[SatNews] Small, high-definition flat screen TVs are becoming increasingly affordable, and owners of boats as small as 20′ are taking advantage of the savings to upgrade their onboard entertainment options.

Now, even the smallest satellite TV systems such as the TracVision® M1DX and M3DX from KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) bring HDTV programming to these HD-ready screens. KVH is making the onboard HDTV experience more affordable for smaller boats with a new promotion that offers a free DISH Network® 211k HDTV receiver to customers who purchase an in-motion TracVision M1DX or M3DX marine satellite TV antenna through March 31, 2011, making it more affordable than ever for boaters to enjoy the same crystal-clear HDTV on the water that they’re used to at home. KVH’s NMEA award-winning TracVision antenna family brings reliable, high-quality satellite communications and entertainment to boaters around the globe. The 12.5" TracVision M1 and 14.5" M3 antennas are part of the complete line of TracVision satellite TV systems, which offers compact, high-performance, and global solutions to meet the needs of any boater, on any vessel, anywhere in the world. For boaters who want to add DIRECTV® HD programming to their larger boats, KVH also offers the groundbreaking TracVision HD7, which tracks up to three Ka- or Ku-band satellites simultaneously via a single 24" antenna.