Drive-in movie theater re-invented: LCDs in headlights

Iria · Aug 19, 2005, 07:27 AM

Westlake Village (CA) - As LCD screens become more common inside of automobiles, people are looking for more extreme ways to trick out their cars. At the recent autofest car show in Pomona, CA, screenlights.com showed off a car with LCD screens built into the headlights. The screens maintain street legal driving, distinguish your car at the same time and allow drivers to project videos through your headlights.

The concept is quite simple - you drop in an LCD screen just behind the headlight glass. The screenlights can be installed in either the headlights or taillights. With the current version, you lose the use of the high-beam headlight. In the future, Screenlights will be offering a modification that will allow both the high and low beams to work.
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LHC · Aug 19, 2005, 07:37 AM

With all the reckless drivers out there, I personally see it as just a waste.. One crash, or anything, and they're gone.

studbagel9 · Aug 19, 2005, 03:55 PM

yeah, but it's still pretty cool

Ubergrendle · Aug 19, 2005, 04:09 PM

http://www.5drivein.com/

Only minuntes from my house... one of the last great drive-ins available in Southern Ontario.

AttroPheed · Aug 19, 2005, 05:27 PM

i don't think it's as stupid as the episode of pimp my ride when they put lcd screens in a dude's front skirt. they'd be trash the second he scraped a curb trying to park.

Aug 19, 2005, 07:27 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Drive-in movie theater re-invented: LCDs in headlights Westlake Village (CA) - As LCD screens become more common inside of automobiles, people are looking for more extreme ways to trick out their cars. At the recent autofest car show in Pomona, CA, screenlights.com showed off a car with LCD screens built into the headlights. The screens maintain street legal driving, distinguish your car at the same time and allow drivers to project videos through your headlights. The concept is quite simple - you drop in an LCD screen just behind the headlight glass. The screenlights can be installed in either the headlights or taillights. With the current version, you lose the use of the high-beam headlight. In the future, Screenlights will be offering a modification that will allow both the high and low beams to work. __________ Read More / Source: Tom's Hardware Guide

Aug 19, 2005, 07:37 AM	#2
LHC Stingy and Stubborn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,325 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	With all the reckless drivers out there, I personally see it as just a waste.. One crash, or anything, and they're gone. __________________

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studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	yeah, but it's still pretty cool __________________

Aug 19, 2005, 04:09 PM	#4
Ubergrendle Semper ubi sub ubi Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 702 Rep Power: 0	http://www.5drivein.com/ Only minuntes from my house... one of the last great drive-ins available in Southern Ontario. __________________ Veteran of the PC Microchannel / EISA wars of the late 1980s.

Aug 19, 2005, 05:27 PM	#5
AttroPheed DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Paris Posts: 386 Rep Power: 0	i don't think it's as stupid as the episode of pimp my ride when they put lcd screens in a dude's front skirt. they'd be trash the second he scraped a curb trying to park. __________________ "Facts seldom interfere with belief." - James Randi "Where knowledge ends, superstition begins." - Some Guy "A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence." - David Hume [COLOR=red]Flying Spaghetti Is Lord!![/COLOR] My PC Stats