You may remember the days when RVs didn’t even have one TV installed. Now, newer RVs are being designed with three, sometimes four, TVs. Can you believe it?
If you have an older RV, chances are you only have one (or two) TVs, but if you just bought a new model, you probably have three or four. Are we right? How many televisions are permanently installed in your RV?
Please vote in the poll below, and leave a comment too. Do you wish your RV had more TVs? Do you wish it had fewer? How many TVs does your RV have, and out of those TVs, how many do you actually use? We’re curious. Thanks!
Ours would have none but one was an un-deletable part of an option package that we otherwise wanted.
Our trailer came with one, as most do (or do “most” now come with two?). We’re not big TV watchers but I’m glad we have it. It’s the 21st century after all, and sometimes you just want one to watch a movie on a rainy day.
Our RV has only one TV. Sadly it is in the kitchen/dining/living room, nearly 20 feet away from the bedroom. Therefore, my wife, who suffers from an audio-visual addiction, cannot see it from our bed, and has to fall asleep in dark silence. The good part is, I dont wake up at 2:00 and turn it off, like I do at home, where we have 4 TV’s for the two of us. Our favorite place to stay has no cable, no wifi, and no TV reception. The night time peace and quiet is wonderful.
No, I do not wish we had more RV TVs. Thinking about removing outside & bedroom TVs, so yes, I wish there were fewer than the 3 that came with the unit. We really only use the one, sometimes, and generally only background.
We have one, I wish I knew how to use it.
I second that if we’re talking about the combinations of TV and media center. It’s way too complicated trying to get the sound from various sources into the desired speakers.
The one in the bedroom was turned on at the dealership in 2009 and hasn’t been on since. Wish I could remove it but Gulf Stream mounted it to the ceiling and there is no ceiling liner under the box which is what I really want gone.
I did have a tv when I bought my travel trailer and removed it as I never used it. I prefer to read in the evening and explore during the day.
We have one that cam installed with our RV. First one we have ever had. It has never been turned on except when we lost our home power for 10 days due to a storm. I had to watch the Presidential Inauguration. We have had our trailer for 5 years.
We usually watch the local morning news and weather in the AM and recorded YouTube videos in the late evening. I like to read but not after a day on the road.
Our 2005 Bounder came with 2 TVs. The huge “boat anchor” in the front is now gone replaced by a flat-screen LED TV. The small one in back has perhaps been turned on for 10 hours in 16 years. We keeps saying we’re going to remove it and turn its spot into bedding storage, but that’s a job that’s far too easy to procrastinate on.
The one in our bed room has never been watched in the 3 years that we had the Beast. Got a new controller for the tv and haven’t put the batteries in it yet. Watch to much tv and read RV Travel. Have a great day.
Our coach has 4 TVs. An absolute waste of money. We are full time and use our iPads for any viewing
We have FOUR in our 2019 Renegade Valencia Super C. The one in the bedroom is rarely used. I expect the one in the cab-over bunk and outside will never be used.
At home, we currently have only one operational. When we are in travel mode, we do a lot of Boondocking, Blacktopping and Drycamping. We have had this coach for 16 years and never installed or even carried a TV. I do have a laptop onboard, and I suppose I could stream if I cared, but I don’t. We both do a lot of reading if we have down time. We do light to read but that is a lot less power than a TV uses.
Our class B came with one TV. We removed it immediately and have never missed it. P.S. STOP with the outdoor TVs, please!
I definitely agree regarding outdoor tvs. Just because something interests you doesn’t mean everyone else wants to “share” your show. Keep your blaring tv inside, don’t impose on others.
We have one, but we’ve never used it.
Our tiny Isata 3 came with two televisions. The one in the bedroom was set up to be moved to a mount on the outside of the coach- a ridiculous concept. I relocated it to our house. That leaves one in front which we hardly ever use. We even have an in motion satellite system that has had one month of Dish Network subscription in the three years we’ve owned it.
We bought a new toyhauler in 2018. It has 4 tvs 1in the living area, 1 in the bedroom, 1 in the garage, and 1 outside. Living in the trailer full time we do use the tvs, sometimes 2 at a time.
Three TVs came with our motorhome, an outside TV, a bedroom TV and a living room TV. I never use the outside TV and rarely use the bedroom TV. The living room TV is really all we would need.
We rarely use the one in the main living area. I have used it to go out & watch a video that didn’t interest my husband while he watched a broadcast program in the house.
If we’ve used the one in the bedroom it was only for our daughter to play her video game.
