Panasonic preps in-car Blu-ray player


The days of drive-in movies are long gone and the radio sometimes just doesn’t cut it for entertainment. So Panasonic’s unveiled what’s believed to be the world’s first in-car Blu-ray Disc drive at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show.

The picture comes from Japanese website AV Watch, which claims the unit was demonstrated alongside a 7in LCD screen. The two were connected by HDMI. The player also supports Blu-ray’s Java-based interactivity system, BD-J.

A quick scan over Panasonic’s Japanese website did reveal a gap for in-car Blu-ray entertainment systems. Its in-car entertainment range currently tops out with the CN-HDS915TD, a 7in model with 40GB hard drive, DVD playback and, of course, iPod support.

Unfortunately, there’s no information yet on when or where the new Blu-ray player may appear, or how much it’ll cost.

via reghardware

a bit out of my price range

damn, that is awesome. I have to disagree about the days of drive thru being over. I just went to a drive in movie theater during the summer. For the price of one movie, you get to see two. The simpsons/bourne supremacy was sold out so me and wifie had to watch rush hour 3/grease. Rush hour was crazy but grease sucked monkey nipples

Why would you need that in your car???
I'd rather have it in my House!!!!

agreed after spending a grand on that u will probly be lucky enough if it didnt get stolen from your car

cool if i had a car or if i could afford it i would get it