TV recommendations

[2travelers]

Would like to install a 24" smart TV in our 2023 FC. Looking for recommendations for brands that have same wire connections as provided by AS.

Purchased the Insignia brand but it has a corded plug, not the power port.

[Mollysdad]

Maybe I'm being a Luddite, but a 'corded plug' is bad?

[uraljohn]

We have a 2019 FC 25 RBT. Both TV's supplied from AS were not Smart TV's. We put a Firestick on each one. Perfect so far. They work so well and offer so much free content that we put Firesticks on our 3 home TV's. Excellent product.

[richard5933]

There used to be Insignia TVs with the external power brick (power converter) that stepped down household 120v power to 12vdc power. I installed one of these in the bedroom and was able to to replace the power brick with a 12vdc direct plug-in cord and use the 12v outlet in the bedroom.

For the living room I couldn't find one of these, so I installed an Amazon smart TV which cost about $125. It plugs into an outlet powered by the inverter so we can watch when we're dry camping. Doesn't use much power.

[Wazbro]

Originally Posted by Mollysdad

Maybe I'm being a Luddite, but a 'corded plug' is bad?

Airstream switched to 12v dc TVs, the way Airstream does things it's possible they stopped putting 120v outlets within 6' of the TV.

[richard5933]

Another way to do this is to use a very small (but adequately sized) inverter to power the TV. You can buy some very compact inverters intended for use from the cigarette lighter outlet in a car which have enough capacity to run a TV. This can converter any TV into a 12vdc TV.