I was wondering if anyone had any updates on this list?
My neighborhood had it's first summer power outage last night. It lasted about six hours. So I've decided to renew my search for a way to watch TV when there is no electricity. My two options are to buy a Winegard (if I can still find one) converter and battery pack to use with my old b&w battery op tv that takes the D batteries. Or find a new battery op digital tv. The problem is that all of the ones I've seen online have built-in rechargeable batteries that last for 2.5 hours. I'd much rather get one that takes removeable rechargeable batteries so that I can replace them during longer outages. I'm not interested in one that uses a cell phone, because I rarely use a cell so I have a prepaid plan and still end up with money left over.
I am guessing that I can't use the cable with my old battery tv because I suspect it's too old to be "cable ready". (And I didn't have the antenna adapter to try it out).
Anyone have any updates? Or suggestions? I suppose I could always get a battery op dvd player just to keep myself entertained, but even they seem to suffer from the same builtin battery problem. I'm sure that for most people that's a feature; it's just that I would like to have a longer battery life.
And related, does anyone have any input on
Mypower ?
Bottom line is I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive way to watch tv when I'm sitting in the dark for several hours. I don't anticipate using the tv in a car etc so don't want to put a lot of $ into it.
