I am going on vacation and would like to purchase a dual portable DVD player to entertain our children during the trip. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
It really depends on ur personal likes/dislikes, what features you need, which ones provide good customer support, ease of use, weight, is a travel case included, the age of the children using, easy instruction? Go to a website like Sony ans see if they provide a comparison to other companies
I'm trying to hook up my playstation to my portable dvd player that has two screens.... I plug my playstation into one of the screens and it works fine but i can't connect the screens together after i plug in my playstation because there is no other red yellow and white holes to plug them into....... Is there a cable I can buy to do this? like a y adapter or something?
U got it....u need a Y adapter to convert the av red and white sound cables to the universal headphone jack.
U need something similar to this but the av has to be female input. because the av from ur ps is male connectors.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M-M-3-5mm-to-AV-RCA-Audio-Y-Adapter-Cable-for-Ipod-MP3_W0QQitemZ160134757836QQihZ006QQcategoryZ31492QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
edit: If ur portable dvd player has no audio input then u need the adapter to have a female headphone jack so u can connect ur headphones to it.
Does anyone know where I can find a dual screen portable DVD player with battery? Our current one stopped working and I cannot find one with a battery for the main screen anywhere. We like to bring the main screen on airplanes with us which is why we need the battery.
Here is a link to an example of a dual screen portable DVD player:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Element-7-Dual-Screen-Portable-DVD-Player-E750-DPD/sem/rpsm/oid/180352/catOid/-12874/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
This one does not have a battery on the main unit. It needs to be plugged in at all times (wall outlet or in the car). 95% of the time that would be okay, but on occasion we would like to be able to just take the main unit on an airplane and use it.
Thanks!
I saw your previous question a few days ago and I have not seen anything like what you want.
You may be in one of those fall off places where the device doesn't have enough market demand for what you want. But I think I have a solution.
I do think that you could find two portable DVDs that include a video out on one and a video in on the other and with a little creative wiring get what you want.
You will need two of the following players to do this and a RCA coupler set. Connect the included mini jack to RCA cable on the player with the DVD to its av out. hook the other mini to the other players input and use the coupler to hook them together.
Make sure to use headphones for best sound.
I am especially interested in 1) sound quality 2) screen quality and 3) ease with which dvds can be changed/loaded while driving. This is for two kids in backseat so it would need a headrest harness.
There are lots of models out there, and usually very cheap.
Might I suggest getting a model that allows for input and output and not strictly for the Car. You'll need a coupler but will be able to use these elsewhere and have the ability to have games systems or two different movies on them, but this will be a question as far as age ( since these will not have a headrest harness per say). You will need to look at good headphones or a RF modulator or mini cable or tape adapter (depending on the car).
If you gave just a little more detail i would feel better about a recommendation.
Also, do you know any websites that sell these?
sony is a great one because its a brand that you can trust but if you were looking for one thats not as exspensive but still good try the ones they have at walmart there good to and they stick behind there brand
The main screen has a separate digital out and av in hole in addition to these three to connect to the second screen-DC out, IR link, AV out. The second screen has only av in ir link, dc in-all which connect to the first screen. The player came with an av cable, one side connects to the main screen digital out. The other end has 3-red,yellow,white-but they can't connect to PS2-is this where I need a separate adapter? If so, what? I'll bet Radio Shack will have what I need, they always do! Thanks so much in advance. I am travelling with two little boys this weekend and this will save my sanity on the long car-ride if one can watch a movie and the other can play a game!!!! Then they won't fight (or maybe not as much:)...).
the red, yellow, and white should be able to connect to the ps2 using the ordinary av cable
if you have some sort of strange ps2 cable, get something like this
http://www.buynshop.com/productinfo/73/VG-PS-CAAV/?PHPSESSID=da44a1adbc233a6c410e03273137a50c
you might also need this, which allows the ps2 to draw power from the car
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4183750
It was included in the 5 am-11 am sale. It started with a P
Check with circuit city. if you have your receipt they are obligated to provide you with it!
Most electronics stores like rebates because if there is a problem most people will not go to the trouble of getting results!
Remember let the buyer beware
I bought an Insignia dual screen portable DVD player at Best Buy. I have returned 2 so far because I can't get them to play using battery power. I have called the Insignia help line 3 times with no success. I have tried plugging the unit in for 24+ hrs to charge the battery - both with the unit on and with the unit off. I assume that I should be able to play a movie, and remove the power plug to let the battery take over.....or turn the unit on without having the power cord plug in.....I can't do either. I can't find any switch to engage the battery....can't find any settings in the menus of the DVD player....and can't find any instructions about the battery in the manual. The helpline insists that it has an internal battery and that it should last about 2.5 hrs. I thought I was a smart guy, but I'm feeling very dumb......please help!
Hello,
I am sorry. I searched and searched and I was unable to find anything that said that there was a battery inside the "dual screen unit". Looking at the website, Insignia has many other portable DVD players. I am thinking that when someone said that they had a battery they were referring to those other units. I even looked through the manual and there was NO mention of a battery, internal or otherwise, except for in the remote control. This may be why you had two other units that wouldn't work off of "battery" power. Insignia only sells one dual screen unit (active and discontinued). Do you recall where you got the information that there was a battery? When the unit was plugged in, did you notice any icon that indicated that a battery was charging (a light, maybe)?? If I get further information maybe I will be able to help you more, I apologize for not being more helpful. (Hey, at least you're not dumb :) ) SMILE and be merry.
