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• Dare I ask - how to watch movies aboard?
  • 27" or ???? monitor hooked up to your laptop USB cable..
  • Max, you're in Maine correct?
    • Yes, sent an email Nat
  • We've ditched DVD's
    • Hmmm, we have an Apple TV at home
      • You could use a larger invertor.
        • Dan consider a 12v adapter and ditch the invertor
          • I had a 12 volt to 22 volt adaptor for the computer.
            • I delt with the issue both ways. Brendon
      • Hey Max
      • I think with Apple TV you need a robuust wifi connection. No? Please explain?
        • You can create an Ad Hoc network
          • Thanks, Charlie.
        • Yes.
          • Ok.
  • Max, On Guenevere
    • We just got a TV with DVD build in
      • We also run our sound
  • We have a 19" Flat Screen, it is not permanently mounted ...
    • If you look at the brick on your TV's power cord..
    • Here's something similar, runs on 12V
      • That is drawing as much power
        • Mostly just for a movie, say 7 AH doesn't seem bad
  • In addition to
  • I pipe them to the Raymarine, which keeps you from having to view boring charts & radar while on watch.
  • TV with DVD...12 volt...
  • Hard drive on a TV with a USB port
    • The LED backlit TVs use less power
    • Mark, which method do you use to gather the
      • It is a combination of downloads, copying from others and ripping from physical discs
      • Copy to hard drive....
  • I bought a "media Player" for about