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04-19-2011, 10:04 PM
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Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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Bye Bye Bricks, Hello LED TV's & Blu-Rays
Here are the before & after pics of our TV conversions:
Old: 27" CRT TV & back up monitor 
New: 32" LED TV & LCD backup monitor
Old: 19" CRT TV
New: 26" LED TV on right above valance - look how skinny it is!
New: 26" LED TV 
Old Cabinet Interior: 
New Cabinet Interior: Blu-Ray on shelf above, storage below 
Lori-
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04-19-2011, 10:32 PM
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Senior Dude
Winnebago Owners Club
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Very Nice Lori and Dave.
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04-20-2011, 04:13 AM
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Thor Owners Club Freightliner Owners Club
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Location: Lancaster, OH
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Great looking retrofit!!!
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04-20-2011, 05:10 AM
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Administrator in Memoriam
Newmar Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's Spartan Chassis
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Location: Newark, DE
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Using the crown molding to hide the wires is clever. Looks good.
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04-20-2011, 02:13 PM
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Community Administrator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Route 66
Using the crown molding to hide the wires is clever. Looks good.
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Yeah, I thought so too. It didn't really pop out at me at first, until the photos, but I'm going to put molding on the other side also. Not needed because no wires to hide, but just an aesthetics thing to make the one side the same as the other.
Lori-
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04-20-2011, 02:26 PM
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Administrator in Memoriam
Newmar Owners Club Retired Fire Service RVer's Spartan Chassis
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I wasn't going to mention that, but yes.
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04-20-2011, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
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Very nice and tidy install. Thanks for the pics as well.
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04-20-2011, 07:24 PM
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Senior Member
Thor Owners Club Pond Piggies Club
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Location: NE. Ohio USA
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How did they match the wood color for the new doors to the bedroom cabinet were the TV was?
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04-20-2011, 07:36 PM
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Senior Member
Newmar Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2010
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Nice job! Finding more space is like finding gold, and yes, those old tube type tv's are heavy.
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04-20-2011, 07:39 PM
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Registered User
Vintage RV Owners Club Gulf Streamers Club
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Indiana
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Looking good!
The old bedroom tv was kinda in a useless place, no? 
Welcome to the 21st Century! 
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04-20-2011, 09:48 PM
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Community Administrator
Pond Piggies Club LA Gulf Coast Campers Outdoors RV Owners Club Entegra Owners Club Skyline Owners Group
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Superslif
How did they match the wood color for the new doors to the bedroom cabinet were the TV was?
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The guy that did the cabinet doors said it took 'em several times to get it right. SW kept mixing the stain too red. Eventually, they got a good match.
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Originally Posted by Midniteoyl
..The old bedroom tv was kinda in a useless place, no?
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It was on a swing-out shelf, but it was a real pain to maneuver to the wardrobes when it was out. Plus, about 3 years into owning the coach, the shelf shifted (didn't know it) so that the travel latch didn't catch & I discovered it swinging free - with the 20" TV on it - banging around going down the road one time. That's when we decided we'd think about switching the TV's out. Waited long enough for the LED's to come down in price & we just love how slim & light they are.
Lori-
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04-21-2011, 07:26 PM
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Senior Member
Pond Piggies Club Mid Atlantic Campers
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Location: Fayette Ridges of PA, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NLOVNIT
Yeah, I thought so too. It didn't really pop out at me at first, until the photos, but I'm going to put molding on the other side also. Not needed because no wires to hide, but just an aesthetics thing to make the one side the same as the other.
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I'm with you, Lori. I thought the crown moulding on only the one side made it look "unbalanced".
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04-22-2011, 06:53 AM
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Senior Member
Thor Owners Club Pond Piggies Club
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Location: NE. Ohio USA
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My father re-did his TV swap last year. He made it hard on himself. He wanted to enlarge the front TV, so he expanded (bumped-out) all the woodwork around the actual flat panel he put in. HD is just so much better.....you will have plenty of time to enjoy it in the months to come.
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04-22-2011, 07:36 PM
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Senior Member
Pond Piggies Club Mid Atlantic Campers
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Location: Fayette Ridges of PA, USA
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...and here I am, with my 2000 12" CRT analog TV that I bought in a Shop "N Save for $80.00 right after I took delivery of the TT. I have a VCR/DVD player with a digital tuner and outputs an analog signal, so the TV is literally just a monitor at this point. The stereo output jacks of the VCR/DVD player are connected AUX inputs of the TT's AM/FM/CD. This provides stereo sound throughout the TT that blows away the sound produced by the tinny speaker on the TV.
Sorry, folks, but I have a problem throwing away a perfectly good TV- even if it is technologically obsolete.
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