Sylvox Limo Series 32-inch RV TV

We all – well, OK, some of us – like to make our caravans that much more homely by taking a television set with us.

The only problem with a lot of this is that many of these TVs and associated hardware have been primarily designed for indoor home use, and so may not be entirely suited for life on the road. They may not like the bumps and swerves you may get en route with a tourer.

Then there is the added complication that, particularly on a balmy summer night, you might want to take the TV set outside (provided that the caravan parks permits this) and set up your very own outdoor cinema. One spot of rain and they pack up. This is where owning one of the best caravan TVs comes in.

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But what if there was a company that set out from the word go to produce television sets that were like this? That is what Sylvox claims to be.

Set up in 2009 with a goal to “help people feel good and live outdoors”, the company has gone on to develop weatherproof TVs that can be used in a whole scenario of locations beyond the conventional living room. The company launched the world’s first 110-inch Outdoor TV featuring 5000 nits Helio QLED – a big advance in outdoor broadcasting – as well as other TVs with ultra-sophisticated technology designed to provide “advanced broadcasting capabilities”.

It has developed products for bathrooms, kitchens, and outdoor patios. And now it has turned its attention to the camping world too.

The Sylvox Limo Series RV TV has been designed from the bottom up with touring in mind. The TV is ruggedly constructed and waterproof, which are just two of the advantages to consider if you’ve been wondering “do I need a special TV in a caravan?”.

The set can be fitted on a mount (where even at 32 inches measured diagonally, it could easily sit on a caravan sideboard) or wall-mounted (with picture adjustment to suit what you go for).

It is also powered both by mains and DC, with a DC input voltage ranging from 9V to 36V, so you no longer just have to sit back and pray that your set can just handle whatever the van delivers. AC range is 100V to 240V, so you are covered there too. Maximum power is 50W, so it is unlikely to eat too much into your allowance. At standby it uses less than 0.3W.

With a full HD display, the TV can be connected via 5G Wi-fi and Bluetooth 5.0, and by more conventional means – for instance, if you’re using the best caravan TV aerial, a satellite or a HDMI port. It even has a built-in DVD player.

It’s frameless too, so it should feel less like a big black box disrupting the calming interior of your van.

So what did we make of the Sylvox Limo Series 32-inch RV TV?

Practicalities of the Sylvox Limo Series RV TV

We tried the 32-inch model (24- and 22-inch versions are also available). The TV was delivered to us in a large box – considerably larger than its width, to allow for all the sensible protective packaging.

It came with a mount that was easy to fix into the back of the set, with no extra tools required. The TV does tilt slightly forward on its mount, however, so you might prefer to switch to have it on a wall mount. In any case, at 32 inches it would be wide enough to block out most of the view through front caravan windows, so you might prefer the wall mount option, although models with smaller widths are available. It is easy to adjust the picture for whichever option you choose using the onscreen menu.

The set can easily be turned on (and this menu reached) through the remote control provided, but should you lose this down the back of the settee and through the slats, or should your dog run off with it, most of the controls on it are replicated on the back of the bottom right hand corner of the set, close to where the on/off button is.

Having such a wide range of DC options is useful security. The set comes with a cable that, including the AC adaptor, measures around 3m. This would obviously be more than enough to reach a socket within the van itself. But it may not be enough if, for example, you wanted to take the TV out into an awning, or even into the open air – particularly if your van does not come with an exterior socket. You might need to get something longer.

Using the Sylvox Limo Series RV TV

The TV was very easy to navigate using the remote control. It runs on Android TV, and comes preloaded with Netflix, Prime Video, YouTube and Google Play, and can support Chromecast. However, it’s worth highlighting there is no BBC iPlayer. You may be wondering “will a smart TV work in a caravan?” – and here, the good news is it will, so long as you have Wi-Fi in the caravan.

You can also choose between no fewer than eight different picture modes, including one you can personalise yourself, so you should be able to find something that suits you. I was particularly impressed with the “Movie” mode. For once this did what it said it did and provided the kind of picture quality you might expect to see in a cinema.

You have five different sound modes, again including one you can personalise yourself, as long as you are familiar with the data used. You also have a surround sound option, and I would really go for this because, even with just the set on its own, it does provide sound that seems to be coming from several different directions.

However, through all of these sound options there was one element that was distinctly missing, and that was a decent bass. Even with surround sound fully in play, I didn’t get the kind of pulverising bass you can get in domestic TVs (not always to all of your neighbour’s content).

This could be even more of a problem if you were to take the TV into the awning or even to the outside. With the extra noise you get on a campsite (both natural and otherwise) and with the busy roads that a surprisingly large number of today’s caravan parks seem to have at least in the distance, the treble-biased sound here would be in danger of being drowned out.

So it’s good to know this TV has an associated soundbar (currently on sale as a pack with the TV, taking the price up to £498). I think I would be tempted to get it as well, even if that means more clutter in your van.

Fortunately, having an inbuilt DVD player means you don’t have to worry about having more clutter in that department (except perhaps for the DVD cases). This set even has clear labelling to show you which side way around to put the DVD in (with the shiny blank side facing towards you). The player is controlled on the same remote too.

The player makes a slight whirring sound as it loads. After all that new-fangled technology, it seems vaguely quaint to go back to something so clunky.

Check the latest price of the Sylvox on Amazon now.

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Technical specification

• Dimensions: 71 x 42 x 5 in cm
• Weight: 6.9kg
• Resolution: 1920×1050 FHD
• Brightness: 250cd/m2
• Screen size: 32-inch
• Power consumption: up to 50W

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