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We have a mantle above a fireplace and want to place a new TV on it, but don’t want to wall mount it. The problem I’m running into is that the mantle is only 10 inches deep and I’m struggling to find a large TV that has that narrow of a depth. We have a 55 inch Samsung on it now, but I’m getting old and need something larger to see more easily. I realize I’m probably going to strike out here, but does anyone know of any larger TVs that would meet that specification?
I have a little Leadstar 10 inch ATSC tuner TV. It has a decent battery as well as AC power, an eternal antenna jack which I have a Mohu Leaf which does the job for locals, and an HDMI input. 99% of the time it acts as a small monitor for a few Raspberry Pi's that I have on a KVM which I mostly use to play music or breaking news in my home office next to y main PC.
When there is bad weather, though, I disconnect it, carry it out to the dining room table, plug it into a big jumper box for the car for extra power, tape the Leaf to the window, and keep informed of storms, tornadoes, sever thunderstorms etc without fear if the power goes out.
I'm a little concerned about what I am going to do if my local market decides to prevail on the new FCC and allow them to turn off the ATSC 1.0 signal.
I know there are full size TV's now with ATSC 3.0 tuners, but it seems insane to start a generator unmount from the wall and haul a 50+ inch TV to the dining room table just to stay abreast of the weather.
This little Leadstar has served me well over the years and I will be sad when it comes time to put it into the closet but I m just wondering if there is a replacement?