Do you know that many in-car DVD players can actually endanger the lives of your vehicle's passengers? If you said no, read on.
Of the three most popular DVD player/TV systems available for the back-seat audience in your vehicle, only one does not increase the risk of accident or serious injury.
Headrest Dvd Monitors
So we all know there are many different types of vehicular DVD players/TVs available for sale on the market today: expensive in-dash touch-screen units for front-seat passengers, flip-down ceiling-mounted players and TV's, portable players your kids can carry with them for use in or out of the car, and headrest DVD players.
Not familiar with the concept of a headrest DVD player? If not, don't feel bad. They're the latest and greatest invention for vehicular entertainment systems for the small-fry in the back seat.
These DVD players are units that are available either pre-installed in headrests that you can purchase to simply replace your existing headrests, or you can but the units for self-installation into your current headrests. They're innovative, attractive, affordable--and safe.
So why are these units the top safety picks out of all the available options? Let's break it down.
1. WARNING: Portable DVD Player On the Loose!
Picture this. You're driving peacefully, doing about 60 MPH. It's a beautiful day; your spouse is in a good mood, and your child is happily (and silently) being entertained by watching a movie on the handy portable DVD player you just picked up yesterday for her use on this trip. Suddenly, an on-coming car swerves towards you: you hear the crunch of metal and glass, and feel a tremendous impact, but thankfully you're all wearing seatbelts, and the airbags deploy as they should. All would be well except that the great little portable player you picked up for your daughter on a sale last night has become a lethal flying projectile, and despite airbags and seat-belts, if that thing goes flying from the impact of the crash and hits you, your spouse, or your daughter at high speed...
2. Your Rear-view Vision is More Important Than Their View of a J-Lo's Rear
Who ever designed the ceiling-mounted flip-down DVD player and TV? It just doesn't make sense. These things are carefully designed to be mounted exactly where you are not supposed to put anything-right in front of your rear-view mirror! So yeah, if you think it's more important for your kids to get a good, clear picture of the latest Hollywood flick than it is for you to have a good, clear rear-view vision, go out and buy an expensive ceiling-mounted DVD player, and carefully install in it right in front of your rear mirror as specified in the instructional manual.
3. Thieves Don't Steal What They Can't See
Worried about thieves breaking into your vehicle and nabbing that expensive DVD player you just bought? Well, if they can't see it they won't steal it. Good luck camouflaging a flip down TV or player (you can't) that's smack-dab in the middle of the ceiling. And you either carry your portable DVD player with you whenever you leave the car or you take the time to arrange a collection of coats, jackets and bags over top of it in artful disarray to keep thieves off the scent each time you leave the car.
Head-rest DVD players are tidily, safely tucked away into (surprise!) the back of your vehicle's headrests. They will not be shaken loose in the event of a crash. They are not staring you in the face as you glance in your rear-view mirror. and they are neatly concealed in your vehicle's headrests so are unlikely to attract the attention of thieves. Need I say more?