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Hi Everyone and Happy New Year for tomorrow.

I'm looking for a new 12 volt TV for the caravan and I've been attracted to the 20" Meos LCD with built in Freeview & DVD.  However, I'm wary of buying a make I don't know.  Has anyone any experience of this TV brand, reliability, quality, etc...?

Thanks in advance.

If this is it it looks very good at £229.

http://www.wedodigital.co.uk/product/2059/meos-15.4-hd-ready-freeview-tv--dvd-player/meos-dvd154b/

The laptop screen wouldn't be big enough for us, with our eyesight not being of the best (we use a 50" plasma at home!).  I was looking at this one;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12v-20-Digital-LCD-TV-with-Portable-DVD-Player-12-volt_W0QQitemZ220532595588QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_Televisions?hash=item3358c45b84

Hi Arturo

We have had the Meos 20 " for over a year now. Very good picture quality and simple to set up and use. The TV wobbles a bit if using just the stand but careful wedging prevents this. With the meos and our 12v satellite system we are well prepared !!!

Happy New Year to everyone reading this.

The 20" uses 40W which is a fair bit to run off battery. That's 3.3A.

The 15.4" uses 20W.

Hi General

Obviously it depends on the area as to signal strength but we have an ordinary aerial and pole in case the new triangular-shaped status aerial isn't good enough.

However, the problem is the same with most built-in tuners, they don't seem to match the 'strength' of a separate freeview box.  But thanks to you and the Vicar for your comments on the Meos, I feel a bit more confident in getting one now.

I know that 40 Watts is quite high, but we have two separate batteries that we will be taking with us, as well as the 110ah caravan battery.  Also, a lot of CL's have battery-charging facilities.

I have seen Meos but don't know much about them - don't think it really matters these days. I have had very good service out of unknown brands.

These are expensive TVs in my view though. We use an lcd 15.4" with built in dvd from argos at £100.

I dropped the last one - I would have been well displeased if I had paid over £200 for it.

Trouble is, I need a 19/20" TV (in my case size matters!) a 15" is too small for us.

Looking at the Meos it seems to have everything else I need including card reader and USB input as well as multi-region DVD.  The USB input allows you to attach, say an external hard drive (I have a 120GB pocket one) and use the TV as a recorder also.