[opendtv] Re: 20050803 Wolfsson's Wednesday Words (Mark's Monday Memo)
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:49:13 -0400
At 6:12 PM -0400 8/5/05, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>
>This is hilarious. At first, when they talked about the
>"streets teeming with the nation's young," I thought they
>were going to get sarcastic about this new toy. All we
>need is young drivers, already hampered by cell phones
>while driving, not to mention music at ear popping levels,
>now also concentrating on watching their TV shows. Just
>what we need.
>
>Or are we to believe that such a stand-alone box cannot
>be placed on the front seat?
>
Apparently, what we are to believe is that you have never experienced
the chorus of voices from the back seat screaming "Are we there yet?"
But take heart, as I suspect that OTA receivers are not what the kids
sitting in the back seat are looking for in terms of devices to
connect to that in-car LCD display. They already have DVD players for
movies and video games.
I was in Atlanta this weekend for a pub crawl, and returned home to
hear a tale of woe from my father-in-law. MY daughter convinced him
to trade in his Honda CRV on a Mercedes SUV, then she installed an
LCD screen for the back seat of the Mercedes, with a play station to
play games and DVDs. Sunday he took my now 26 year old son to the
mall to get a haircut. Some of his friends opted to tag along, and
they decided to stay in the car to play games; they kept the car
running so that the AC would work. When they got back to the house
they kept playing and running the AC. My father-in-law was VERY upset
because they burned up a quarter tank of gas...
Why is it Bert, and you are not alone in this, that you automatically
leap to the conclusion that an in-car display is going to be used by
the driver? The modern car has become a second living room for people
on the move, complete with leather sofas...
Regards
Craig
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