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So you want to choose a TV, but you’re still trying to make up your mind about features you need? Consult this handy guide for a few pointers!

• 7″ Portable LCD TV- This handheld device is the smallest of the group, which also means it’s the most portable. It’s ideal for tossing in a backpack or glove box so you can catch some shows when you’re stuck somewhere. It’s also a great set to have during an emergency in case traditional TV reception is rendered impossible, as it will let you catch any important information, developments, or emergency broadcasts.
• 9″ Portable LCD TV- Like the one above, only with a larger screen. It performs all of the above functions, trading increased screen size for a slightly larger body. If you want a portable TV, and don’t have to worry about packing things down to the smallest possible size, there’s no reason you wouldn’t love this one.
• 15″ LCD HDTV- Now we’re getting into the non-portable models. This 15″ TV needs to remain moored to some manner of power source (either AC or DC will do), but it trades up in image quality with a fantastic High Def picture. It also plays DVDs thanks to an in-unit disc player. This set is great if you want to install a TV on your RV, boat, or semi-truck, but don’t have a whole lot of space to work with. It’s also wall-mountable, meaning it can get installed just about anywhere.
• 19″ LCD HDTV- A decent size upgrade from the 15″ without becoming too unwieldy, the 19″ does everything the 15″ does, but bigger. With its HD picture, you really get the most out of the screen size.
• 22″ LCD HDTV- This is the largest size 12 volt HDTV you can get! If you have the space on a boat, semi, or RV, this is a great choice for your main TV and DVD player. Like the 15″ and 19″, it’s wall mountable, functions with either AC or DC power, includes an in-unit DVD player, has its own speakers, can intercept digital TV signals, and has a remote control.

As you can see, there are a wide variety of TVs to meet any of your traveling and watching needs. Just pick the one that fits your life!

… life can be pretty ruff (Oh, hush. You’d have made that pun if you were in our shoes, too). For instance, do you know when the full moon is this month? Unless you’re an astronomer, an astrologist, or some other type of moon enthusiast, probably not. Werewolves don’t have the option of not knowing when the moon is full. They have to be super on top of that (it’s in two days, by the way). Otherwise they’re gonna wake up with a terrible headache, probably naked, with the worst case scenario being several unexplained murders and their best case scenario being something along the lines of that Michael J. Fox movie Teen Wolf. We don’t know if you’ve seen Teen Wolf, but it may be the only time in recorded history where the best case scenario is somehow worse than the worst case scenario.

So what can you do when the full moon looms and your lycanthropic heritage threatens to burst forth, destroying everything you hold dear? Pretty easy, actually. Just do the same thing you’re probably doing a couple other nights a week already. Pull down the curtains, sit on the couch, and watch something on your HD LCD TV. Or pop in a movie, cause it plays DVDs, too. And no, don’t do the “Oh, hey, it’s pretty foggy out, I think I’ll risk it” thing, cause anyone who’s seen a werewolf movie knows that only ends one way, and it’s not well.

Now, just because you bear a biological compulsion that transforms you into a hair-trigger wildcard every month doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy travel. Girls have been dealing with a similar process since the dawn of time, and you don’t see them complaining about it. It just requires planning, whether that planning is knowing which weeks to not wear a bathing suit or what steps to take to mitigate homicidal rampages. This is why studies have shown that RVs are the favorite method of travel for the werewolf community.

RVs allow you to travel on your terms. You decide when and where to stop, as well as for how long. This works out great when you’re too far from town to reach a hotel before the moon comes out. Just do the same thing you would do at home; cover the windows and watch something on your 12 volt HD LCD TV/DVD Player. Bring some DVDs, for sure, just in case you don’t get reception where you parked. You don’t want to risk getting bored and peeking out the window.

Yes, in this day and age of modern conveniences, lycanthropy is no longer the unbearable, life-destroying curse it used to be. With a little planning and dedication, you can go several years at a time without mauling and maiming frightened villagers. Hey, maybe you should try out for a professional ball team! If they’ll look the other way for juicing, they’ll probably look the other way for supernatural curses.

