In-car entertainment....VCR

OOOOOOOOOOOOOWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH.

Whats the hells that Baz, part some old jungle mating ritual or something. Forget about the money and flashy cars, sometimes the old methods work best eh!...good luck and hope you're not lonely tonight :)

Ray,
Thanks for that bit of advice. I've always resisted getting an inverter cos I've got so much 12v stuff, I really don't have anything that needs 240v.
Now....as for Baz's "comment"....I'm with you......"what the!!!" LOL

I got it Baz, Roachie & Mad Dog are a bit slow

Not EVEN pretty faces!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Pesty, glad to see you got your new fuel tank added to the tow-bar. Bout time you got a long-range tank for that ol' steamer of yours.LOLOLOLOLOL Must be a bit of pain having to pull up every few klicks to chuck another stick in the boiler, eh???

Geez Trucky,
You always make soooooo much sense....now why didn't I think of that?
Cheers,

Actually they are nearly half that price now Trucky, the cheapest that is. I still haven't got one but thinking I may wait till the new sony dual layer is released in June, around $350 I believe, but then I really want a pioneer, they shouldn't be too far behind sony.

Yea happy with my LG Burner, I must have about 30 movies off the net now :D

The other thing is you can fit a lot more on to 1 DVD than a tape, so dont really need to take as many things with you, 3-4 DVD would be heaps. Put them in a CD Carrier that holds 10 discs would take up 1/2 the room of a 1 tape. You can also play MP3's on it.. Tapes u cant.. Yet to try a DVD blank with MP3's see if 4 gig of songs would work ion car MP3/WMA player :D

Most of this video stuff in vehicles is to keep the kids amused Lazy.

Lazy,
Mad Dog is right. This is a bloody big country. I have long range tanks on the GU and can do 1000klm between refills. However, the boys (aged 8,6 &3) can drive me around the twist after about 300klm. They fight and carry on. Annette then gets me to stop so she can get in the back and one of the older 2 gets in the front. We play eye-spy and spot "A" to "Z" on number plates and signs etc......that works for half an hour.
As much as I would like it to be the case, the kids don't share my fascination for the beauty of the Aussie saltbush and gum trees etc.
The unit I would have would not be visible to me in the drivers seat. It would either sit on the centre console (not preferred) or be mounted on the ceiling and flip down so only the rear seat passengers could see. I also believe there are cordless headphones available (correct???) which they could wear.
Annette & I agree that it would be bloody lovely if the kids held the same passion as us about the beauty of the bush, but the reality is that they are much more intellectually "active" than I was at their age 45 years ago.
We do take books; the 2 older ones enjoy reading quite a bit and the young bloke loves being read to as well. I guess that is the only other logical alternative to the electronic entertainment.

Lazy that sounds a lot cheaper than all the other stuff and possibly abit more educational.
Our kids have done a far bit of travelling now and from the age of zero
we give them a a few books to write and draw in and play games as a family.
I try not to travel more than 2 hours when with the family find a park or a hill or river get out 5 minute break kike a ball try and skip some rocks around and go again.

Just a thought
Eric

Ps we had a family away with us last year they had a set up with dvd players etc the kids sat in the truck a night and watced movies insted of siting around the fire .

Sorry fella's that was'nt me a certain little drongo being a smart ar#%, i did'nt see it till this morning, sad thing is he is 19. Roachie any thought given to a laptop everyone can use it and not just for DVDs just a thought.

Baz.

Thanks VWR.... I hadn't considered that form of entertainment to date. I must say I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to all this techno whizz-bangery. As such, my kids tend to be sheltered from it to a certain extent, although it's only a matter of time before they start biting me for something or other "to keep up with the Jones'".