Pyle PL71PHB Headrest Pair with Built-in 7-Inch TFT-LCD Monitors (Black)

by Pyle

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 10.8 x 22.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0015H7924
• Item model number: PL71PHB
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #539 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Two monitors that display crystal-clear images with deep, rich colors - all for the price of one

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Side view of the unit

Two High Quality Monitors for the Price of One

The PL71PHB features two high quality 7-inch LCD monitors for your backseat headrests. Time-consuming or expensive installations aren’t necessary here – simply replace your passenger seat headrest with the unit, and your family and friends can enjoy movies, music, and more, on two brilliant wide-screen 1440 x 234 resolution monitors.

Each Monitor Can Play Something Different - Making Everyone in the Backseat Happy

Each monitor can be used indepently, so your passengers can enjoy a movie on the first monitor, and the second can be used to play a videogame or for any other video use you want.

Connect Your DVD Player, iPod, or Videogame System Using the Built-in RCA Connectors

The PL71PHB comes with two video inputs and one set of stereo audio inputs. The extra video input cable lets you use your in-dash DVD player to play movies through the PL71PHB, so the entire vehicle can watch the same movie, while audio is played through the vehicle's speakers. You can also connect a videogame console, iPod, or Blu-ray Player -- anything that uses composite video -- to the player at the same time.

Find out how our RCA connectors work

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Watch Movies and Listen to Music with Wireless Headphones

The PL71PHB also has a built-in IR transmitter, which lets you watch movies with IR-compatible wireless headphones -- so everyone can enjoy the ride in peace and quiet.

And More!

Full-Function Wireless Remote

A full-function wireless remote is included, so you can change channels and adjust settings without having to get out of your seat -- it even works from the front seat.

Built-in Monitor Controls

You can also tweak your monitor’s display using the built-in monitor controls. Too much contrast? Not enough saturation? No problem! Just use the included full-function remote to wirelessly adjust your monitor’s settings so you can get a picture that’s perfect for you.

Product Description

Two 7" tft lcd monitors; built-in mini speaker; aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen; resolution: 1440 x 234; contrast ratio: 300:1; brightness: 350cd/m3; up, down, tilting feature; viewing angle: u/d: 160, l/r: 160; response time: 25ms; video input systems: av1, av2; pal/ntsc compatible; english osd menu; built-in ir transmitter for wireless ir headphones; adjustable mounting posts from 4.75"7.5"; dual diameter mounting posts: 1/2", 3/8"; dim: 7.5"h x 10"w x 4.5"d; includes fully-functional wireless remote; black; pair.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good quality product, October 17, 2010

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This review is from: Pyle PL71PHB Headrest Pair with Built-in 7-Inch TFT-LCD Monitors (Black) (Electronics)

Before I go into details, I want to mention that I'm very pleased with the purchase although I rated it as 4-stars.
I have serious doubts buying this one since it has no reviews.
I've installed these in my car, connected to media center and use two IR headsets. The system worked great for the past two weeks and we finally can drive in peace for long distances.

Build: The quality of the product surprised me. I expected it to be less - according to the price. The headrest itself is done from leather-like material. It has hice feel and looks good in the car. I have grey interior and black headrests are OK there (it's not really dark black). The monitor appearance is great. Buttons are small and work well. The cables and the connectors are OK as well. You even have some filter box on the DC wires and the plug.
Screen: The description states 1400x230 pixels. Well. I have no idea what 1400 means, but the picture is good. The quality remains good even if you connect both monitors to one DVD player thru V-connector. Kids have no problems with it.
Installation: Not really, but quite easy.
Some additional notes:
1. You can tilt the screen up and down together with the headrest. It is very convenient to the child since you can match the height, but I think that it creates some sort of safety hazard for you since the headrest does not really support your head. You cannot adjust both: the headrest to protect you and the monitor for convenient watching. Plus, you cannot really fix the headrest to resist car crash. I personally do not care, but other people might.
2. The description mentions two AV inputs. This is not completely true. You have the cable in the pole and the AV input at the front. I thought that I can connect two devices thru the pole cables since I don't really want anything connected to my front panel. I thought to have two media centers connected to both monitor, to allow the kids watching same/different movies by just changing AV input. This is impossible because in the pole you have two video inputs but ONLY ONE audio input. You can connect DVD and rear view camera. But who needs rear view camera on the rear seat. This is just stupid design. I gave 4 start only because of that.
3. I was not aware that IR connection does not have any frequencies... Therefore, the headsets receive signal from both monitors. So basically you cannot broadcast two different signals if you use IR.
4. Last note is you do not have car adapter. The monitors has two wires (red and black) that you have to connect to the car electrical system or buy the adapter yourself (additional 10$).