Admit it, ever since you read our post about rigging your RV with solar panels, you’ve been thinking about biting the bullet and setting up your own system. It’s okay, you don’t have to be shy about it. It’s not your fault that half of your waking life is spent daydreaming about the stuff we write on here. We know we’re awesome, and we don’t blame you. So what’s been stopping you? You know that adding photovoltaic (solar) cells to your rig will give you all kinds of benefits, such as:

• Your batteries will recharge without you having to do a thing
• No noisy generators harshing your mellow when you’re relaxing around the fire pit
• You don’t need to buy gas to refill that generator you’re no longer using
• No generator to worry about getting stolen while you’re on a hike (man, we’re really beating up on generators here)
• The warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing you aren’t contributing to making your surroundings any more polluted or gross than they were before you got there
• Reliability; the sun has yet to miss a day of work
• Even though it’s 93 million miles away, the sun is surprisingly a lot more local then a gas station (or at least it feels that way when you can’t find one)
• Tax credits, incentives, and subsidies for doing something friendly for the environment

Oh, what’s that? You didn’t know about the immediate monetary benefits of upgrading to solar? Or you did, and just didn’t know where to start looking for what is applicable to you? Well, it’s a good thing we’re here, then. Because we like you, and because we like a clean environment, and because it’s sort of our “thing” to save you as much money as possible. If you are totally in the dark (ha!) about where to begin with the whole “solar credit” stuff, look no further. We have here a few resources that’ll get your 12 volt TV running on sunlight in no time.

First, go to your accountant or to the IRS website and ask for/look up Form # 5965. If you’re on the site, it should be under “Forms and Instructions.” This form should help you claim the tax credit you’ve earned for your solar upgrade. If you’d like to know what kind of incentives are available specifically in your area, here’s a handy map. Just click on the state you call home to access the numerous programs available in your area. Betcha didn’t know just how many there were! Finally, you can go to the Department of Energy website for a detailed description of what these tax breaks are for, and to the EnergyStar.gov website to learn how to apply for your credits.

We’ve done most of the legwork, so now it’s on you. If you don’t go ahead with a solar conversion, we’ll know it’s just cause you’re way lazy or you hate the planet or something.

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And now: the finale!

As you drive up a tall, wide overpass, the music on the radio goes quiet and the voice you were hoping to hear begins to vibrate from the speakers. You pull over to the side of the road, notice how pretty the night sky is when there aren’t a bunch of headlights going by, and breathe a sigh of relief as the voice begins talking about safe zones.

“This is an emergency broadcast. The following counties have been quarantined.”

Your heart sinks as you hear a laundry list of familiar places. This infection really came out of the blue, and it seems no one was ready for it.

“If you are listening to this from inside a quarantine zone, find a secure location and stay there until further notice. If you are listening to this from outside a quarantine zone, and you have not already been evacuated by military personnel, report to one of the following safe zones as soon as possible. They are well fortified, well stocked, and checking for infection. They are, for the moment, the safest place you can be during this crisis.”

The voice then proceeds to list off several locations -a few military bases, a few ranch houses, an outlet mall, a quarry- that are scattered about the region. You recognize the name of a base, and make up your mind to head to it immediately. You should have just enough gas. Hopefully. However, your train of thought is interrupted when a large RV careens by you, banking dangerously back and forth between the retaining walls of the overpass. Before toppling over the rail, it scrapes to a stop at the overpass’ highest point; the right side of the rig flush with the steep drop off. You throw your car into drive and quickly pull up to the vehicle to investigate. The RV has Auto Club and Good Sam Club stickers on it.

You can hear the sounds of struggle inside the rig, and decide to enter. There’s a fellow that looks like warm-weather Santa Claus at the wheel, and he’s pinned down by a snarling man with pasty skin. The Santa Clause guy is managing to keep the beast’s snapping jaws from taking a chunk out of him, but just barely. He sees you and bellows (in the politest bellow you’ve ever heard) “Think you could gimme a hand!?” You look around for something solid to swing, pick up a nearby clock radio, and give the infected drone a full-force braining. Stunned by the blow, the ghoul relents just long enough for Santa to shove it out the open passenger window, where it enjoys a brief, exciting tour of gravity.

“Whew! Thanks, partner! I need to choose my travel-mates better. Picked him up a few hours ago, said he just had a stomach ache. I knew he’d been in the bathroom too long…”

You make your introductions, check yourselves for bite marks, and find out you were both headed to the same place. After siphoning your gas into his tank and bringing your gear in, you and Santa head down the road to safety. He says he gets satellite, so you flip on his 22″ 12 volt TV and flip around for news. From what you can gather, the contagion has pretty much been contained to the continental United States. You just missed the President speaking from aboard Air Force One, but pay rapt attention when an official begins detailing plans to get the crisis under control. You turn up the volume for Santa’s benefit.

“…and so far, all of the secondary tests have confirmed what we’ve found in our preliminary research. We repeat: people infected with the virus can not bear to come into contact with large doses of sodium. Salt. If you have any salt, be it table salt, sea salt, some manner of chemical or industrial sodium processing agents, you can dilute it in water and provide yourself with a very effective defense. We’re currently working on manufacturing, distributing, and implementing large amounts of such a sodium solution.”

