Majestic 12-volt entertainment systems offers some cool products for the marine and RV markets, and they’re on display at the Seattle Boat Show up in “Electronics Alley”, as I call it; C-2115 is the booth number.

These are not AC-powered units re-engineered to run off 12 volts; they have been designed from the ground up for 12 volts, and they have some spectacular (and super-secret) voltage-management hardware built in.

For instance, I just observed this 19-inch monitor (with built-in DVD player) operate successfully at voltages ranging from under 8 volts to over 29 volts. Local rep John Wedeberg had a multimeter hooked up to a variable DC power source for this demonstration. I was impressed.

Combine robust performance (back by a 3-year marine warranty) with a line of versatile products you can use as chartplotter repeaters and laptop monitors as well as entertainment displays, and Majestic appears to be well on its way.

If you haven’t heard of Majestic before, it’s probably because the company is Australian, and its North American presence is still expanding.

Oh, they also offer an versatile array of mounting hardware: