View Poll Results: How big is your... TV?!
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10-19"
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18.95% |
20-29"
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37 |
38.95% |
30-39"
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26 |
27.37% |
39" +
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14.74% |
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05-01-2016, 10:02
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#1
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Seattle, WA
Boat: 1990 Hunter Legend 37.5
Posts: 58
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Size of your TV?
If possible, also let us know your viewing distance.
I'm interested in getting a TV for movie times, just not sure on the appropriate size! I can basically fit any size in my cat, but still, you CAN go too big i think...
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05-01-2016, 10:12
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Ohlson 29
Posts: 1,519
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Re: Size of your TV?
19" - I'm not a big fan of TV and I pretty much only use it for watching movies etc. when there are more people then just me onboard (read: when my son is visiting).
I usually watch on my laptop when it's just me (which is most of the time).
Viewing distance: it's a 29' boat Can't go much further then 3 meters or so, if you don't mind sitting on the steps
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05-01-2016, 10:13
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#3
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Winters cruising; summers Chesapeake Bay
Boat: Catana 471
Posts: 1,239
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Re: Size of your TV?
I couldn't vote because there was no choice for 0" or "none".
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05-01-2016, 10:13
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#4
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
Boat: Island Packet 38
Posts: 31,351
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Re: Size of your TV?
Size I believe is based largely on room you have to mount it, and distance from the TV, there are sites that will give you figures, but I beleive the bigger, the better. (in my opinion)
Many view having a TV as some kind of sin, I have two. We watch so much TV as part of our life on land that I want to have it as a transition, sort of wean us off gradually as opposed to quitting cold turkey.
http://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/size-...e-relationship
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05-01-2016, 10:16
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#5
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Denmark (Winter), Helsinki (Summer); Cruising the Baltic Sea this year!
Boat: Cutter-Rigged Moody 54
Posts: 33,764
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Re: Size of your TV?
Mine is 32", mounted on the forward bulkhead of the salon, viewing distance about 3 meters I guess.
It's fine, but I would go a size bigger if I had space for it. I agree with A64 that to a point, bigger is better.
Mine can't be used for watching TV (as I broke off the cable input), but we love to watch movies occasionally, especially in the winter time with the long dark nights up here.
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05-01-2016, 10:18
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#6
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Lived aboard & cruised for 45 years,- now on a chair in my walk-in closet.
Boat: Morgan OI 413 1973 - Aythya
Posts: 8,455
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Re: Size of your TV?
17" at eight or nine feet.
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05-01-2016, 10:24
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#7
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Key West, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
Posts: 911
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Re: Size of your TV?
Just watch streaming/DVD's on laptop.
Distance:
With glasses = 4 feet
Without glasses = 2 inches
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05-01-2016, 10:29
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Netherlands
Boat: Ohlson 29
Posts: 1,519
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Re: Size of your TV?
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwedeking2
Without glasses = 2 inches
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05-01-2016, 10:30
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#9
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,409
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Re: Size of your TV?
I bought the largest 12-volt TV I could find which is 32 inches. Viewing distance about 10 feet
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05-01-2016, 10:38
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#10
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
Boat: Island Packet 38
Posts: 31,351
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Re: Size of your TV?
Quote:
Originally Posted by motion30
I bought the largest 12-volt TV I could find which is 32 inches. Viewing distance about 10 feet
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That is what I did, exactly. Bought it from Circuit City, has a built in DVD player, powered by 12VDC brick
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05-01-2016, 10:49
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#11
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 2,409
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Re: Size of your TV?
You more than likely got a better value than I. I bought a Jensen marine TV, the 32 inch was well over $650. What brand did you buy?
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05-01-2016, 10:51
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
Boat: ‘01 Catana 401
Posts: 9,626
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Re: Size of your TV?
8".....and it has a DVD player built in.
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05-01-2016, 10:53
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#13
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Essex, England
Boat: Hartley Tahitian 48
Posts: 394
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Re: Size of your TV?
Black Friday deal 40in HD with Bose sound bar.
15 foot viewing
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05-01-2016, 10:57
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Live Iowa - Sail mostly Bahamas
Boat: Beneteau 32.5
Posts: 2,307
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Re: Size of your TV?
iPad size. Typically 3-5 feet
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05-01-2016, 11:04
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#15
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Victoria BC
Boat: Rafiki 37
Posts: 1,390
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Re: Size of your TV?
I use a 10" screen laptop if I want to watch something, but I tend not to nowadays as it's kind of a pain downloading stuff
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