 VERY HAPPY WITH THIS PURCHASE |
| Review Date: June 22, 2009 |
| Reviewer: D. Mira, NY, USA |
I got it professionally installed in a car radio shop and this service cost us $100. The installer was surprised by the price we paid because it is almost half of what they would sell it for (a different brand). The instructions are in that Chinese to English translation which seems character by character but so far the product works very well (the installer gave us a quick tutorial). Our kids are very happy in the car right now, therefore the driver is too.
We like that we can play either one single movie in the two DVDs or two different movies. We haven't tried the games because our kids don't play video games yet. |
So far, So good
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| Review Date: July 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Michael G. Mcclain, Johnson City, TN United States |
Received these from eliteautosound within 7 days. I'd say I'm an average car stereo installer, so I thought I'd tackle the install myself in a 2005 Ford Explorer. It took about 2 hours to install, but some of that was dismantling my center console to get to the cigarette lighter wiring in the back seat. The instructions are obviously translated from Chinese and are terrible.
Basically, you need a Hot (RED) and a ground (BLACK)and the rear cigarette lighter does the trick. BTW, I tried splicing into a car charger and plugging it into the cigarette lighter....doesn't work, you have to tap directly into a hot wire.
To run the wires from the headrest, I just threaded the wiring through the post holes and reached up from the bottom of the seat. There is an access hole into the fabric of the explorer, so it was easy.
Another review said the parts weren't SONY. They are if you order from eliteautosound, but not the other seller. The controllers are cheap and one remote is finicky, but all in all I'm happy. I can't speak to the longevity because I just installed, but so far so good. |
wonderful units at incredible price!
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| Review Date: June 5, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Abaya, Houston, TX |
| Bought these for my CRV after searching online and am very pleased with these units. Even paying a local auto electronics installer (yes it is complicated and the instructions are not helpful), I still came out way ahead of retail pricing on similar units. DVD player has excellent quality and the wireless headsets with games are just HITS with my kids even on shorter drives. Plays all types of DVD media as well and zippered colors blend in well with interiors without being bulky or conspicous from the outside. Vendor packed well and shipped on time and thus am very happy with this purchase. |
Excellent Value! Great picture and sound
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| Review Date: July 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Brian W. Kirn, Hatboro, PA |
I purchased the headset dvd set because I was unable to install an overhead DVD player in my Suburban without having to buy a vehicle specific DVD player to accomodate for the A/C Controls in the ceiling. I was looking at dropping $1200 until I decided to pursue the headrest solution. I installed the units last week and my kids could not be happier! The picture and sound quality is amazing! The added bonus of a built in video game system was better than expected.
I strongly recommend this product for anyone cautiously looking. You could spend 3x the amount on another system, but the quality wouldn't be any better. |
Great deal for the price, easy to install, good picture
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| Review Date: November 26, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. D. Robinson, Atlanta, GA |
At the time I purchased, there were 11 other reviews of these headrest DVD players, mostly 5's. For ~$250, I took a chance and figured even if they were horrible quality it wasn't the biggest risk in the world. I have to say that I am very pleasantly surprised. I assumed that I was going to have to spend $800-$1200 to add video of some kind to the Pathfinder, but these things do the trick. . . and there are TWO of them. The headsets are good, they sound as good as any over the ear headsets and work like any manufacturer IR headsets. The video screens are decent quality, they are 16x9 so you get the full effect of widescreen. Even if you choose to play the movie and use the built-in speakers, you get decent sound.
The instructions have 1 tiny page with a simplistic picture and 2 sentences about how to install. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to hook up two wires (power and ground), but if it isn't your thing, you might call in a favor from a buddy or relative who is more comfortable hooking up wires. I ended up buying a couple "wire taps" at Radio Shack and connecting to the power seat harness on the 2005 Nissan Pathfinder. For better or worse, this cable always gets power so even when you turn the car off it will still play. Hope my wife remembers to turn them off or the battery will probably be drained after a leaving them on while at the mall.
The remotes are nice. They are thin and not to big. Despite access to basic features on the face of the unit and via menus, if you lose the remotes, you won't be able to do things like enabling the wireless headsets so don't let the kids take them out of the car.
The gray was a little lighter than the dark gray of our Pathfinder, but honestly, amidst all the other junk that my wife has in that car for the kid, I really doubt anyone will notice that the headrests don't match perfectly. Oh well. Again, price trumps perfect color matching.
On our next car, I am sure that we will get the built-in entertainment package, and if you have a really nice car you are not going to want to plop these in. For a Pathfinder or Odyssey, these are great and worse case you only spent a fraction of what you would for retrofitting factory DVD. These are basically "disposable" from that perspective, but the quality is much better than you would expect.
Don't hesitate if you somehow turned these up in your search for a DVD headrest. If you think that they fit the bill of you what you are looking for, I can tell you that they probably will work for you. Take the extra $1,000 you saved and buy a nice HDTV and Blu Ray player for your man cave. |
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