You and Santa can barely believe your ears. Salt. Guess the infected won’t be visiting the ocean any time soon. It suddenly dawns on you that TV can be pretty useful sometimes.

You sit down at the table after sleepily shuffling over to the kitchen to pour yourself a bowl of cereal. You flip on the compact 12 Volt DC/AC Television on the kitchen counter top to watch the local morning news. Immediately you can tell something is different. The normally cheery and chipper news duo that greets the early riser is noticeably shaken. Gone is the practiced smile and teleprompter eyes, replaced by looks of serious concern and furtive glances towards the crew directing things behind the camera. Curious as to why there are no feel-good human interest pieces about the health benefits of pets or the new Hollywood diet, you turn up the volume.

“…as of yet unexplained origin, but preliminary reports indicate the contagion to perhaps be viral in some way. Several major cities have been quarantined, and evacuations of nearby communities will be underway as soon as they are examined for infection. If you or anyone you know exhibits any of the following symptoms, it is vital that you call the CDC hotline listed on the screen. Quarantine the potentially infected person in a locked room and do not, we repeat do not attempt any further interaction with them. The following symptoms have been attributed to early stages of the contagion.”

Your spoonful of chocolate puffs continues to drip into the bowl at the midway point to your half open mouth as you try to comprehend the information you are receiving.

“Bloodshot eyes. Shortness of breath. Weak heartbeat. Difficulty swallowing and foaming at the mouth. Lethargy. Difficulty speaking or recognizing familiar people, places, and things. Increased aggression. Violent outbursts. Again, if you or anyone you-”

The anchor’s speech is cut short by a filthy, ragged looking person lurching into view of the camera and the panicked shouting of the film crew. The camera swings left and briefly shows more sick looking people spilling into the stage door as chaos erupts among the grips and directors. The TV goes black, and then to the familiar Emergency Broadcast System. White computer text scrolls up the screen listing cities in danger of being overrun with infection. The fifth one is yours.

Crap.

The situation above is, we’ll admit, pretty unlikely. Still, it shouldn’t take a full on zombie plague for you to take some initiative and prepare yourself a Bug Out Bag, aka B.O.B. What is a Bug Out Bag, you ask? A Bug Out Bag is a knapsack, backpack, duffel bag, or some other sturdy, decently sized carrying device. Inside it is everything you could need to survive a variety of emergency situations for a minimum of 72 hours. A good one will factor in many different kinds of emergencies or potential extreme scenarios, and include some tool or supply to overcome them. It’s advisable to have one in your garage, RV, or trunk of your car in case a catastrophe befalls you. Some of the disastrous situations one may find a B.O.B. useful are earthquakes, blizzards, floods, wildfires, military incursion, disease epidemic, alien invasion, zombie apocalypse, Armageddon, war with the underground-dwelling Mole People, and the resurrection of disco, though there are many others.

Think about what you’d put in your B.O.B. Tomorrow, we’ll continue this entry with a list of essentials, and you can see how well your lineup matches ours!

We are, of course, talking about your RV, if you have a surround sound system set up to accompany your 12 volt TV (and if you don’t, you should, cause you’re basically driving around in a swanky living room). If you’ll pardon another 2001: A Space Odyssey reference, setting up your surround sound can be frustrating enough to make you beat the ground with your remote like a monkey with a bone. Where do the speakers go? Why does everything sound so horrible? WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT?! It doesn’t have to be! Like an all-knowing monolith, the JuJuDeals team is here to guide you to the next stage of human development. Or television enjoyment. Whichever.

For the purposes of this tip guide, we’re assuming you’ve already researched and purchased the kind of speakers you’ll be needing. What we’re principally concerned with here is proper placement. What you don’t want to do is just put the speakers in the four corners of your RV. Before you place your speakers, you need to find what is usually called your “sweet spot.” Stop laughing, children, or it’s detention for all of you. The sweet spot is the place you’ll ideally be doing most of your viewing from, so go find the comfiest seat in your RV. Go on, it’s okay. We’ll wait.

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Okay, good, you’re back. What took you so long? Seriously, we didn’t say we’d wait all day. Well whatever. Did you find the sweet spot? Excellent. Now you need to consider where it is in relation to your 12 volt TV. Is it directly across from it? Is it at an angle? In either case, you want to orient your speakers, as much as you can, around the sweet spot when you are directly facing the TV. Just pretend you’re this smug little guy, and try to place your speakers as follows:

You wish you were as cool as this guy.

Now, there are all kinds of other hassles to hack through, like adjusting levels depending on what kind of media you watch most, choosing the best cables for high audio fidelity, etc. But that is a guide for another time. For now, sit in that glorious sweet spot and enjoy the music.

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