When out in the RV we usually have better things to do.
We designed our 2015 Holiday Rambler Ambassador to have 4 TV’s. Two in the living area, one in the bedroom and one in an outside entertainment center. We have used them all.
The two that are at different ends of the living area can be on the same channel or different channels depending on the needs of the people who are entertaining. The outside TV has been used for large groups (not during Covid) watching sports events. Works for us.
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No TV. When I bought my RV my plan was to travel, stay at State Park sites and be outside as much as possible hike, sightsee. I have done that every winter for two years and full-time since January of this year. I did not want to be sucked into staying inside and watching TV. If I want indoor entertainment I read, I can watch a video on my computer and I get the news on my phone. So I don’t miss it at all.
We have 2. They don’t interfere with our enjoyment of areas we are visiting. We have a sat dish & a DVR. Record everything. We mostly use for motor racing, golf, major news events.
As I watch surveys, I come to realize the majority appears to be those with bigger rigs, and in rv parks. Not complaining, just an observation. Most can’t live without a microwave, many have 2 TV ‘s. As a boondocker, those are low priorities. But I truly enjoy the newsletter and continually learn.
We have 2 TVs like most and use either from time to time. What I don’t understand, those with outside televisions, why do they turn them on? The TVs are on all day and into the evening, but there’s no one there watching them? Is it just to say hey, look at me I have more toys than you?
Our travel trailer is 8 years old and we have had the TV turned on once. We have never put the TV antenna up (don’t even know if it works) nor have we ever hooked up to campground cable. We don’t RV to watch TV.
Never want one either
Our Montana came with two TVs. I believe I remember turning the bedroom TV on once just to see if it worked. We do use the living room TV quite a bit—at least my wife does.
RV came with 2, don’t watch much when we travel to see things but do use later in evening when visiting family
We have never used the TV in the bedroom. We also have one outside that we use on occasion and one in the main space that we use a little more often, but frankly I wouldn’t miss any of them.
We have 3 Tvs in our 2016 Jayco 38FLFS, a Samsung 65 inch 4K curved screen in the living room, and a 32 inch in the bedroom and a Samsung 4k 32 inch in the basement. We have a Dish Network auto search HD Wingard Travl’r antenna. We enjoy TV very much. When boondocking, we have a 5.5 KW Onan generator and 1500 Watt inverter to run the electronics.
39” LR, 32” bedroom plus a 19” that is stored in original box used rarely when saving power boondocking. The new 19” a bit extravagant but the family shopper couldn’t resist for $39 US$.
We don’t consider ourselves campers, instead are 5 month Snowbird travellers rarely stopping anywhere more than 2 weeks. As political news-hounds satellite tv is essential.
My Mountain Aire came with 3 TV’s. And we have used all of them. During the day we are exploring and discovering things and places. But when we come home in the evening, uh-oh, I watch TV. Go ahead take away my badge of honor. Weather doesn’t always cooperate. We have been holed up for days at a time because of rain or wind blown sand, so we watch TV. I’m a sports fan, I have had occasions where I’m watching a game on the exterior TV and next thing I know I have neighbors who have come over and joined me. Oh and they bring beer and snacks. Great way to make friends…
We have one but rarely have used it. I think we’ve watch a movie two maybe three times. We’re more likely to play games in the evening.
Well, our Hurricane came with 5. Two at the bunk beds, master bedroom, living and of course one outside. We rarely watch any of them.
I love watching tv! All of them outside inside or all around the MH, news junkie of all channels to compare, and old movies 40’ & 50’s.. Car Auctions, history etc, etc, yes and jeopardy, weather Channels.
Just one in bedroom, one in front, we relocate one if we want to watch outside.
I answered zero TVs. We had one that was only used occasionally if the grand kids were along. We took it out for some maintenance. We haven’t re installed it. I doubt that we will. Maybe we will reinstall it after Covid and we take the grand kids along again. We do have second monitors for each of our laptops. We just ordered a Class B to supplement our 5th wheel. It comes with one TV that will be replaced with a computer monitor when it is delivered.
We typically only use 3 of the 4. There are 2 in the main salon (i.e., living room/kitchen/dining area) and we typically only watch the larger of the two. The bedroom and outside televisions get far less use than the larger one, but still far more than the smaller one. When traveling with my in-laws, then I often watch the bedroom television with no sound (closed captions) after everyone else has gone to bed. All televisions get heavy use, especially the outside one, during football season because we tailgate at all home games (college). We usually have more people than tickets, so some attend game while others watch from the RV.