Flat Screen TV For Shop

Glenn F.

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I am shopping for a 32" TV for my heated shop. It would not get used often. What brand would you recommend? I don't need anything fancy.

Thank you,
Glenn F.
 
I have a 32" vizio flat screen HDTV in my shop for 4 years now and like you..only heat it when i'm in it...NW ohio no problems with the tv yet..knock on wood. We also have a vizio in the house...they seem to be a good brand tv at a decent price.
 
Sceptre is one of the highest selling cheap TVs in the USA. I've got a bunch from 19" to 50". A new 50" LCD-LED unit is only $339. I've had a 32" in an unheated cabin in the NY Adirondacks for 6 years now. It has worked flawlessly but I have heat going when I'm actually watching it.

You can get a new 32" LCD in 720 dpi for $169 with free shipping from Walmart. Same in 1080 dpi for $199. Sometimes the 32" with built-in DVD players sell for $199.
 
I have two 24" Sanyo's the TV is great but the volume shucks... I don't think its the TV but the Cable box... I added this to it and can deal with the issue... If you are like me and may be 25 to 50 ft away from it get the one that is the loudest... :) I listen to it more than watch it...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/28199767?...=&wl5=pla&wl6=78288478112&veh=sem

Either way I do like the Home theater speaker... My TV's watch me more than I watch them...
 
I was in Walmart the other day and they had a 42" sanyo for less than 300. I have a vizio no problems.
 
In the "old days" of radios and TVs with vacuum tubes - or early transistor models - capacitors were known to die prematurely when left in unheated places. Not an issue anymore. Now - only problem with a TV left in the old is the LCD display and gel-pad switches on controls that will not work correctly until they warm up. No damage done when cold though. Same goes with many telephones. The old ones that used mechanical switches worked fine in severe cold. The new ones won't. Outdoor public phone booths retain the older technology with mechanial switches on the "dial" buttons.
 
Not sure how much different is it that staring at a computer screen conversing with people we probably don't know in an old tractor forum. Your brain won't rot with either if it's working right to start with.
 
Hopefully your LGs have better tuners then the one I had. I hated it. Had a tuner that would erase all previously locked in digital channels when rescanning for new channels. Such a tuner is miserable to have when you use multiple antennas with coax switches or one antenna with a rotator.
 
Sceptre is the cheapest brand in my area too.
works fine in shops and hunting camps.

I use radio/tv in my shop for background white noise.
Keeps me company and .....calm...on tough jobs.
I usually have to pipe the tv audio into the stereo
so I can hear it over shop noises, heaters, etc.

Weird weather conditions that have everything soaked with condensation, I leave it off and unplugged.
Doing something that creates moisture, like cooking in my frigid kitchen, I turn the tv on, BEFORE I start.
 
Fun topic as I may be buying a flat screen myself someday, but don't think my old Sanyo is ever gonna crap out. I have a friend that's been in the TV sales and repair (repaired all brands) business for years and years and I asked him that same question recently as I value his professional opinion.

NOTE this is about like asking what brand of oil one prefers or what brand of spark plug etc etc. Everyone (including me) crawls out of the woodwork and has a different opinion and can support it by sharing a story relating some good or bad experience they had with a particular brand on and on and on and then another person may have the same product and tell a story that's JUST THE OPPOSITE LOL. And I for one sure enjoy hearing about those experiences, good or bad, and learned to take them for what they are, that persons "opinion".

Fun chat, yall take care now

John T
 
Similar here, in the summer if I'm messing in the shop I dont need a TV (do have radio on so I can still work while listening) and when were in Florida in the RV I don't watch much.

John T
 
Not sure what "fancy" means. The picture on my cheap Sceptres is every bit as good and those TVs that cost 3-4 times as much. It's just a TV though. No "smart" anything, no Web access,etc. HDMI and great sound capability -yes.
I can't imagine wanting an analog TV nowadays. The digital signals with HD are there and available for free. In just about everywhere - reception is better with digital IF you know how to harness it. Using an analog means needing a converter and losing the HD quality.
 
Big thing is can you hook up external speakers? They have very poor built in speakers. Even in the house with 3 sets of computor speakers on and turned as loud as possible in family room kitchen at times cannot get volume high enough for me to hear, Wife also has trouble at times on certain stations.
 

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