Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
Moderators: User administrators, Moderators
- Yozza
- Registered user
- Posts: 45
- Joined: 15 Oct 2008, 19:28
- 80-90 Mem No: 6195
- Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
Ay up,
Our next mission is to camp at St Ives. Which at a steady 60mph is gonna be a looooooonnnnng trip down for me and our 3 year old. I'm considering a portable dvd player but the distance from the little uns rear bench to the rear of the passenger seat is too far for a 7" display. I'm also playing with the idea of trying to mount our laptop on the rear of the seat which is a 15" display, or a drop down dvd player.
Has anyone else come up with the same problem? Any one got any good ideas on how to get round this problem?
Cheerz
Our next mission is to camp at St Ives. Which at a steady 60mph is gonna be a looooooonnnnng trip down for me and our 3 year old. I'm considering a portable dvd player but the distance from the little uns rear bench to the rear of the passenger seat is too far for a 7" display. I'm also playing with the idea of trying to mount our laptop on the rear of the seat which is a 15" display, or a drop down dvd player.
Has anyone else come up with the same problem? Any one got any good ideas on how to get round this problem?
Cheerz
T25 '90 2.1i 16" Doka
JCB 3C MkII
Thwaites 6000
JCB 3C MkII
Thwaites 6000
- Team28crew
- Registered user
- Posts: 190
- Joined: 29 Jul 2008, 20:26
- 80-90 Mem No: 5770
- Location: Wirral
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
I have a headunit that plays DVDs and the plan is to fit a flip down monitor say 12-15", the Mrs can then change the discs and pause etc without climbing into the back or the little uns dropping the remote or fighting over it. The only problem would be that we have to listen to the bloody kids DVDs but Im thinking up a solution to that one......... ear plugs !
1986 1.9DF LeisureDrive Hi Top LPG'd by Gasure
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
19 inch LCD TV with built in DVD player strapped to the back of the drivers seat and running off the leisure battery.
Martin.
Diesel is an engine not a fuel.
I liked camping so much I went full time.
Diesel is an engine not a fuel.
I liked camping so much I went full time.
- Team28crew
- Registered user
- Posts: 190
- Joined: 29 Jul 2008, 20:26
- 80-90 Mem No: 5770
- Location: Wirral
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
19 inch LCD TV with built in DVD player strapped to the back of the drivers seat and running off the leisure battery.
Image
Pimp my ride Westwood That looks ace mate, any pics of the swimming pool
1986 1.9DF LeisureDrive Hi Top LPG'd by Gasure
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
Team28crew wrote:19 inch LCD TV with built in DVD player strapped to the back of the drivers seat and running off the leisure battery.
Image
Pimp my ride Westwood That looks ace mate, any pics of the swimming pool
That only happened once when I was too drunk to find the portaloo.
Martin.
Diesel is an engine not a fuel.
I liked camping so much I went full time.
Diesel is an engine not a fuel.
I liked camping so much I went full time.
- keith
- Registered user
- Posts: 2507
- Joined: 04 Jun 2007, 12:15
- 80-90 Mem No: 5169
- Location: stoke on trent
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
i have a 10.2" flip down tv dvd....mounted in the roof panel on my westy.
I have recently invested in some IR headphones for my little girl....
she thinks its ace...i can listen to the radio ....not Ice age for the 100th time
I have recently invested in some IR headphones for my little girl....
she thinks its ace...i can listen to the radio ....not Ice age for the 100th time
1989 Westfalia Joker TDi
Discovery 5
Couple of motor bikes
Discovery 5
Couple of motor bikes
-
- Trader
- Posts: 16424
- Joined: 08 Jun 2009, 09:51
- 80-90 Mem No: 6908
- Location: Surrey Syncronaut #156
- Contact:
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
72BUG wrote:19 inch LCD TV with built in DVD player strapped to the back of the drivers seat and running off the leisure battery.
I hope you don't force your kids to watch that kind of drivel- it's psychological abuse
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
silverbullet wrote:72BUG wrote:19 inch LCD TV with built in DVD player strapped to the back of the drivers seat and running off the leisure battery.
I hope you don't force your kids to watch that kind of drivel- it's psychological abuse
Not a problem as I don't have kids and the dogs don't mind.
Actually it was the crappest DVD I could find because I didn't know if the telly worked at the time and I didn't want to risk putting a decent DVD in and not getting it back out again.
Martin.
Diesel is an engine not a fuel.
I liked camping so much I went full time.
Diesel is an engine not a fuel.
I liked camping so much I went full time.
