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    Posted: 13 Jun 2011 at 9:50pm
Nice to hear they are HD now, and DC!
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I guess this might be a new thing, but the HDTV that came with the 176 I bought on friday runs on DC.  It came with a standard 110 plug and a converter, as well as a cigarette lighter plug.
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I dunno... a TV/DVD player is starting to be oldschool now.  We barely use ours at all.  In fact, I think it was turned on twice all of last year.  Of course, live TV is fairly useless to us as very few of the areas we camp have any TV signals at all.

Our movie watching is done off of my netbook using hi-def video I've recorded at home off of The Movie Network (its a Canadian version of Cinemax) and copied to a portable hard drive.  When we have guests, I'll bring along a projector and sheet/screen so we can have movie night outside.

Also, and I'll admit that there is a high geek factor here, I've setup a web service where we can connect to our PVR and stream any TV shows that have been recorded since we left the house.  Of course, we have to be in an area where we get a 3G/4G signal on our cell phones.

My netbook, of course, has a 12v adapter and can be charged from one of the 12v accessory outlets I've installed in our r-pod.
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Just one example:  http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-50-Watt-DC-Inverter/dp/B00008XYHY
 
For that price it is most likely a modified sine wave inverter (not true sine wave like your utility delivers to your home).  For just a few bucks more you can get a 150 watt or even a 400 watt modified sine wave inverter - but in general you want an inverter loaded at about 75% of its rated wattage to get the most efficiency from it.  So if you will usually be using just the TV the 50 watt model may be best.
 
Personally, I would spend the extra bucks to get a low-end pure sine wave inverter.  There are some 125 watt pure sine inverters available at the link below (look under Exeltech and Samlex).  Some things will not run from a modified sine wave, plus most things run more efficiently on pure sine.  Jumping up to 125 watts give you the ability to run other things for a few minutes, like a few 14 watt CFLs outside during setup when you arrive in the dark (I do this myself). 
 
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Posts: 466 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Jan 2011 at 6:46am
Originally posted by techntrek

Fairly easy to fix, just get a 50 watt inverter and mount it in the cabinet where the 'pod's TV plugs in.  
 
Can you suggest one online?
 
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Fairly easy to fix, just get a 50 watt inverter and mount it in the cabinet where the 'pod's TV plugs in.  
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Posts: 466 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Jan 2011 at 4:38pm
I wasn't so much dissappointed that the TV/DVD would not work on 12-volt, but I was very discouraged to find out even the radio won't work without shore power.  That kinda sucks.
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I also bought a Prism TV that regularly runs on 12VDC (comes with a 110VAC adapter).  I bought it at Office Depot for $40, but the bad news is that Office Depot will no longer carry it.  The screen has a  much higher resolution than the flat screen installed in my Pod.  It has a cable connection in the back which also acts as a small antenna connection.  It has a NiCad battery built in.  It's power consumption is 18Watts.
As I understand it...the RPod's TV/DVD player cannot be used to feed video to the Prism.
If I can find a 12VDC DVD player (see threads above) I will probably remove the factory unit and replace it with the DVD player.  The Prism is small and lightweight enough that I will probably put some industrial strength Velcro straps on the back of the Prism and at several locations on the wall.  With an audio/video cable, I can then position the screen where it could best be seen, when seated or lying in bed. 
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Posts: 3990 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 May 2010 at 11:00pm
Over the weekend had a chance to test the TV.  The TV that came with the R-pod only gets 3 stations where we live.  Hooked the TV up the antenna on the r-pod and did a search and 3 stations came up so it seems to work.  I did have it on my desk at home hooked up to the cable and had over 200 channels available.  I'm thinking that maybe I will grab another one to keep in the r-pod.  Now I need to run some 12 volt circuits in the camper. 
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So how did this work out?
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