Leslie - Re HDMI input, if you're in a campground with free internet but no cable AND your laptop has an HDMI output jack, you'll be able to watch TV from your laptop, displayed on your TV by "cloning" the display from the laptop. (Clear as mud?
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Example: I record all my shows on my Comcast DVR so I can watch them at my convenience. But I tend to fall behind, so when I'm in a campground with wi-fi, I'll be able to pull up the episode on my laptop from Hulu or the network's website, connect my HDMI cable between the laptop and the TV, select "HDMI" as the source on the TV, and instruct my laptop to "clone" its image to the TV. That way I'm not having to burn my eyeballs watching it on my laptop. (I can burn them watching on my TV instead.
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Tip: Hook up the TV end of the cable BEFORE you have the TV installed if it's going into a cupboard or some kind of enclosed space. My TV has the input jack, but I can't get to it in its entertainment unit place. The service guy is going to pull the TV for me some Saturday morning while I wait (he owes me!) and I'll hook the cable in then. I'll just let it dangle behind the partition until I need it.
Also, I found out my inverter is 2000 watts (
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