Teeny Televisions

[mitch5252]

Do any of you have little (<10") battery operated televisions? If so, which brand, and how's it workin' for you?

[bluepinecones]

I have one; got it to use when power is out (i.e. storms, etc.). It has worked fine for me using its built in rabbit ear antenna. I'm in a town with 3 or 4 local TV stations. However, after next week when all broadcast go digital, it will no longer work. Not sure if it would work with one of those $40.00+ converter boxes or not. The converter box cost more than I paid for the TV; don't know if I'm going to get one to try or not. May just have to rely on radio when without power.

[WickedLady]

I have a 9" AC/DC color TV bought at Western Auto in 1972 and made by Sharp
It still works fine but they don't make 'em (or anything else for that matter) like they used to.

[VickieP]

Mitch, I saw a story on the news tonight about portable digital tv's that run on battery and cig. lighter plug in your auto. They price ones at Best Buy & Target I think. I think that the older ones should work with the converter box as long as it doesn't require electricity (you can tell I don't know anything about them) or you could just hook it to cable if you have it. After Hurricane Rita we were without electricity for 18 days, but the cable worked
I hope this link works or you can just go to http://www.kplctv.com

http://www.kplctv.com/global/Category.a ... Id=3837477

[mitch5252]

VIckie, thanks for that link. I had recently bought the Haier 7" - what a piece of junk! It started falling apart within the first month and I only used it to see if it worked a couple of times! I returned it to Amazon for a 20% restocking fee (although it was not working...) Another guy on rv.net bought the same tv at the same time - his too, had already failed.

I've been looking at the other one featured on your linked clip - the Eviant. Walgreen's sells it online. It's a bit more, and I'd have to pay TN sales tax, but I can return it, no hassles, at a stick and brick Walgreen's store. I think that'll be the best bet because this tv is BRAND NEW, just released in the last copule of weeks. Who knows how its performance will be.

I want a little tv because I don't think I'd ever convince the hubby to go dry camping otherwise. The little Haier worked pretty good on the batwing antenna in the trailer. And I'm sure it would come in handy on other occasions, too!

Again, thanks for the link! I think the digital conversion is going to be, let's say surprising, to a lot of people.

[Nasoosie]

For my trailer while boondocking, and to use in my leanto, bought a NAXA 16" diagonal AC/DC Digital TV from a truckstop shop on my way to FL. I also got the ciggie lighter cord to plug into 12 volt socket. I have a portable 12 volt compressor/battery jump-starter with a socket I take to the leanto, use a boomerang-type magnet-backed antenna I used to use on my van roof and now have magnetized to my woodstove pipe at the leanto, and I have perfect color TV down there! Here in the trailer, I just plug the ciggie lighter cord into my 12 volt socket that came with my trailer. The TV has a digital receiver built-in, and works great. I can get 3 local digital channels at the leanto via the air.

I should be able to get more channels in the trailer, as I can coax the TV to the roof-top bat-wing boosted-power antenna while on 12 volt power. (Hopefully the power-boost is 12v ----but I don't know yet.)

My old, small analog TVs will no longer work without and inverter...which, by the way, I have a 50 watt one to plug my new wireless dog container fence into in the trailer. I haven't tried this yet, but hope to today or soon! I think if Mollly sees a bunny outside her boundary, it won't matter how strong a ZAP she might get from her collar! I might need a light-weight long lead to experiment with while trying this out!