Yacht Outdoor TV

I'd suggest getting regular tv ans just plan on replacing every season as needed. So much cheaper.

Cosmos 50"'is $2600. Lg or Samsung is $400 for medium 4K. That's a lot of seasons. We also got a quick disconnect mount which allow you to remove and Stowe when making crossing. Our tvs still working after 8 months but a couple remotes that the crew left out have bit the dust.

This. The outdoor tv's also don't generally have as good a picture.....I see outdoor standard tv's generally go 2 years......so replace them with another cheap one

Outdoor tv is predicated on two things, the ability to handle the water and the ability to handle or to show a good picture in the sun. We've been able both at home and on our boats to use conventional televisions successfully. On boats, the best situation is a ceiling mount under the roof of the aft deck or a ceiling or cabinet mount on the flybridge. Either typically does fine in reasonable sun. When not in use we wrap them in protective covers as they don't get direct rain but can get rain blown in. We're getting far more than Tim's one year that fully justifies it. We've gotten at least two years from all and three years from some and even four years from one. We own a home theater store and if we felt an outdoor television was worth it, we'd surely have one. At home, we have a 120" television facing the patio and pool. It's mounted on the patio though and a regular television.

Samsung

In the other forum, you indicate inside mounting... and probably any decent brand of household TV would work for that.

FWIW, we have a Samsung and a Toshiba, both in service for about 10 years now...

Mounts are a separate issue; most (maybe all?) new flat screen TVs have standard mounting holes pre-drilled to accept whater mount system floats your boat.

-Chris

I just put a SkyVue on my new patio out back. Outdoor TV's have much brighter screens for in the sun view. The cost is a little much, but you can clean it with a hose. Very well built and very clear picture.

The technology is also changing so fast that replacing every couple years is t a bad thing. And frankly some of the new tech is very user friendly. New Samsung tv came into the living room last week and all of a sudden the Samsung remote now also works the Apple TV. That’s cool.