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In car and portable DVD's
I'm looking for a DVD player for my 8 year old and was curious as to what others use. I read with interest the thread about the armrest DVD player fitted by a couple of members but was a bit put off by having to purchase it from China. Knowing my luck it would break in the first 2 minutes and I would have the hassle of trying to get a replacement. Is there anything else worth a look or is it a case of getting something that hangs onto the headrest? You may have gathered that I don't want to spend fortunes on an all singing and dancing entertainment system, just something for long journeys that looks reasonably neat and tidy.
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Aldi often have a dual screen setup with dvd player ..all leads for the car and straps for the head rests ...about £80 for the lot last time if my memory serves me correctlyG4 Gone ...but not forgotten
13th Feb 2009 11:40 am
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I got mine from Argos, they regualrly have similarly priced dual screen setups. Moved around between cars/houses/tents! and is still going strong 2 years later. Bodsys Brake Bible
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13th Feb 2009 12:02 pm
Shrinky
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Got mine from Argos as well. Twin screen for £79 I think. Added a third screen for the third row. Plug it all into the aux. socket for some great sound too Global Warming.... I'm luvvin it
13th Feb 2009 12:43 pm
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Where did you get the 3rd screen from as that would be excellent for me. & how was it connected in? Was it one of the Acoustic Solutions branded DVD's?Bodsys Brake Bible
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13th Feb 2009 12:57 pm
Shrinky
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I got the third screen from argos as well. £29 for 7" widescreen. I am not sure if they still sell it though. All Acoustic Solutions.Global Warming.... I'm luvvin it
13th Feb 2009 1:08 pm
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Will keen my eye out..... How did you have it connected to the central DVD player as there's only two screen outputs?Bodsys Brake Bible
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13th Feb 2009 1:09 pm
Shrinky
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There are two main screen outputs but on the side there is a jack type video out(like a headphone socket). Just plug the other screen in there Global Warming.... I'm luvvin it
13th Feb 2009 1:14 pm
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I used to have a playstation with 2 x screens hung over headrests and LOTS of cables floating around the car.
Reason for getting D3 was to allow all 4 kids to come in the car, and that made me think - should I take the 2 screens and try to hang them between head rests on 2nd and 3rd rows?
Solution driven from requirements (sounds like a project!), in that with 2 brothers in the car, a decision could be made on which film to watch, but with 4 kids in the car, including boys and girls, there was NO WAY a decision to watch Narnia vs High School Musical would be made.
So.....solution was to buy 4 x portable DVD players so they can all have their own screen and film choice. Managed to get then for about £55 each, so were kids Xmas presents. Using with headphones is a must, and a 200 mile journey will be made tonight on this basis....wish me luck!
13th Feb 2009 2:50 pm
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Yup, that works well for us, 1 x twin screen DVD for when more than one of them wants to watch the same film, 1 x personal DVD and 1 x laptop for Autoroute (eldest lad likes to tell me what route we're doing ) and associated games etc etc etc.
I have some long velcro strips to hang the screen between the two front seats which whilst not the most aesthetical solution, it did the trick down to Tuscanny and back
And yes, headsets are def a must!!!!
Talking of headsets, does anyone have any links to low cost full over ear headsets?Bodsys Brake Bible
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) and associated games etc etc etc.
