Finicky kids may have their opinions about which brand of peanut butter or sugar-crusted breakfast cereal they prefer, but surely every single one of them wants HD over SD for their in-car viewing experience. Panasonic's giving them just that, a pair of dash-mountable devices that will finally let you toss those DVDs Disney's been sneaking in with its Blu-ray releases. First is the CN-HX3000D Windows-powered device, with a 7-inch, 1280 x 720 display offering GPS, Bluetooth, a 40GB hard drive, and iPod/iPhone compatibility. Pair that with the CY-BB1000D in-car Blu-ray player (which, sadly, is not
BD-Live compatible) and
bam you've got all the high-def Chicken Little you can handle. Mind you all this will surely come with quite a price tag when it releases this fall, and while Panny isn't willing to say just much, isn't keeping your little videophiles happy worth any cost?
[Via
Newlaunches.com]
posted Apr 22nd 2009 7:14AM
I suppose some day this could be pretty normal... just like going to buy an AVIC or something today. But damn if that just seems ridiculously unnecessary...
I like this. I have a daughter is two years old so really doesn't watch TV. But I collect Blu Rays so I would think all the future Disney movies I buy fir ger would be on Blu Ray. So it would make sense to have something to play them on in the car for the long trips.
And they worry about people talking on cellphones!
These are actually illegal in California.
They're illegal in most states to have them playing a video if they face the driver while the car is in motion. Most (at least mine does) has a component or whatever that makes the DVD unable to play unless the parking break is up IF INSTALLED PROPERLY.Most people just don't care ^_^ (like myself) and have it installed without that "safeguard".
Can you even see the difference between DVD on such a small monitor in the car?
What, No OLED? boohoohooo