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Dual DVD players, one in each headrest. One movie can be watched on both if desired. Headrests are custom for each car, and installation looks pretty trivial. Look is substantially cleaner than the Lexus setup. Oh, and they're available for those Lexus SUVS.

The OEM Lexus setup looks terrible by comparison, and is more than three times the price.

endoverend

Yay for Wal-Mart and how they prey on redneck society.

FERRRARIONPOLE

carless bought another Mazda

Elhigh

skulldriveshaft

sos10

Deartháir

Smells_Homeless

Back when I was coming up (starting with my first road trip that I can recall in '79) we had to listen to whatever was on the radio, or maybe the 8-track player was working right. You wanted a movie? better travel at night and catch whatever was playing at the drive-ins. I read a lot, played games with my sisters and my parents, the license plate game, "How far is it" pick some random object far away and see how far it was.

As it is, my Explorer is the road-trip vehicle as it has rear air and radio controls! but you still either suffer in silence if you don't want to listen to what the rear passengers want and they have headphones, or tough out the 50th playing of some unworthy "music".

Ahh the simpler times, now you damn kids get off my lawn!

texan01

Tele

ash78, you are so right! Kids have lost the ability to entertain themselves. It's sad when the only talents they want to develop is to push buttons, and now this LCD (lowest common denominator) mentality has invaded the automotive world. Blame parents for putting their crappy corporate careers over the well-being of their offspring.

my favorite car is a motorcycle

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

I remember seeing ads for the Sony Watchman portable 3" color TV ($900 or so) and thinking how awesome that would be, but even then I knew it would only be fun for a little while.

In closing, what is up with kids today?

The Name's Ash78, Housewares

Best:
Do like mom and dad did when they were kids: Play the licence plate game.

JONNRG

ecobore

Want it done right? Fine. Here's what you do. Screen in back of seat. LCDs are cheap now, why fuck around with a 5" screen, get a 9" touch-screen or better. Since when was space at a premium in a luxury car? Hook each screen up to a DVD changer or MyGig hard-drive, or iPod, or whatever you want. Then, from the screen, hit the "source" button, and choose what you want to watch or listen to. Each screen can choose from its own media source, or what their kidly neighbour is watching.

Best of all, all of this equipment can be installed in nice remote, hidden locations. You would then, for a price of about, what, $4000 if you did it yourself, so say $8000 for the OEM, have a system that is integrated, clean, parent-controllable and kid friendly. In addition, most cars have integrated bluetooth. Add in some bluetooth headphones, one for each kiddie, and problem solved. This is software on a level of complexity equivalent to a moderate-to-high-end cellphone. Not rocket science. It's maybe one level of complexity above what's in my car now, and with a couple of good swift kicks, I could probably make mine do what I describe. I just have to read the manual again. Eventually.

Deartháir

Bo Darville

mytdawg

Timmy!

AuricTech

wookie1901

Suck it, dealer-installed profit margins.

The Name's Ash78, Housewares