Good luck

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Headrests for the Price, November 22, 2011

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H. Pham (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews
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I am very happy with this purchase. I've been looking for something to keep my toddler entertained for the car rides and this does the trick. I first tried a Coby Tablet and attached it to the headrest but the startup time on the Coby Tablet was just too long and the resistive touch screen is just too hard to get used to once you get used to a capacitive touch screen but anyways, getting off on a tangent here. I am currently using an iPod Touch with this and it works great, I'm just wondering if it would be more cost efficient to buy a more expensive headrest with a DVD player. I'll explain the costs associated with this product and you can make the decision.

Installation was very easy. I am an average-knowledge techie. You do have to run the cable through your car seat. I installed this in two cars. In my Toyota, the cable just fell through to the bottom, no problem whatsoever. In my Honda, there is some obstruction so I did have to remove the back plating to the car seat. Overall, not much of a problem, but be prepared to do some work getting that cable to run through the car seat. You do have to buy an adapter to connect the power to your car. It comes with two wires, red and black, you can either connect it directly to your car's electrical (too complicated for me, I chose the easier route) or buy a Enercell(tm) 12V/10A Solderless Vehicle Adapter Plug from Radioshack for $6 to connect it to your cigarette charger. Connecting the wires to this adapter is easy, it just takes some trial and error. Sometimes I had the wires in too far or not far enough. I tested it before I installed it in the car. I recommend you do the same so you won't be playing with the wires in a cramped space under the car seat. The last thing I did was to cover all of the wires with black electrical tape, not absolutely necessary, but I did it just to add additional protection on the wires.

Additional Costs.
-2 car charger adapters from RadioShack for $12 ($6 each) as noted above
-Electrical tape for $1
-A 3 port car charger adapter, the device that turns your cigarette lighter into 3 ports. The cord has to be long enough to run to the bottom of your seat. This costs anywhere from $10-20 purchased here on Amazon or at Fry's electronics. You need 1 port for each monitor and another port for your video device.
-Three 1 female to 2 male y composite splitters so that your video source can show on both monitors. At RadioShack, each splitter can cost about $8, on eBay, all 3 splitters will be about $8.
-iPod Touch 4G 8GB for $200. I'm sure a portable DVD player with video out would work too but I like the Touch because I can control it easier while driving. Surprisingly, the Touch is the only device I can find with composite out. Most devices these days only have hdmi out. I did consider buying the older Touch models such as 2G or 3G but I use the Azul App on the Touch and it only supports the 4G model.
-Composite cable for iPod Touch for about $20 on eBay, Apple brand is about $30 I think. Just make sure it supports your iPod Touch. I found that only specific ones support the 4G Touch.
-USB car charger adapter for about $6-10. For the iPod Touch, the composite cable also acts as a USB charger so I had to buy this USB car charger adapter. I know some of the 3 port car chargers have USB ports already so of course you won't need this if it does have the USB ports.

As you can see, there are alot of additional costs associated with these headrest monitors. Probably about $30-45 to install the headrest monitors and another $225-$240 for the video device. So it might be better to buy the more expensive headrest monitor with the DVD player already included. The reason I didn't do this was because based on alot of the reviews on Amazon, the lower priced DVD headrest monitors had a lot of problems. Most of them commented that the DVD players would break over time. Also I prefer the iPod Touch because I have alot of avi/mp4 movies that can play directly from the Touch.

Two more things I do want to mention is that the cords and adapters are all under the driver car seat and looks like a pile of mess. I'm sure you can buy one of those boxes from RadioShack to hold all of these cables but then that is another cost. I don't mind the mess since it's not visible but I thought I would mention it. I'm sure you can go have it professionally installed but I'm sure it's expensive for something you can do on your own.

Also, as mentioned in another review, these Pyle headrests go back really far. Most car headrests are bent forward, these are bent far back. I read one of the reviews addressing this and thought to myself, I never use the headrests anyways. Big mistake, you will miss the headrest when it's not there or bent back. I had to purchase some headrest pillows to make it more comfortable, another $20-30 on eBay.

I almost forgot to mention about the audio. The audio is loud enough when the car is in park or for a slow ride. It does get drowned out when on the highway. I have my ipod touch running through my auxiliary in my car anyways so no problems here.

In conclusion, I do love these headrests. I just thought a buyer would like to know the additional costs associated with them.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Quality, March 5, 2011

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Razi A. Singh (Port of Spain , Trinidad) - See all my reviews
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i bought this headrest monitor set to quiet my kids in the back seat.......very clean and clear picture i have it connected to the Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD In-Dash Double-DIN DVD Multimedia AV Receiver i also bought 2 of the SSL SHP One Pair of Wireless Headphones it works great.......peace in the back seat.