What about the wiring ? And are they hard to hook up. I was looking at and it seems like NONE of them come with a battery do they ?
mainly there is a wire from the dvd payer to each screen and then there is a power supply that plugs into a cigarette lighter. in our car we have a land rover and we put them both up by trapping them in the sun roof and it swings very little.
i would say they are worth the money to get.
any where in new mexico or el paso,texas
Go to Radio Shack - they carry all sorts of adapters!
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I first saw Sharp Dual View at the CEATEC 2005 trade show in Tokyo and was blown away with its potential: Why shouldn't a front-seat passenger have the ability to watch a movie, too? Alas, U.S. automakers didn't have the blinding clarity of vision I had. That or they saw problems not immediately evident to mere journalists:
-- Dual View / Splitview provides half the resolution to each person, so the auto industry's highest-resolution LCD display, the 1280-by-480 panel on high-end BMWs would effectively be a vanilla 640-by-480 VGA for each viewer; that resolution dates back to the mid-1980s on PCs. On the other hand, the pixel density of a display that's 7 to 10 inches diagonal remains pretty high. And it's not hard to jack up the resolution on smaller panels.
-- Special panels and display drivers are required, increasing development costs. Of course, if Splitview sells a few more $85,000 Benzes, you get back your investment pretty quick.
-- Some state legislatures, not thinking ahead to the era of Dual View / Splitview, wrote laws that prohibited video playback in the front seat when the car was moving, as opposed to using their collective wisdom - we are talking state legislature here - to write laws that say "can't be viewed by the driver when in motion." When I previously asked other automakers why they didn't leap to embrace Dual View, they all cited legal hassles as one reason for inaction. Either Mercedes has worked around the problem or realizes it's not a problem for all practical purposes. Think how many portable GPS units technically violate windshield obstruction laws, and how few tickets are written. (The states with GPS-exemption laws often say it has to be down low in the left corner, while most units are centered in the windshield.)
Sharp says Dual View uses a parallax barrier , or mask, that orients the view of alternating pixels left then right, left then right. Splitview isn't like those velvet paintings where, as you walk along, you see Elvis, then Jesus, Elvis, Jesus (that is, where you can see each image from multiple angles). Here the driver sees the left-facing image best when he or she is 30-45 degrees off center; it fades as you move closer to being directly in front of the LCD. To see the movie the passenger is watching, you'd have to move your head over almost to the center of the passenger seat; simply moving your head to the centerline of the car wouldn't be good enough.
Visteon, the auto electronics manufacturer, previously released a back-seat DVD player with Dual View (a lso a replacement in-dash radio / navigation system), but success was limited. One reason is that the trend has been away from a single DVD player / display that drops down from the roof (obscuring the rear view mirror in some cases) in favor of separate screens in the backs of the two front headrests, giving each back seat passenger a display directly in front.
I could see Splitview also being popular in high-end 2+2 touring cars - meaning costly, great front comfort, pretty tight in back - where it's typically two people traveling together. It would also play well in SUVs, crossovers and minivans where mom or dad in the front passenger seat wants to watch the same movie the kids are seeing in back. The long term trend is the same as on airlines: one seat, one display, rather than shared displays. For a lot of passengers, an iPod is the display, although for longer trips, it's easier to jack into a bigger display.
Most automakers (just not the Germans) now lock out access to some navigation commands when the car is rolling. You can call up a preset address at speed, but not enter the address character-by-character. With a Dual View / Splitview display, you could at least allow the passenger to enter a new destination while underway, browse the Web if the car has an embedded cellphone, or find a hotel or restaurant, all without stopping. In a decade, Dual View / Splitview may be the de facto standard display on every car.
Originally posted to Gearlog . 
While I can’t say that the “ Da Vinci Code ” is a bad film per say, I will mention that the movie felt overly long and at times extremely weighty. By this I meant the film tried to do too much and at times literally collapsed under its own weight. The 2nd film (well prequel) doesn’t have these same issues and despite somewhat similar run times for the theatrical cuts, is fluid throughout keeping the viewers attention with its solid pace. I believe what helps “ Angels & Demons ” succeed where “ Da Vinci Code ” failed, is that the different locales the film used. While “ Code ” clearly did use different locales, I found the use of the Roman background to be not only fascinating at times but also historical important. I’ll come off and say that I don’t follow any type of religion but I still find the material to be interesting, particularly the art behind the subject matter. Here we’re given a kind of first hand access to some of these more important sculptures and paintings, most of which are amazing. The sheer detail is really a sight to behold making me want to physical see these in person. Moving from area to area, the pace never seems to falter or lose our attention. I actually felt like I was watching a kind of “ 24 ” type movie (especially in one scene) as that show is able to keep viewers tuned in simply because of the way the show is designed and pace. I will also mention that “ Demons ” has rather interesting characters as well.
