A TV in a motorhome lives a harder life than any set in a house. It rides over washboard gravel, bakes in a parked rig at noon, sleeps through winter in a storage lot and then gets asked to run from a battery bank that also has to keep the fridge cold. Most people buy whatever 32-inch set is on sale and discover the compromises at the first campsite without hookups.
I have watched a lot of small TVs leave the living room for the road, and the RV version of the question always comes down to four numbers: watts, pounds, inches and the distance from the seat to the screen. The five sets below cover the sensible options, from a 22-inch screen that runs straight off 12 volts to 32-inch smart TVs that need an inverter once the shore cord comes out.
Where I would start for most rigs:
Samsung F6000F UN32F6000FFXZA is a 32-inch 1080p smart TV with HDR10+, Tizen apps and Samsung TV Plus. It draws 45 watts in typical use, weighs 8.4 pounds and is 2.9 inches deep. Bluetooth audio, eARC, AirPlay and an ATSC tuner suit motorhome lounges running on shore power or an inverter.
VIZIO VFD32M-0807 is a 32-inch 1080p smart TV with a full-array LED backlight, HDR10 and input lag under 10 milliseconds. Side HDMI ports with ARC, optical output, Bluetooth headphones, AirPlay 2 and Google Cast suit RV lounges. It weighs just 8 pounds and needs a Walmart account for smart features.
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How to Choose a TV for an RV
A TV on a wall mount inside an RV camper. Source: gagadget.com
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