Morning TV on my MFD during commute to work

Too risky....there are a reason for those laws, sorry if they interfere with your driving amusement.

 

Classic, just classic.

 

Just remember that if you go with an analog only tuner it will be obsolete very soon! I would suggest that you find something that can do both analog and digital broadcast TV. I went with a WinTV-HVR-950 for my car computer to take care of the analog to digital switchover.

 

Try using EVDO from Verizon and a Cradle point and then stream over the web.
CradlePoint Technology

 

Yes, and now they are also watching TV.

Let's just hope that WHEN Mr. TV crashes, he only kills himself. :thumb:

... Brad

 

I suggest Sirius "Backseat TV" -SIRIUS Satellite Radio - SIRIUS Backseat TV

It only shows Disney, Nickleodeon, and Cartoon Network, but given that the OP is from Kentucky, the third least-educated state in the union, I'd say it's content is probably sufficient...perhaps even stimulating.

 

"We already do dangerous things while driving, so let's add more dangerous things!"

It's a pretty big step to go from glancing at energy consumption to glancing at the morning news. It's a much smaller step to go from the morning news to a football game, or Lost, or 24.

 

Chris, see http://priuschat.com/forums/audio-electronics/47233-where-locate-add-dvd-player.html
for a link to my DVD install. I didn't see the one with the TV tuner before I bought this one. I still love the USB port and the SD reader. I can take a bunch of pics and watch a slideshow on the MFD screen.

 

I think I'm heading to Blockbuster, renting a movie, putting a bag of popcorn in the back seat microwave, lighting up a doobe, and going for a ride to watch a good flick. Just kidding (about the doobe, haven't done that since college).
You all sound like my parents (I'm 55 and they are long gone ). If you don't approve, that's fine, but don't hijack the thread with "responsibility lectures". No one here has any reason to believe that Chris is not a responsible, careful driver. Your preaching wouldn't have a positive effect if he wasn't, anyway.
In FL we have laws against TV, video, etc in the front dash area, but everyday I have to maneuver around drivers who alienate themselves from the reality of driving while talking on their cell phones. Maybe we could pass a law that both hands must be on the steering wheel at all times instead of using one to hold the phone and the other to "gesture".

 

^haha^ so true...in CA there will be a law that will pass the use of some sort of hands free device for cell phone use while driving, also NO TVs are to be playing in the front seats while the car is in motion...i find the cell phone thing more dangerous than the TV

 

isn't this tv thing an option in the japanese prius models???

so maybe instead of lockpick maybe one can order the japanese tv tuner module.

yah ntsc vs the world and the whole shutdown of the analog spectrum in feb 2009, but its an idea

japan also has minidisc and back up assist as options

 

One of my best friends was killed by a driver who wasn't paying attention to the road. I apologize for my sensitivity to the idea of a driver wanting to watch TV while on the highway.

 

Yes, I have done this, and also was able to interface all the Wii controler functions to the steering wheel controls. I'll post a how to as soon as I get out of the hospital.

 

Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should do it.

Most drivers don't need any more distractions while they are behind the wheel. Personally, I won't talk on a cell phone while I'm driving. If my phone rings, I'll pull over and return the call as soon as I can. Yes, it's inconvenient, but then having an accident is even more inconvenient.

 

I hope it's a nice large size LCD screen big enough to cover all that usual distraction that you see through the windshield. Or maybe if you installed one of those pull down screens and project your video signal ...