What works here is that there really isn’t a character that is annoying nor ever feels that they’re there just to be on screen. One of the strongest characters is that of the Camerlengo, portrayed excellently by McGregor . He’s so convincing that when I first saw the film I didn’t even realize it was McGregor playing him until about halfway through. McGregor channels the Camerlengo perfectly capturing all the emotions in a manner that not only brings home the tension of possible pending doom but also the real sadness of the man who raised him (the former Pope) being gone. Tom Hanks as Langdon is convincing as well. It seems that no matter what kind of character Hanks portrays, his performance always comes off as realistic simply because Hanks is able to throw his all into these roles. Very few actors are able to do this, but I actually bought him as possibly knowing the information he actually knows.
Video Quality on this release is in full 1080p using the AVC MPEG-4 codec on a BD-50 (50 gigabyte dual-layered Blu-ray Disc ) in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio. I’ve said this before but I’ll easily say this again. Sony continues to deliver on their day-and-date titles and “ Angels and Demons ” is absolutely no exception. The most noticeable aspect that makes this transfer just look great is the film’s use of locales. Filming in and around the different infamous landmarks throughout Rome, the sense of detail at times is stunning. Each of these landmarks, whether shot with an up close feel or a wider feel, do display a good amount of “3-D” pop that we like to talk about. The film’s color palette also pops off the screen as well. The blacks and reds of the Camerlengo are both deep and bold, inky and strong, while never becoming a blotchy mess. Fleshtones are accurate as well with no instance of contrast levels being overly pumped up. My only real slight complaint is that some of the really dark locations (like the chambers where the cardinals are being held) tend to lose a bit of detail here. The shots are mostly fluid but I did notice some banding whenever there was a quick movement from the camera. Besides this little complaint, I found this transfer to be faithfully to my theatrical experience this past May. All in all this receives a fantastic “ 4.5 Star Rating “.
Audio Quality on this release is presented in DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio . Fairing equally as well is the included DTS-HD audio track. Right from the initial opening scenes, there is a deep boom from the sub mostly thanks to the film’s score by Hans Zimmer . Speaking of the score, Zimmer’s score is great and really captures the elements of the film. In particular, I found the subtle use of chanting throughout really helped to bring home the tension. Anyhow moving on, the film’s dialogue has been fixed since when I saw it in theaters. Now I’m not sure if the theater I saw it in was having audio issues that day (or that the theater’s really hold —- probably the latter), but I found some of the dialogue was a bit difficult to make out at times. Seeing the film for the 2nd time around I found no issues what so ever. No drop out or really hard to understand dialogue. Dynamics are excellent throughout, whether it be background dialogue or the varying occurrences at the different locales. Take for example the sequence with one of the cardinals. I’m not going to spell out the scene as this is a film spoiler, but what does occur gives us a solid use of both atmosphere and a sense of realism. Almost like we’re there. All in all this receives a similar “ 4.5 Star Rating “.
Bonus Materials are presented in Hi-Def ( HD ) video with Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo sound.
Disc 1 includes:
BD-Live is included on this Sony Blu-ray Disc release, which requires the user to be on a “ Profile 2.0 ” capable Blu-ray Disc Player to access online content such as trailers. “ movieIQ ” uses BD-Live and gives viewers up to date information about the film from cast and crew to production facts all while watching the film. “ cinechat ” uses BD-Live and allows viewers to send on-screen instant messages to friends as they watch the film together.Disc 2 includes:
“ Rome Was Not Built in a Day ” (17:30) reveals the secrets the filmmakers used to basically develop the world the film takes place in. “ Writing Angels & Demons ” (10:09) has author Dan Brown discussing how the filmmakers adapted his novel into the film. “ Characters in Search of the True Story ” (17:10) looks into the cast and crew and their experiences of portraying characters from Brown’s novel. “ CERN: Pushing the Frontiers of Knowledge ” (14:52) details the world’s largest and most respected scientific research centers. Some of the workers are interviewed and their thoughts on science are quite interesting. “ Handling Props ” (11:35) looks into the various props the film used, as the title would suggest. “ Angels & Demons : The Full Story ” (9:46) is a little behind-the-scenes look into the film. “ This is an Ambigram ” (4:46) is a very brief look into ambigrams or words that look the same right side up or upside down. “The Path of Illumination” : This is an interactive (feature) history lesson that takes you throughout Rome giving you information on varying locales as well as behind-the-scenes footage — all of which are in stunning Hi-Def video quality. This proves to be pretty enjoyable and informative of an experience for fans of the film.Disc 3 is a DVD-ROM and includes:
Digital Copy : A Digital Copy of the film is included which is compatible with both iTunes and Windows Media compatible portable devices (including Sony ’s PSP ) and is both compatible with Mac and PC. “ Hans Zimmer Music Studio ” is a trial version of this program is included that allows viewers to compose their own score for the film.Overall the bonus materials are interesting as they do give us a glimpse into the world the film had to create in order to bring home the elements of Dan Brown’s novel. With a faithful video and audio presentation, this one comes recommended for fans of the film and a strong rental for those curious about the film.
