Product Description
Black universal headrest monitors with twin DVD combo and headphones.Amazon.com Product Description
Here’s a great way to keep the backseat entertained without breaking the bank or having to deal with custom installations. This twin-pack features two Power Acoustik HDVD-9 headrest DVD systems that easily attach to your vehicle’s front-seat headrests to provide hours of multimedia entertainment to your passengers. A pair of headrest DVD… More >>
#1 by Victor Wrona on July 2, 2010 - 9:21 pm
Let me first start out saying that I have owned this product for over a month now and it has exceeded my expectations. I chose headrest monitors instead of the drop down roof mounted ones because I did not want to obstruct rear view vision and allow independent viewing / game play while on long road trip. These cd /dvd players mounted in the headrest eliminate the extra wiring to a dvd console.
My only hesitation from purchasing these earlier was from not knowing if there was any noise coming from the fan / dvd that would drive me bonkers, but I was very pleased to learn this was not the case. These units were quiet – the only thing I can hear from the rear were giggles from the Monty Python movie my son was watching while we were on a three hour trip. Simply Awesome.
I installed these myself since there was power under the seat (for power seats), but had to call support to find out which post carried the power and which were a/v. Tech guy was helpful – power cable is on DVD side(FYI). The size of the screen was perfect – it looks alot bigger than I imagined and I am glad I did not go for the bigger screen that would have been problematic. The brightness and quality of the picture was superb. comes with two remotes and good to use since touch screen is great if you don’t have the remote handy, but you will have to put up with finger smudges.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by J. Allen on July 2, 2010 - 10:53 pm
We purchased these in mid-May for our 2007 Sienna, and really like them. We installed them ourselves, and there are a couple of things you should know up front:
1. The cables run through the headrest prongs. You have to have access through the seat to grab them and run them to a power source. The Sienna has a plastic skidpad on the back of each front seat, so I was able to reach through the side and grab the cables. If you don’t have that, getting the cables may be tricky.
2. The provided cables have power and ground, but they are “pigtails” (exposed wires at the end of the cables) and no 12V adapter is provided with the set. We found a “Banana Jack” 12V adapter through which they could be threaded at RadioShack for $10 each, which we could easily plug into our 12V outlets in the van.
Installation was simple, aside from those minor caveats. The picture quality is good, and we really liked the wireless headphones provided (I wasn’t sure they were wireless from the product description listed). Note that the touch screen does not allow you to select DVD menu items in what you are watching, but instead give you the players’ function menus, such as setting up the FM output channel and whatnot. The remote also needs to be pointed at the headrest for it to work, which isn’t ideal, but isn’t a big problem either.
For the money, these players were everything we really wanted. No potential projectiles in the event of a crash, and easy to remove when we’re not on a long trip. Also easy enough to install for two non-electricians or car audio/video experts.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Matthew B. Gomez on July 2, 2010 - 10:58 pm
I have owned this product for two weeks. Installation was very easy. All you do is run two cords down through the seat. I connected to the 12V power through my console which had a 12V plug.
The product works as advertised. Having two separate DVD players is wonderful. The FM transmitter allows the DVD to play over your car stereo and there are 5 stations to pick from. The headsets provided were good quality and worked fine. Each monitor has a video/audio out and in.
We just got back from a trip to Disney. We drove from Dallas to Disney World so they were use A LOT. I hooked up the Wii and that worked out really well. The screens had great color and were plenty bright during the day. Touch screen controls kept us from needing to worry about remotes.
Highly recommend!
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by S. Koepper on July 3, 2010 - 12:26 am
I recently turned in my 2007 Lincoln MKX off lease. This truck came with free Lincoln Dealer installed headrest DVD players – not something I ever thought I would want. After having them for 2 years, I could not conceive having a new vehicle without DVD’s. However since these were free, I could not believe how expensive an option these Dealer Installed options actually were and the impact they had on my lease payment. It was bad enough Ford actually RAISED the price of their vehicles (in an economic climate where no one is buying) but the residual value was so little that I was actually paying almost $1400 for the DIO dvd’s just to give them back at the end.
SO I BEGAN looking for an alternative. Since I only have one child, I really didn’t need to get TWO dvd headrests. BUT I DO have two cars. I thought perhaps I could buy one set of matching players and split them between cars – makes sense to think that these would work independent of each other… AND THEY DO!!!!
I am VERY happy with this set. Installation was absolutely SIMPLE, especially in my 09 MKX – the DVD was up and running in about 15 minutes, wired neat and hidden and hooked up through both the wireless headphone AND FM Station on the radio.
My 5 year old was absolutely thrilled to find out that not only did my new truck now have DVD movies again, but that Mommies MKZ now also had a movie player in it. While the install in the Z took a bit longer (all related to Lincoln design) it was still very simple and only took about 30 minutes.
So now BOTH cars have excellent quality DVD Headrests with wireless headphones (in a nice semi-hard case), remote controls (which can fit nicely into the headphone case) and touchscreen.
End result, two leased cars with Headrest DVD’s for less than 1/3 of the dealer cost, two happy parents, and one VERY happy 5 year old. Quiet rides down the open road continue for our family. YAY!!
Excellent quality, well made alternative to OEM. Save the money and buy these great DVD’s.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by K. Walker on July 3, 2010 - 3:09 am
I bought these in April after doing a lot of comparison shopping. Paid $150 to have them installed and both appeared to work just fine right after installation. One month later, we took our first road trip since installing the monitors and only the driver’s side monitor would work. Thinking a cord had come loose or a fuse had blown, I took the vehicle back in and had the installer look at the system. Everything was hooked up and it was getting power, meaning no fuse had blown. Checked the driver’s side monitor again and it was still working. Went on a road trip again last weekend and now the driver’s side doesn’t work either. The installation people think the switch is broken internally. Either way, I’m stuck with an expensive and broken product because of Amazon’s return policy. I’m going to have to pay someone money to un-install the system and then pay to ship it back to Amazon, only to receive a maximum of 50% of my money back.
Rating: 1 / 5