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Where Can I Get A 12 Volt Digital TV For My Conversion Van?

by Bob Gawron
(Honesdale, PA . USA)

Where can I get a Digital TV for my conversion van?

ANSWER Greetings Bob thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.

I am going to assume that you want a 12 Volt DC Digital TV for your Conversion Van. Amazon.com has a good selection of 12 Volt Digital TVs. They also have a good selection of 12 Volt DVD Players. I am sure that one of these 12 volt TVs and 12 volt DVD Players will fit your needs.

I also have another suggestion for you. You might want to look into buying a 12 Volt Inverter for your van. An inverter takes the 12 Volt DC current from your Van's battery and turns it into 120 Volt AC power. Depending on the power inverter you buy; installing it can be as simple as plugging it into the cigarette lighter. Let's say you are going to be running an LCD TV and a DVD player. LCD TVs depending on screen size use 75 to 270 watts of power; a DVD player uses around 35 Watts of power. So a 400 Watt Inverter would be perfect for your needs. Again Amazon.com has an excellent selection of highly rated and well priced 400 Watt Inverters.

Using an inverter also gives you the flexibility of plugging other items in such as laptop computers, an Xbox Game System or a Blender to make Margaritas :-) An inverter will also give you a larger selection of LCD TVs and DVD Players to choose from.

You will notice that I only recommend using an LCD TV in an RV or Van. Read the answer to this question to find out why I only recommend LCDs. Should I Put A Plasma or LCD TV In My RV?

I hope that this information has been helpful to you. If any of our visitors have further suggestions for you they can add them by clicking on the add a comment link located near the bottom of this page.

Happy RVing

RVing Al

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Where Can I Get A 12 Volt Digital TV For My Conversion Van?

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Adding an Xbox to a conversion van
by: Jay Marks

I have purchased a 1500/3000 and a 750/1500 power inverters to try and power up my xbox and connect it to the existing tv. how do i run the wires for it? does the negative go to the battery or to the chassis?

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many tvs are already 12 volt
by: rocketman

Don't even think about converting 12v to 120v, it's extremely inefficient! Many TVs, not listed as 12v, have a 12v input. If they have an external power brick (converter) they are most likely 12 volt. you can even check walmart.com
and tell from the pictures the actual input voltage.

I just bought a 19" vizio for about $140, much cheaper than the advertised "12v" version. made a wire to eliminate the standard converter, and added a 12v plug (be sure you get the polarity right) and it works great. Digital, less weight, less power, cheaper, awesome!

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tv for conversion van
by: Susan

I am also looking for a replacement t.v. for my 1995 chevy conversion van. My question is, how do you mount it? My current, broken t.v. sits in a 14inch by 13 inch 'box' in the ceiling. How can I be sure that I can fit a new HDTV DVD player into this space? Will I be able to access the DVD player? Should I get a 'flip down' model?
What are my best options? Thank you so much for your advice. By the way, our van is old, but it has only 70,000 miles.

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But Won't a 12v TV Use Less Power
by: Anonymous

Hi,

It seems to me that if you take power from your 12v RV battery pack, convert it to 110v ac for the input on a regular TV, then internally the TV converts it back to DC .... well there have got to be measurable losses in power plus it seem kinda silly when the doggone electronics all run on DC anyway.

Please comment.

Comment from RVing Al Yes a 12 volt TV will actually use less power, but by using an inverter it will give you a larger selection of TVs, DVD Players, etc. to choose from. There are far fewer TVs, DVD Players, etc. commercially available that are designed to run directly off of a 12 volt DC power source.

Happy RVing
RVing Al

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