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02-17-2014, 06:55 PM
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Member
Name: Mark
Trailer: 13ft Scamp
Wisconsin
Posts: 86
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Thinkin about a tv for kids,,pics please
Looking for options for location and size for a tv for the kids to watch before bed.
Any pics would be great of others setup and size.
Thanks
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02-17-2014, 07:09 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Casita
Posts: 145
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TV size
Not a scamp, but I'm pretty happy with this 24" and the Premier FLIP mount.
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02-17-2014, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Francesca Knowles
Trailer: '78 Trillium 4500
Jefferson County, Washington State, U.S.A.
Posts: 4,669
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I use books-on-tape or actual books to put my Grandkids to sleep when we're camping....as if they have any energy left over after the activities of the day!
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02-17-2014, 08:53 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,711
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If you don't have room for a television, grab a book and read to the kids. Voice inflection for the different characters, etc. Soothing voice and the entire family will fall asleep! Televisions are great. I fall asleep (with the TV on a timer) nearly every night. But a good/decent book can do the same thing. It's about relaxing....
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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02-17-2014, 09:02 PM
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Senior Member
Name: bob
Trailer: 1996 Casita 17 Spirit Deluxe; 1946 Modernistic teardrop
New York
Posts: 5,416
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The TV in our CT13 Uhaul sets on a cutting board over the sink, can be turned in any direction. We don't use the sink.
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02-17-2014, 09:14 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Escape 17 ft
Posts: 8,317
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You can get a portable 7" or 9" DVD player for $80 ( and probably cheaper in U.S. and on Amazon ).
If the kids are under six years old, you only have to carry one DVD and they'll watch it over and over.
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02-17-2014, 09:25 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Toyota Sunrader and 16 ft Scamp
Posts: 975
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[QUOTE=Donna D.;442223]If you don't have room for a television, grab a book and read to the kids. Voice inflection for the different characters, etc. Soothing voice and the entire family will fall asleep!
Excellent advice Donna.
John
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02-17-2014, 09:32 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Hazel
Trailer: Trillium
Saskatchewan
Posts: 588
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Can't help at all with this question. One of the best things about camping for us is - getting away from canned entertainment.
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02-17-2014, 10:32 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Diane
Trailer: Casita, previously u-haul ct13
Virginia
Posts: 1,020
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Out door activities will tire them out, and a book and storyteller is Great advice. However on a rainy day...A child's DVD might be a very good thing!
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02-17-2014, 10:44 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,711
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My new Escape 5er... is gonna have TWO televisions. I'm not sure if I'll connect to the outside world to check the current news. BUT, I will have a DVD player. (bought 49 DVDs on eBay... the ENTIRE Star Trek Next Generation series!). I'm a single traveler. Someday my granddaugher will join me. She had BETTER be a Star Trek fan ). Who should I be to tell you how to entertain yourself or your guests? Never.
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Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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02-17-2014, 10:45 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Carl
Trailer: 2013 Lil Snoozy #161 (SOLD)/2010 Tacoma
NE Oklahoma
Posts: 2,358
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This is what we use.
The brand is Polaroid.
It has a built-in DVD player.
Draw back on this is the volume isn't
always loud enough on some of the DVDs.
I have a collection of over 300 DVDs.
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02-18-2014, 07:32 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1982 Fiber Stream and 2001 Casita Spirit Deluxe (I'm down to 2!)
Posts: 1,989
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There are no lack of TV threads here and a little searching will yield many ideas?
The question is really the same for a TV in a house and there are as many answers here as there would be for the house so look around and become inspired!
Some here find a 7" Screen to be fine and others a computer doing the job. Some only seem satisfied with a 32" set shoehorned in with a full surround system.
Anything is just fine if that is what you like.
On the other hand......what makes people answer a question like this with editorial comments about the virtues of TV watching anyway?!?!?!
I am with Donna here,who am I to question the motive and purity of reason behind anyones choice of entertainment while camping?