- edoh
- Registered user
- Posts: 240
- Joined: 12 Aug 2007, 08:42
- 80-90 Mem No: 3974
- Location: epping essex
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
what brand of player - (special attachments required?) - and if you have the time -
how did u wire up to leisure battery?
edoh
how did u wire up to leisure battery?
edoh
Owner of a red T25 fixed hi top campervan - colour - spikey red - petrol - water cooled - 1.9 dg engine rhd - 1990 g reg n still going strong!-
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
I gotta admit I really like the idea of a drop down screen but at the moment we've an old-ish laptop which sits on top of the buddy box and is held in place with a strap. Power, when needed, comes via the leisure battery and a cheap 12v to 18v adaptor available from ebay/maplin though I can't see why it won't run off an inverter? And with all the other uses we have for the laptop plus the ability to hide it or take it with us when the vans parked up.
... one other thing, we run VLC media player as you can turn the volume up louder than most of the other DVD software.
... one other thing, we run VLC media player as you can turn the volume up louder than most of the other DVD software.
We're doomed!
- Yozza
- Registered user
- Posts: 45
- Joined: 15 Oct 2008, 19:28
- 80-90 Mem No: 6195
- Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
Thanks fellas for all the replies, pics and tips. Infa red headphones sound like a saviour, my little un likes watching dvd's until she has learned every line of the story (it started with Bee movie and we're currently on Thomas the Tank engine).
T25 '90 2.1i 16" Doka
JCB 3C MkII
Thwaites 6000
JCB 3C MkII
Thwaites 6000
- Mocki
- Membership Admin
- Posts: 17032
- Joined: 29 Sep 2005, 09:27
- 80-90 Mem No: 428
- Location: Mansfield Notts
- Contact:
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
T-3PO wrote:I gotta admit I really like the idea of a drop down screen but at the moment we've an old-ish laptop which sits on top of the buddy box and is held in place with a strap. Power, when needed, comes via the leisure battery and a cheap 12v to 18v adaptor available from ebay/maplin though I can't see why it won't run off an inverter? And with all the other uses we have for the laptop plus the ability to hide it or take it with us when the vans parked up.
... one other thing, we run VLC media player as you can turn the volume up louder than most of the other DVD software.
i have a 10" digital tv/dvd/media flat screen mounted in the camper above the bog seat, does the llot, wasnt cheap but looks ok.
for audio, i use one of these
cheap as chips and sends the signal to the stereo for free!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wireless-FM-Trans ... 4a9b4f9d75" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Steve
tel / txt O7947-137911
________________
1989 2.1LpgWBX HiTop Leisuredrive Camper
1988 2.1 Caravelle TS TinTop Camper
tel / txt O7947-137911
________________
1989 2.1LpgWBX HiTop Leisuredrive Camper
1988 2.1 Caravelle TS TinTop Camper
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
Yozza wrote:Thanks fellas for all the replies, pics and tips. Infa red headphones sound like a saviour, my little un likes watching dvd's until she has learned every line of the story (it started with Bee movie and we're currently on Thomas the Tank engine).
Had to stop our little'un from watching Bee Moive ... it taught him bad habits ... you know the bit where the girl and the bee are slapping each other round the face ... hmmm, junior thought it was a good idea to try it for real!!
Thomas is his current obbsession, much safer apart from all the crashes!
Anyway steering away from kids TV talk, sort of, we've got one of those FM transmitters, top piece of kit, the only problem is I don't really fancy driving along to the sounds of Thomas the Tank Engine blasting out of the vans speakers!!
We're doomed!
- Mocki
- Membership Admin
- Posts: 17032
- Joined: 29 Sep 2005, 09:27
- 80-90 Mem No: 428
- Location: Mansfield Notts
- Contact:
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
T-3PO wrote:Yozza wrote:Thanks fellas for all the replies, pics and tips. Infa red headphones sound like a saviour, my little un likes watching dvd's until she has learned every line of the story (it started with Bee movie and we're currently on Thomas the Tank engine).
Had to stop our little'un from watching Bee Moive ... it taught him bad habits ... you know the bit where the girl and the bee are slapping each other round the face ... hmmm, junior thought it was a good idea to try it for real!!
Thomas is his current obbsession, much safer apart from all the crashes!
Anyway steering away from kids TV talk, sort of, we've got one of those FM transmitters, top piece of kit, the only problem is I don't really fancy driving along to the sounds of Thomas the Tank Engine blasting out of the vans speakers!!
thats what the fader is for......... turn it all to the back and blast the little darlings with the rubbish they whine for.......we also used a cheap autoscan transistor radio to receive the signal from the fm sender, so they put it on the back seat with them to hear it, with or without headphones......
Steve
tel / txt O7947-137911
________________
1989 2.1LpgWBX HiTop Leisuredrive Camper
1988 2.1 Caravelle TS TinTop Camper
tel / txt O7947-137911
________________
1989 2.1LpgWBX HiTop Leisuredrive Camper
1988 2.1 Caravelle TS TinTop Camper
Re: Kid's entertainment - DVD Player/Laptop?
martin.how have you fixed the tv to your seat..
2.1 LPG/Petrol Auto Caravelle
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"