When it comes to tricking out your car there are many ways to go about it. However, one of the easiest and most enjoyable is to add an overhead car DVD player to your riding pleasure. They are one of the most luxurious accessories for your car. Most of them can now be wired into the car’s sound system and have brackets to permit installing them into the ceiling of your car. What is really cool about this type of player is that when the “On” button is pressed, a monitor drops down from its ceiling housing.
One of the first considerations as to which overhead DVD car player you should purchase is the size of the monitor. They come in a variety of sizes. The determining factor is the size of your vehicle and just what can its unique interior design permit to be installed in the vehicle’s ceiling. The particular monitor sizes range from 7″ all the way up to 15″. There are some video manufacturers who will handle custom sizes, but be prepared to pay for anything custom-made.
You might decide to go with inexpensive, which will allow you to play DVDs in your car, but the quality may be quite lacking. The basic models generally will have built-in speakers that are all right, but they sound tinny compared to those units that can be wired into the vehicle’s stereo system. Also, some basic models do not have a provision for a remote control, which you can do without, but we all have come to appreciate the value of a remote control especially when there is no one else able to handle the controls of the overhead player.
Another consideration is the availability of accessories. Most overhead car DVD players provide jacks for headphones. The use of headphones is wonderful, for the sound is great for the DVD viewer, and the quiet is sublime for the driver of the car. A fantastic feature built-in to most good headphones is their ability to blank out sound from outside the car. Some of the better overhead models provide ports to plug in auxiliary sources such as MP3 players and even iPods.
Prices for the overhead DVD player for car on a recent online search revealed a low of $134.95 for a very basic model to a high of $999.99 for a system that had these features:
* 15.4 inch TFT active matrix display
* Universal slim fit design
* Normal, Cinema, and Widescreen display modes
* Front and rear inputs
* RCA A/V output
* Built-in IR transmitter for wireless headphones
* Built-in LED dome lights for interior lighting of the car
* Remote control included.
Available options on many of the better to best DVD players are
* Video game controllers
* Games
* Wireless headphones and transmitters
* IPod interface
* Bluetooth compatibility
* MP3 player
* CD-R and CD-RW playback capability
Remember this old adage, you get what you pay for, and it was never truer than in the pursuit of the ideal player. More built-in features generally equate to higher price tags. Yet, the easiest way to begin the customization of your ride is to buy a quality overhead car DVD player. The backseat riders will really appreciate it on a long trip.
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