Temporary Blu Ray DVD Player Setup for Upcoming Vacation
02-23-2016, 09:37 AM
#1
Temporary Blu Ray DVD Player Setup for Upcoming Vacation
Planning on the first family road trip with my new f150. I started thinking it would be cool if the kids could watch blu ray dvds. Looked for portable ones at first then started thinking why not just use the one I have in the family room that plugs into 120v. I'll have to check the wattage but I don't think it pulls that much power.
Of course the other thing to figure out is a monitor. I was thinking of a small led computer monitor I have laying around.
If these are within the wattage (400w iirc) put out by the converter any reason this wouldn't work?
TIA
Of course the other thing to figure out is a monitor. I was thinking of a small led computer monitor I have laying around.
If these are within the wattage (400w iirc) put out by the converter any reason this wouldn't work?
TIA
02-23-2016, 09:44 AM
#2
Senior Member
I found a device from seagate, a 1 terabyte hard drive that emits a wifi signal, no Internet, but all your tablets and phones can log onto it. $140
You download your movies onto it, and the kids can watch whatever they want, on their own device.
Supposedly can handle 5 devices at 1x
Headrest mounts
Blutooth headphones
Both from amazon
I bought the hard drive, 10" tablets, mounts abs headphones all for less then $600
It can connect to any tablet, so you may not even need those
You'd have a rolling media center
We do 12 hr trips to Kansas, alot
You download your movies onto it, and the kids can watch whatever they want, on their own device.
Supposedly can handle 5 devices at 1x
Headrest mounts
Blutooth headphones
Both from amazon
I bought the hard drive, 10" tablets, mounts abs headphones all for less then $600
It can connect to any tablet, so you may not even need those
You'd have a rolling media center
We do 12 hr trips to Kansas, alot
02-23-2016, 12:22 PM
#4
Planning on the first family road trip with my new f150. I started thinking it would be cool if the kids could watch blu ray dvds. Looked for portable ones at first then started thinking why not just use the one I have in the family room that plugs into 120v. I'll have to check the wattage but I don't think it pulls that much power.
Of course the other thing to figure out is a monitor. I was thinking of a small led computer monitor I have laying around.
If these are within the wattage (400w iirc) put out by the converter any reason this wouldn't work?
TIA
Of course the other thing to figure out is a monitor. I was thinking of a small led computer monitor I have laying around.
If these are within the wattage (400w iirc) put out by the converter any reason this wouldn't work?
TIA
02-23-2016, 05:51 PM
#5
Senior Member
02-23-2016, 07:25 PM
#6
This little bugger runs off of micro USB (so you can power it via 12V to micro usb like it is a cell phone), supports a flash drive connected to it (in addition to the micro usb), and can act as a DLNA server for you kid's wifi enabled devices.
is the same thing, except with an internal battery, so the kids can continue to zombie out while you have the vehicle power off.
For both of these, I've tried with one device streaming (but haven't tried with bunches at a time).
There are other alternatives out there (possibly even cheaper), but some require hacking the device to install open-WRT or other Linux variants. These two come pretty much ready to go, just add flash drive.
Also, for ripping movies for the road, a free but capable ripper is handbrake, which has built in profiles for various mobile devices, which can cut down dramatically on the file sizes.
02-23-2016, 08:55 PM
#7
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02-23-2016, 08:58 PM
#8
If you want to go cheaper, here are some alternatives:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o03_s00 This little bugger runs off of micro USB (so you can power it via 12V to micro usb like it is a cell phone), supports a flash drive connected to it (in addition to the micro usb), and can act as a DLNA server for you kid's wifi enabled devices.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o05_s00 is the same thing, except with an internal battery, so the kids can continue to zombie out while you have the vehicle power off.
For both of these, I've tried with one device streaming (but haven't tried with bunches at a time).
There are other alternatives out there (possibly even cheaper), but some require hacking the device to install open-WRT or other Linux variants. These two come pretty much ready to go, just add flash drive.
Also, for ripping movies for the road, a free but capable ripper is handbrake, which has built in profiles for various mobile devices, which can cut down dramatically on the file sizes.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o03_s00 This little bugger runs off of micro USB (so you can power it via 12V to micro usb like it is a cell phone), supports a flash drive connected to it (in addition to the micro usb), and can act as a DLNA server for you kid's wifi enabled devices.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o05_s00 is the same thing, except with an internal battery, so the kids can continue to zombie out while you have the vehicle power off.
For both of these, I've tried with one device streaming (but haven't tried with bunches at a time).
There are other alternatives out there (possibly even cheaper), but some require hacking the device to install open-WRT or other Linux variants. These two come pretty much ready to go, just add flash drive.
Also, for ripping movies for the road, a free but capable ripper is handbrake, which has built in profiles for various mobile devices, which can cut down dramatically on the file sizes.
02-25-2016, 11:36 AM
#10
Senior Member
What app are your kids using on their tablets to access the devices? I came in here to suggest just buying a couple of cheap tablets like we do but a dlna server in the truck would be awesome! The storage limits even with maxed out SDcards on the tablets is sometimes problematic.