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Mon 16 Jun 2008 15:30
In Car Entertainment (DVD player) - 007
In the good old days children would generally be happy to play 'I Spy' and other games when on long-haul to holiday destination. However, my grand-children are saving-up to buy DVD player with twin screens to fit on back of front seat headrests.

A well known consumer magazine has not done a test on these, yet. So, please can anyone in the Backroom give me the benefit of their experience and recommend a make which they have found to be reliable?

TIA
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Mon 16 Jun 2008 16:48
In Car Entertainment (DVD player) - rogue-trooper
I bought a cheap (!) and cheerful one a couple of years back. Was the cheapest I could find and think it was £120 or £170. No doubt they are cheaper now. Seems to work well. Really think a cheapy will be adequate. Expensive ones will no doubt have better picture/sound quality but I presume that that is not important. Think mine is made by Ferguson or some such company.
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Mon 16 Jun 2008 19:19
In Car Entertainment (DVD player) - Jonathan {p}
We've got a centurion in the back of our car. Its nothing special, but the kids love it on long journeys (consequently we love it too). Its got wireless headphones so they can hear the films and we can listen to cd's or radio too.
Its the drop down from the ceiling type, so its not as easy to spot for car thieves. The player is under the drivers seat which is a bit of a pain, but you can buy cheap ones that have the player built in (like this one caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/5301...l )
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Mon 16 Jun 2008 19:49
In Car Entertainment (DVD player) - PhilW
Is this a thread hi-jack?
Its a great pity that kids have these things available because there is a continuous DVD being played through the windows - the landscape. Not only that, but it can be talked about, things pointed out etc. I remember taking a party of kids to Austria once and as we reached our destination there were glaciers, mountain peaks, thundering waterfalls, beautiful villages etc and what did they want? "Can we have "American Pie on the video?".
On the other hand, before the days of all these video things we used to drive to Greece - our "kids" still talk of all the things they saw out of the windows of the car as we went through Europe, last year my daughter went to Croatia for her hols because " it looked beautiful when we drove through all those years ago".
I blame air travel, get on a plane, travel for 3 hours, see nowt out of the windows, not a clue what is going on below, ask a kid where they have been for hols and they say "Greece", ask them to find it on a map - not a clue, ask them how far it was and they say 3 hours- about the same as Scarborough but without the traffic jams.
By the way, some fantastic DVD players available these days, brilliant value and boy do they keep the kids quiet - like chloroform would - smiley coming up, I'm an old fashioned grumpy old git - hope you have a great hol. with grandkids! ;-)
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