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Open Roads Forum  >  Class A Motorhomes  >  All  > Upgrading to Flat Screen, have questions? Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 4   Next supercub • View posts Modesto CA Senior Member Joined: 04/24/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/09/12 07:08pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Looking to buy a flat screen for the motorhome. From reading posts, it looks like LED is the way to go. I was told that I should get a TV with 180HZ and at least 920-1080. I'll be installing a 32 inch. Any recommendations on brands? do I really need 1080? I don't know anything about them.........and don't want to spend a fortune........around $500 or less would be nice. I also want to hook it up to external speakers......I have a surround sound system thru a dvd player I have........anything I need to know about the audio end of the installation? Thanks for the help. Brian SS Slacker • View posts Lino Lakes, MN Senior Member Joined: 04/28/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/09/12 07:15pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I replaced my 26 tube tv in the front overhead with a 32 LED LCD because the TV is so much thinner that it fit great. I wanted it to look like a factory install and I did modify the front cabinet, but the TV sits on the front face of the cabinet. I got the Samsung because it had a nice "frame" style front that I liked and the touch buttons for controls are all on the front face. This ended up being a perfect fit TV for me and I have used it for a year and works perfect. Paid $398 for it at Walmart. Mine is not the 1080 but I personally didn't need anything more as it looks perfectly clear to me. Dan & Tracy 2 kids ages 7 and 9 2003 HR Neptune 36PBD 300 ISB Cummins/5-Speed johnrbd • View posts San Joaquin Valley Senior Member Joined: 09/12/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 02/09/12 07:18pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I think you mean 120 hz and either 720 or 1080. I haven't heard about 180 hz yet, a lot of them are still 60 hz. We bought two Vizio's, 47" lcd for the house, and 26" lcd for 5vr/house. Both are 120 hz and 1080. Excellent picture quality. No issues to date - 47" is 3 yrs old, 26" is 2 yrs old. LED would be a lighter, thinner TV - probably easier to mount also. johnrbd • View posts San Joaquin Valley Senior Member Joined: 09/12/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 02/09/12 07:19pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Do you use satellite svc or cable? Using HDMI cables would give you the best picture quality. I got extra HDMI cable at monoprice.com are much lower price then even W/M. supercub • View posts Modesto CA Senior Member Joined: 04/24/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/09/12 07:31pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I have Sat service, direct TV, and I won't be using HD. barlow46 • View posts Edgewater, FL Senior Member Joined: 12/13/2004 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/09/12 07:35pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I think this would do what you want. If you want to spend more on 120hz and 1080 for a 32" TV, you can but I don't think you will be able to see a lot of difference. Now if you go up to a 40" plus, then you will want to reconsider. Here is the link to what I think would work for you. http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/285460 2005 Monaco Dynasty Diamond IV 42' 04 F450, 6.0 auto, 4:30 rear; BrakeSmart; 50 gal aux.tank, 01 HR Presidential 35CKS, 3 slides, axles flipped; TrailAir Pinbox. pin weight 2760. Total gross TV and 5th: 24,060 lbs. rolnhome • View posts Casa Grande, Az Senior Member Joined: 11/19/2007 View Profile Posted: 02/09/12 07:41pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Unless you have hd receivers and dish it won't make matter at all unless you can get stations on your batwing antenna. Even then to the untrained eye (me) it is hard to tell the difference. I've had seen both and unless someone tells me I wouldn't know the difference. We're in Arizona steelpony5555 • View posts Copperas Cove Texas Senior Member Joined: 10/26/2007 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 02/09/12 07:44pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator X2 06 Montana 3000RK 07 Dodge 3500 Dually Sport 6.7 Diesel 07 Pearl White Ultra Classic (My new Baby) 10 Chrysler 300 Touring Texas Boomers---Stop by for a Margie some time! DammitJim • View posts Florida Full Member Joined: 10/20/2011 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/09/12 07:49pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I would recommend going to a store to see the difference between a 720p and 1080p TV for the size you are looking at (32 inches, right?). I don't think one can tell the difference at that size TV, but maybe I'm wrong (or my eyes are wrong). Most TVs come with HDTV tuner cards so, at least you'll be able to get HDTV channels over the air. If you use DirecTV and it's not HD, the picture will actually be possibly worse on an 1080p TV vs a 720p because there is not resolution in the original signal (480i) to give you good details in 1080p. If you go to a store and they can hook up a non HD signal to a 32" 720p or 1080p TV, you'll be able to tell what you want. My 2 cents. donn0128 • View posts Pronounced Ore-gun Senior Member Joined: 04/21/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 02/09/12 08:11pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Go to some place like Best Buy and pick the one that offers the best picture quality to your eyes. Sony is good, but you may not like their picture color saturation etc. Samsung also makes a great product. Have four of them. Donn,Lorri,Max (rescued Lab) Saigon International Airport 1966/67 Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 4   Next Open Roads Forum  >  Class A Motorhomes  >  All  > Upgrading to Flat Screen, have questions?

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