you have 3D, but if you are just in the standard def mode, then HDMI is not necessary. You can use component cables plus optical cables for the audio. What I use at home for both of my systems is HDMI. Wouldn't use anything else. But I'm a tad different in that the HD audio is soooooo very important to me.
why on earth do people buy a fancy 60" HDTV to watch movies, cable, sat etc, then use those crappy speakers they have on either side of the set, and/or disregard the audio altogether?? They're missing out on a fantastic audio fandango 5.1 to 7.1. Throw in and inc the sub and you've got sound that will knock your sox off.
Good luck