Truckers Report Jobs

Find Trucking Jobs

Company Driver Company Driver Dry Van Dry Van Flatbed Flatbed Refrigerated Refrigerated Specialized Specialized Owner Operator Owner Operator
More Trucking Job Searches ⌄ Fewer Trucking Job Searches
⌃

Gamers And Electronic Junkies ????

Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by CEN03, Mar 9, 2008.

Page 1 of 2
  1. Mar 9, 2008 #1
    CEN03

    CEN03 Bobtail Member

    36
    0
    Jul 31, 2007
    Tampa, Fl
    0
    1) Need some help choosing Flatpanel and inverter. I'm look at a 19" 720p HD(for XB360) and 1500w. I would love a bigger tv :biggrin_255: but I think that's pushing it in a KW T2000.

    2) XBOX live, how can I accomplish this? If you say wireless card from cell provider is it that good of a connection that gaming would still be fun or IT ain't worth it?? THX
     
    CEN03, Mar 9, 2008
    CEN03, Mar 9, 2008
    #1
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Mar 10, 2008 #2
    pcfreak

    pcfreak Heavy Load Member

    835
    385
    Apr 22, 2007
    Alberta, Canada
    0
    Don't know anything about the flatpanel.

    I heard that cell internet has bad latency (lag) over 100ms.
    Not the greatest for gaming.
     
    pcfreak, Mar 10, 2008
    pcfreak, Mar 10, 2008
    #2
  4. Mar 10, 2008 #3
    2xR

    2xR Medium Load Member

    365
    94
    Dec 12, 2006
    Ol' North State
    0
    I use a 400w inverter to power a PS2 and a 13" el-cheapo tube type TV. By next February I will have to upgrade to a digital TV and was thinking about a 15", or, 19" flat panel. I gotta' be sure my inverter will handle the flat panel TV.

    I don't do any serious on-line gaming, so I'm no help, at all, on the wireless speed issue.
     
    2xR, Mar 10, 2008
    2xR, Mar 10, 2008
    #3
  5. Mar 12, 2008 #4
    Yippity Yap

    Yippity Yap Bobtail Member

    22
    0
    Mar 11, 2008
    Ohio
    0
    im a big time gamer, I use a wireless Linksys connection, we have two computers hooked together by one connection, so it affects how the game plays, it sometimes has bad lag, and other times it works great, but if you just have one computer with its own internet connection I'd say just go with the wireless linksys, which I do believe we have DSL which is 256K speed, so if you get that it should work just fine, it also depends on weather since its wireless. I dont know about the other thing though. Sorry if this confuses you lol.
     
    Yippity Yap, Mar 12, 2008
    Yippity Yap, Mar 12, 2008
    #4
  7. Mar 13, 2008 #5
    CEN03

    CEN03 Bobtail Member

    36
    0
    Jul 31, 2007
    Tampa, Fl
    0
    I wonder how much peak or startup power 19" flatpanel needs. It may need a bigger inverter. I plugged in an electric blanket in two seperate 300w inverters and it didn't work. Blanket read 125w or so. But I been told XB360 and TV will run off of a 300w; so, I'm scratching my head!
     
    CEN03, Mar 13, 2008
    CEN03, Mar 13, 2008
    #5
  8. Mar 13, 2008 #6
    Yippity Yap

    Yippity Yap Bobtail Member

    22
    0
    Mar 11, 2008
    Ohio
    0
    My friend told me it should work, I'm not sure about that kinda stuff though.
     
    Yippity Yap, Mar 13, 2008
    Yippity Yap, Mar 13, 2008
    #6
  9. Mar 13, 2008 #7
    pcfreak

    pcfreak Heavy Load Member

    835
    385
    Apr 22, 2007
    Alberta, Canada
    0
    I believe startup surge is around 50% extra.

    Ex. 200 watt item would use 300 watts startup power
     
    pcfreak, Mar 13, 2008
    pcfreak, Mar 13, 2008
    #7
  10. Mar 13, 2008 #8
    pcfreak

    pcfreak Heavy Load Member

    835
    385
    Apr 22, 2007
    Alberta, Canada
    0
    Be aware that the performance of your inverter is related to how much current the input leads can handle.

    The best bet for peak performance is to wire the inverter directly to your batteries with heavy gauge cable.
     
    pcfreak, Mar 13, 2008
    pcfreak, Mar 13, 2008
    #8
  11. Mar 13, 2008 #9
    Yippity Yap

    Yippity Yap Bobtail Member

    22
    0
    Mar 11, 2008
    Ohio
    0
    I know nothing about that, all I am is a gamer lol, I need to learn this stuff though ;).
     
    Yippity Yap, Mar 13, 2008
    Yippity Yap, Mar 13, 2008
    #9
  12. Mar 14, 2008 #10
    CEN03

    CEN03 Bobtail Member

    36
    0
    Jul 31, 2007
    Tampa, Fl
    0
    A fellow company driver told me " before the end of year we should all have APU's w/ 2000w inverters on'em " so I got a 750w which I'll try out tomorrow in my blazer to see if it can handle tv and xbox. Hopefully it will work. I don't think it should be any different than a Semi because all it does is convert dc to ac, but I dont know to much about these things, so I could be wrong.:biggrin_2552:
     
    CEN03, Mar 14, 2008
    CEN03, Mar 14, 2008
    #10
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

    • Page 1 of 2