Best flat screen TV for a boat

billy, that's great to know. does Shakespeare tv antennas have a power supply? maybe it's something as simple as being unplugged. in the disaster behind my breaker panel it very well could be there and just unplugged.
 
Yes most if not all Shakespeare antennas have a power supply/ amplifier. In my testing of marine TV antennas I have found them to be the bottom of the barrel as far as performance. I would put Glomex near the top of the line for Marine TV antennas. Next to defective amplifier/ power supplies the #1 problem is bad or old degenerated coaxial cable running to many older marine TV antenna installations.
Bill
 
i'll have to start digging again, see what I can find in terms of a power supply. I have so many wires and dead ends behind the panel finding anything is a challenge. there are like 4 modules alone for the stereo. one is xm which i'm not complaining about having the others I have no clue.
 
The power injector for the amplifier will be attached to a bias Tee on the coaxial cable between the TV and the antenna. Most Shakespeare antennas amplifiers are located inside of the antenna. If you can find the bias T then trace the power wires + and - going from it.
Bill
 
When you say the TV doesn't work why is it not DTV ready? If it is do you know how to reprogram it for your new local digital channels? Is that why you suspect the antenna?
Bill
 
Last year I bought a 22-24" Supersonic 12 volt TV with built in DVD on Amazon for about $225. Works great and I mounted it in the salon with 2 quick release pins so I can take outside in the cockpit at night and watch a DVD or TV stations in HD with a simple set of rabbit ears from Radio Shack.
 
A Vizio 22" in the V-berth and a Vizio 24" in the salon. Never had a problem with Vizio. Both bought at Wally World for cheap.
 
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Originally posted by CRay

Last year I bought a 22-24" Supersonic 12 volt TV with built in DVD on Amazon for about $225. Works great and I mounted it in the salon with 2 quick release pins so I can take outside in the cockpit at night and watch a DVD or TV stations in HD with a simple set of rabbit ears from Radio Shack.

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what was the mount with the quick release pins?
I'm looking for something like that
 
CaptCrunch, I also bought a new Westinghouse (24" Led) this year and the first time I went to use the antenna it required me to get on their website to get some sort of code to unlock the ability to use a antenna?? Weird!! Is that your problem? Anyway,the sound out of our WH is horrible. I doubt it sees a second season!!

Niles
 
The sound out of most of the smaller flat panels is pretty bad. Probably because the speakers are so small. I put up a 32" Samsung LED in my bedroom a while back, and notice that I have to crank it up pretty high to get decent sound. Great picture though.
 
When consumers demand a TV with a screen that's edge to edge and 1" thick, there isn't really much room for decent speakers. The solution of course is an external amplifier and speakers if you want great sound.

"Cranking it up" is pretty meaningless as long as at some point below maximum you get the volume you want or need.
 
I noticed the code thing too, haven't gottewn one yet. My tv plays through my speakers the way it was wired so I don't have that problem.
 
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Originally posted by CaptCrunch

now i'm up to small ****. just discovered the 2006 vintage sharp lcd 20" tv on the boat no longer works. so time for a replacement? I can fit upto a 24" where it is mounted. any recommendations?

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Get the largest TV that will fit. I never understood someone installing a Tv under 20"; just to hard to view from a distance. Buy an inexpensive TV and it will last a long time. If it fails prematuraliy, then just repace it again. Buying an overpriced 'marine' TV is not worth the money.
 
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