Show off your shop TV

[farms100]

Mike

nice Drafting table! wish i had room for nice one like that.

 

[Kevin D.]

I like to listen to a ballgame on the radio, while having the TV on the same game on mute in the shop while I work.  Don't really pay attention to it, I just like doing that.  Been listening to Jerry Howarth and my Jays like this for over 30 years actually.  He's great imo.  Way better than the TV guys over the years.

I'm actually quite fond of painting (non-canvas, walls in fact) and listening to a ball game.  Something strangely soothing about it.

 

[Old School Carpenter]

I like to listen to a ballgame on the radio

Agree, I can't stand to sit and watch any games, but can listen to them as long as I am doing something else.

ADD anyone? [smile]

Mike

 

[chrisrosenb]

I have had tvs in my shop since the early 80s. I never thought of them as a problem.
I have them hooked up so I can watch/listen to programs & radio from my computer, cable, Roku, DVD & VCR. All of the audio goes through my stereo receiver.
The output from the receiver is connected to an FM transmitter. I then listen the audio on my work tunes hearing protectors. If I do not have my work tunes on, I do not hear any audio, so I wear hearing protection in the shop all of the time.

 

[farms100]

Mine's just a 24" LCD monitor connected to our security camera system.  I can't see the driveway from my shop so this lets me see what's going on.  I intend to add a driveway alarm as well, but haven't gotten around to it.

oh thats an interesting option I never considered.

 

[mattdh]

here is a shop i finished for a friend. he let me do what ever i wanted-i picked everything out from fixtures to colors to material. so i finished off my dream garage- it just happens to be at someone elses house. it does have a 46" shop tv. its a detached garage 25x25 with 12' ceilings . dont worry the cabinets are hung- just not in this pic

 

[mattdh]

better pic. just not finished

 

[Clweed]

Mine is used mostly for a monitor for Pandora. I have to have music in the shop while I am working

 

[TomGadwa1]

I did not have a shop TV until my 46 inch living room TV developed some faint horizontal lines in the right hand side of the picture. Needless to say I was very disappointed as I spent $2800.00 dollars on the darned thing! Usually the replacement cost on the subassemblies of these new wonder TV is astronomically high. More than $800.00 for the part and another $300.00 to $400.00 hundred for the labor. So I decided to spring for a new 60 inch living room TV and consign the 46 incher to the garage. The picture is good enough for casual viewing and I can use my IPAD to display web pages with woodworking tips and such. Also I like to watch golf as the greenery on the courses seem to be relaxing on the eyes. I mounted some bracket material to the ceiling 2 by 12 with some 1/4 inch lag screws and mounted some more bracket material to the back of the set. It ain't going nowhere! So that's my story, a too costly to repair 46 inch LED set confined to the garage for inappropriate reliability!
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TV showing router bit instructions from Freud for their Adjustable rail and style bit set.
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Wide shot showing bezel of TV giving hint as to its age. The newer TV units have thinner bezels.
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Picture showing bracket mounting detail and attachment to the ceiling.
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Three quarter view showing bracket mounting to the back of the TV and the other side ceiling mount.
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Set displaying portfolio picture of my Coping Clamp which employs the excellent BESSEY auto-adjusting toggle clamps.

 

[Eli]

No TV. I don't watch it in the house. Tuner and 5 channel, I often use itunes or internet radio when I'm daydreaming.

 

[jonny round boy]

I don't understand people who never watch TV, but, each to their own I suppose.

Here's my old TV - you can see the area at the bottom that's faulty. One strip that's completely dark, with a slightly dark strip above it:

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Here's the new, smaller one:

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Because it's smaller I decided to mount it lower down (my first 19" tv was lower, too). The F1 on the screen was from 3rd practice on Saturday morning - it arrived in plently of time to watch the qualifying!

In response to those who say it's dangerous to have a TV in the shop that could take your attention, I guess I agree. I never put on anything I really want to watch & give my full attention to (ie something brand new). Things I really want to watch, I watch in the living room.