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02-18-2014, 02:10 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Jason
Trailer: 2007 Eggcamper & Homemade Tear Drop
New York
Posts: 663
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Mine is on a swing arm mounted on the closet wall the vcr is in the closet.
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02-18-2014, 05:15 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Steve
Trailer: Scamp 13
California
Posts: 1,889
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I'm just a Kid at heart and found TV to much trouble to deal with unless you have cable so I have chosen the route of DVD player. Mine is a 9 inch RCA model. I have used it for my camping trips all last year and actually enjoy the hunt for Used DVD's during my camping excursions. I enjoy all the SCI-FY stuff.
As for real kids they dont need TV you just stuff them with Marshmellows, Hershey bars, and Ghram crackers untill they pass out.
RCA 9" Portable DVD Player - Black (DRC96090) : Target Mobile
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02-18-2014, 05:40 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 92 16 ft Scamp
Posts: 11,756
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Having camped with children on the wet coast I can tell you after a few real wet days having a DVD player and a TV can be a life saver - especially as by night fall they have gone through all the board games etc.
Here is a picture of mine.
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02-18-2014, 05:42 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Sean
Trailer: 1984 Uhaul CT 13
Georgia
Posts: 163
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With our 4 and 5 yr Olds we bought a pair of over the back of the seat DVD players for the car. We only put them in on trips. They came with AC adapters also. So I just leave that in the camper and move one of the players to the camper when we get where we're going.
We primarily use the DVD to entertain them in the morning... They get up so early and I'm saving our fellow campers a few winks in the morning by keeping them quiet inside for a bit.
also is handy on rainy days. Can only do so much in a 13ft with 2 adults, 2 kids, and 2 dogs. And we like to use it some ourselves on rare occasions.
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1984 Uhaul CT 13
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03-14-2016, 09:08 AM
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Junior Member
Name: lisa
Trailer: Scamp
Pennsylvania
Posts: 2
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I envision a clamp-on, extension arm that would attach a flat screen to the vertical, wrought iron bars to the left of the sink in my 2015, 13 foot scamp. Any ideas where I can find such a thing?
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03-14-2016, 09:26 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Jon
Trailer: 2008 Scamp 13 S1
Arizona
Posts: 11,962
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What's the good of a regular TV unless you will always have AC power? If it's only about emergency entertainment for kids on a rainy day, how about an inexpensive 12V portable DVD player? Or a tablet with some content pre-loaded? You don't need a very big screen in a tiny trailer. Keep it simple.
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03-14-2016, 10:38 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Jim
Trailer: Scamp
Colorado
Posts: 312
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DVD's are fine when home, but hey, let's not forget that state-of-the-art entertainment center called the portable TV/VCR system. It took me quite a while to track one down and it cost all of $5, including the remote, at Goodwill, but worth every penny!
I can roll into any town with a flea market or garage sale while traveling and pick up a stack of classic movies ever produced on VHs for all of a dollar a pop, or less. One exception being when I laid out $20, TWENTY DOLLARS for a new old stock (NOS) copy of the movie "The Train" starring Burt Lancaster with the train load of art in Nazi-occupied France. That French train engineer should have received an Oscar for the way he played his role.
Casablanca, Faulty Towers, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Godfather, Three Stooges, Little Rascals, Walt Disney, etc., I've got them all and when done they get dropped off again at Goodwill.
Huh, take that you techie snobs (not that I am being judgemental! ).
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03-14-2016, 11:47 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Jon
Trailer: 2008 Scamp 13 S1
Arizona
Posts: 11,962
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Not a snob… We still have one of those at home. It still works and we use it occasionally to watch some good old movies.
But for me it's way too heavy and bulky to travel with. With four people in a Scamp 13, where would we put it? And it requires AC power. We've been camping in the Scamp over three years now without ever hooking up to electricity.
Besides, I hardly think a portable 12V DVD player counts as high tech any more- they're becoming almost as obsolete as TV/VCR combos!
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