Re: In Car Videos - the back seat?

["keyvan2r" <keyvan@xxxxxxx>]

This could be useful for in car use:

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--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@a...> wrote:
>=20
> > - Are there any rules about turning screens off is the screen
is=20
ONLY
> > visible to the passengers in the rear seat?
>=20
> Nope ... and it's fine to have a front seat passenger facing=20
screen too ...
> it must just not be visible to the driver.
>=20
> > - Which is the most useful:
> >
> > -- Individual screens in seat backs
> > -- Individual flip-down screens in the roof
> > -- One larger flip-down screen in the middle of the roof
> >
> > By "most useful" I mean "gives the best
movie-watching=20
experience",
> > not cheapest / easiest to install...
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> I would usually tend to go for screens in the backs of headrests=20
if possible
> as they are easier for kids to watch ... roof mounted screens are=20
too high
> for children and they end up with sore necks from looking up all=20
the time.
> Roof mounted screens are also directly in the line of sight for=20
adults
> whereas headrest mounted screens are conveniently slightly out of=20
direct
> line of sight. It's also easier to run cabling up inside a seat=20
back than it
> is to run cabling up into a roof.
>=20
> > And... here's the $1,000,000 question. Are the systems REALLY=20
better
> > than a laptop on the picnic table, wired into the car's audio=20
system?
>=20
> Yes because you don't have to faff about with them to get them=20
running ...
> you don't have to be able to use a touchpad to get to transport=20
controls or
> use 240v invertors to juice up transformers. It's the old
"debate"=20
about why
> would you buy a Pronto for =A3150 when you can use your PDA - or
why=20
would you
> buy an iPronto for =A31500 when you can buy a tablet PC ... some=20
people don't
> mind messing about to get something working and all power to them=20
(hell, how
> much time am I spending trying to get this networked DVD playback=20
sorted)
> but for others the ability for it to "just work" is more
important.
>=20
> Phil