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In-car Blu-ray entertainment system coming from Panasonic

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 26 Apr 2009 6:06 User comments (6)

In-car Blu-ray entertainment system coming from Panasonic Panasonic has announced the launch of its CN-HX900D and CY-BB1000D two-part in-car Blu-ray system, the first of its kind.
The system uses a Windows-powered dash-mountable device which includes a 7-inch 720p display. It also includes a CD/DVD player, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, a 40GB HDD and iPhone/iPod compatibility.

The Blu-ray player itself is not BD-Live compatible.

The entertainment system is expected to it Japanese stores by September with no word on North American or European releases.

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6 user comments

126.4.2009 18:55

Looks nice, except for that screen. I'm sure the price tag on this thing won't be cheap, so they could of at least made it an LED screen.

226.4.2009 19:14

this is gonna be expensive

327.4.2009 00:33

useless when in car dvds only have a 7" screen. You can have a 60mb file on mine thats 40 minutes long and it looks perfect.

427.4.2009 01:59

Just think...50GB of MP3s on one disk!

530.4.2009 13:34

Originally posted by AIM2Shame:
useless when in car dvds only have a 7" screen. You can have a 60mb file on mine thats 40 minutes long and it looks perfect.
That is so true. HD becomes evident (and desirable) as the screen size incrases. With a 7" display who can really tell the difference.

67.5.2011 12:24
joeseppe42
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Just think...50GB of MP3s on one disk!
Hey Killer.... What about the BDXL Disc with 100GB of MP3...!!!!!!

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