Generally whilst I'm in the shop I'll have on either Quest (old episodes of American Chopper/Hot Rod, usually), Dave (old episodes of QI & Top Gear) or E4 (old episodes of HIMYM or Big Bang Theory). Something just for background noise, really. The new TV has a DVD built in, so no doubt when there's absolutely nothing on I'll stick on DVDs of classic films that I've seen many times before (A Bridge Too Far, Hunt For Red October, Apollo 13, etc). Generally, I know every word of these so it's not really distracting.

I find I work better with something on in the background (when I'm working on site I need a radio). Otherwise the gaps between power tools are just too quiet...

 

[newbirdhunter]

Great replies guys, thanks for all the contributions.

Turns out the TV I have available for this purpose only has Component inputs and it doesn't appear that Apple has any Mini Displayport to Component cables (I could have sworn they did!). Looks like I am SOL (no I am not buying a TV for the shop.... for now [wink]) unless I find a suitable cable.

Please continue to post your shop TV pics though, it's always fun to see the creativity of others.  [big grin]

 

[nclemmons]

Francisco -

Not sure if there are adapters or not.  i googled some but not sure they would work.  You are going from analog to digital so it seems like more than just an adapter. 

neil

 

[Clweed]

Try Roku it comes with an AV cable that will work and it is cheaper appletv

 

[Eli]

I don't understand people who never watch TV, but, each to their own I suppose.

I watch plenty of video and movies, mostly on my ipad or computer. If you saw the programming lineup on free-to-air Australia you would completely understand.

 

[Kev]

I don't understand people who never watch TV, but, each to their own I suppose.

I watch plenty of video and movies, mostly on my ipad or computer. If you saw the programming lineup on free-to-air Australia you would completely understand.

Reality TV has destroyed television. The era of talk shows and daytime soap were bad enough.

 

[AlexThePalex]

I don't understand people who never watch TV, but, each to their own I suppose.

I watch plenty of video and movies, mostly on my ipad or computer. If you saw the programming lineup on free-to-air Australia you would completely understand.

Reality TV has destroyed television. The era of talk shows and daytime soap were bad enough.

Reality TV is one of the contributing factors, amongst many other types of shows. Honestly, I think TV is total garbage these days. I've got like 50 channels over here and in an entire week there's maybe 2 or 3 shows I'd like to sit down for to watch. And then there's always the ever present commercials to drive you nuts whenever I do find something I like.

The web is another reason I hardly watch TV anymore. There's just so much content on it now, delivered much more directly to my screen and without a lot of BS like ads everywhere. I still like to be entertained a lot through a screen, I just go scouting for it myself now on the world wide web.

 

[Alan m]

i was watching a program a few days ago. it was taped on sky + for a few months  it was an hour long with all the ads and with all the repeating they were doing. i watched the same episode that was a repeat and because it was part of a now old series it was only 30minutes  long. they got rid of all the crap . i watched it just to compare . i still could have croped out 5 min more. tv is a total waste. im getting fed up with all the BS they are doing to the programs.

im glad i dont have reality tv out in the work shop , i would probably fall asleep  and hurt myself

 

[AlexThePalex]

i was watching a program a few days ago. it was taped on sky + for a few months  it was an hour long with all the ads and with all the repeating they were doing. i watched the same episode that was a repeat and because it was part of a now old series it was only 30minutes  long. they got rid of all the crap . i watched it just to compare . i still could have croped out 5 min more. tv is a total waste. im getting fed up with all the BS they are doing to the programs.

The extra time added sure is a total bore. Say a movie is 2 hours long, they make it that long for a reason, because that's the time they think your attention span will last given the story they present. But with a 2 hour movie the TV broadcaster easily adds 45 to 50 minutes of commercials in, and then it suddenly becomes a challenge to sit that long. 

 

[Stephen B]

I don't understand people who never watch TV, but, each to their own I suppose.

I watch plenty of video and movies, mostly on my ipad or computer. If you saw the programming lineup on free-to-air Australia you would completely understand.

Yes Australian TV is crap. I am now spending most nights remodelling my workshop and like Eli using my I Pad to catch up on a few good programs (and reading FOG).