Going out in a car is a convenient and popular way in the present day. With the development of transportation, people drive for a long journey more and more frequently, which makes in car entertainment much more important. The use of car monitors enable people to have great visual enjoyment in the driving.

As a kind of electronic devices, car monitors are used to display digital texts, images and videos supporting 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios. The screen sizes vary from one to another and the types includes LCD, LED as well as TFT. In a vehicle, car monitors are usually used in a car DVD system with built-in stereo speaker, user-friendly button navigation and on-screen menu sytem or remote controller. Working with other accessories, car monitors are able to provide an enjoyable and pleasant travel for the driver and passengers.

In order to meet various requirements, different kinds of car monitors manufacturers have been introduced into the market, such as overhead monitors, flip down monitors, in-dash monitors, headrest monitors, sun visor monitors, and mirror monitors. They can be mounted in different positions in the vehicle and offers multiple functions.

An overhead car monitor can be attached to the ceiling of your vehicle, and often used in bigger vehicles like minivans because it needs large headroom for the installation. In general, its size ranges from 7 to 10 inches, and some can even be as large as 20 inches. A filp down monitor has the same size as an overhead monitor. It is used to flip down for watching, and it can be flipped up to save much overhead space for the vehicle when it is not in use.

An in-dash monitor is designed for the front seat passenger. You can watch videos, read information and operate other units in the vehicle through the monitor. It can also flip back down to save the front seat space when it is not viewed.

Installed in the headrest of the vehicle, a headrest monitor can save much more space. A headrest car DVD consists of two monitors that run separately so that the passengers in the back seats can watch a same movie on the different monitors or enjoy different programs respectively, which prevents mutual interference. This is very helpful for a family on a trip with young children, since the children can be easily attracted by the in car entertainment, which keeps them from disturbing the driver in the front seat.

A sunvisor monitor is placed into the car's sunvisor. As for installation, you can replace the original sunvisor with a sunvisor monitor for wonderful amusement. A mirror car monitor is the smallest type of monitors which can be installed in your vehicle. It is a LCD display able to fit over the existing rear view mirror in the car. The monitor can be also used for rear view camera.

Nowadays, most car monitors can be connected to GPS systems to display navigational information. You can even access the system by using touch screen or voice commands. Furthermore, a rear view camera can also be configured with a car monitor to show the driver a clear image of the rear situation of the vehicle. This is useful particularly for a larger vehicle like a truck.

Due to the multiple functions, car monitors not only serve for in car entertainment but also provide some practical use in the driving, such as working with a GPS navigation system or a rear view camera. They have been a significant part of the vehicles.

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