| The automotive industry is getting more ideas | | | | display movies either on a screen in the |
| on how to pamper the passengers. One of the | | | | center-console, on a screen that descends |
| ways is to have a car DVD entertainment | | | | from the roof of the vehicle, or on a screen |
| system installed. Such a system can really be | | | | which flips up from the dashboard. Though |
| a life saver to the driver. Why? Imagine, | | | | these systems aren't portable outside the |
| you're headed across the country with your | | | | vehicle, once installed they don't require |
| family to visit the in-laws in Omaha, and | | | | any extra cords or setup: you can load in |
| your kids are driving you nuts. A car DVD | | | | your movies and drive away. Screens located |
| system allows you to pop in one of their | | | | either on the center console or which flip up |
| favorite movies and have them entertained for | | | | from the dashboard can double as displays for |
| hours while on the road. | | | | in-car GPS or navigation software, but they |
| | | | can be distracting to drivers. The flip-down |
| Today's auto market is becoming more and more | | | | screens avoid driver distraction, but they |
| diversified, with Hummers lining up next to | | | | are usually only convenient for back-seat |
| Smart Cars and Geo Metros in dealer lots. | | | | viewing, leaving a front seat passenger to |
| Perhaps one of the things many people do when | | | | count license plates or play I-Spy with the |
| they bought a new vehicle is to customize it | | | | driver. |
| with gadgets and accessories. Bored spouses | | | | |
| and kids make car DVD systems one of the | | | | In car DVD systems are perhaps the biggest |
| hottest new upgrades on the automotive | | | | boon to the long family road trip since Car |
| consumer market. | | | | Bingo, and as the technology improves you can |
| | | | expect the systems to get smaller, lighter, |
| There are two main types of in car DVD | | | | and cheaper. Though portable systems are |
| systems: portable and in-dash. Portable | | | | still the choice for families on the go since |
| systems, though not as sleek or worry-free as | | | | they require no expensive installation or |
| the in-dash systems, are considerably cheaper | | | | conversion, more and more auto manufacturers |
| and more versatile. They are usually powered | | | | have plans to include built-in systems in |
| by your car's 12-volt power adapter but can | | | | their vehicles, especially upscale and family |
| be converted to run from your home's power | | | | autos. |
| supply, allowing you to take the DVD player | | | | |
| and monitor into your in-laws house when your | | | | Trust me; it will be tough to find a driver |
| happy family arrives. | | | | for your next road trip. The entire family |
| | | | wants to be stretched out in the back seat |
| In-dash car DVD systems are hardwired into | | | | watching a movie. |
| your vehicle's entertainment system. They | | | | |