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Pete

Pete

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With a month to go till the road trip I am thinking entertainment for Boy. I was thinking of a portable DVD player with the small screen but I don't want to waste the money for something that will not get used that much. Then it dawned on me that my laptop have a dvd player and I am taking it anyway.

Problem is the battery would only probably last for 1 movie or so. So I am thinking getting a second battery. So for about $150 I would have a second battery that would hardly ever get used. So then I was looking at adapters that you can run your laptop off the cigarette lighter in the raspberry truck.

Anyone have one?
 
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HollowSoul

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Pete said:
With a month to go till the road trip I am thinking entertainment for Boy. I was thinking of a portable DVD player with the small screen but I don't want to waste the money for something that will not get used that much. Then it dawned on me that my laptop have a dvd player and I am taking it anyway.

Problem is the battery would only probably last for 1 movie or so. So I am thinking getting a second battery. So for about $150 I would have a second battery that would hardly ever get used. So then I was looking at adapters that you can run your laptop off the cigarette lighter in the raspberry truck.

Anyone have one?
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avoid the cheap ones, they crap out rather easily.
A fairly decent one will cost you around $80-$95
 
K_Jo

K_Jo

Pea Brain
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Pete said:
With a month to go till the road trip I am thinking entertainment for Boy. I was thinking of a portable DVD player with the small screen but I don't want to waste the money for something that will not get used that much. Then it dawned on me that my laptop have a dvd player and I am taking it anyway.

Problem is the battery would only probably last for 1 movie or so. So I am thinking getting a second battery. So for about $150 I would have a second battery that would hardly ever get used. So then I was looking at adapters that you can run your laptop off the cigarette lighter in the raspberry truck.

Anyone have one?
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C_Jo has one -- a good one. Works like a champ!
 
mainman

mainman

Set Trippin
Pete said:
With a month to go till the road trip I am thinking entertainment for Boy. I was thinking of a portable DVD player with the small screen but I don't want to waste the money for something that will not get used that much. Then it dawned on me that my laptop have a dvd player and I am taking it anyway.

Problem is the battery would only probably last for 1 movie or so. So I am thinking getting a second battery. So for about $150 I would have a second battery that would hardly ever get used. So then I was looking at adapters that you can run your laptop off the cigarette lighter in the raspberry truck.

Anyone have one?
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What type of laptop do you have?
 
rack'm

rack'm

Jaded
My Dell Latitude

only last for about 15 minutes past watching a movie......but if you are just working with the laptop, it will last 3 hours.
 
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snuzzy

New Member
I was looking into a Portable Playstation for my son for Christmas, because he said he wanted one. The saleman at Gamestop said it wasn't for kids, because they were so fragile, he suggested a Nintendo DS, so for 140.00, I reserved a "bundle" that includes a Mario Brothers' Cart Racing Game, lots of features, and it has ear phones...so he won't disturb you on a long road trip! I've done many with my son and the GameBoy was a "god send", it's just time for us to upgrade. :yay: The DS will play GameBoy Advanced games, etc.

P.S. I love road trips, where are you going?
 
dustin

dustin

UAIOE
I have a DC to AC convertor. I used it for a PS2. How long of a trip are you going on? I missed that thread.
 
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dems4me

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Pete, I too have a laptop of recent...if you have the extra funds, I'd definately opt for another battery. :shrug:

btw, wth and I'm supposed to clean this screen with?
 
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Pete

Pete

Repete
dems4me said:
Pete, I too have a laptop of recent...if you have the extra funds, I'd definately opt for another battery. :shrug:

btw, wth and I'm supposed to clean this screen with?
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Comet :yay:








JUST JOKING! :lmao:
 
Pete

Pete

Repete
dems4me said:
Pete, I too have a laptop of recent...if you have the extra funds, I'd definately opt for another battery. :shrug:

btw, wth and I'm supposed to clean this screen with?
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The trip is 11 hours each way. Another battery would only get me 2 movies.
 
mainman

mainman

Set Trippin
Pete said:
The trip is 11 hours each way. Another battery would only get me 2 movies.
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The auto adapter is the way to go. If you leave your battery in your laptop all the time, than you have pretty much depleted it anyways. Much like a cellphone, you need to let the battery totally drain and then recharge it for it to remain in decent working order.
 
Pete

Pete

Repete
mainman said:
The auto adapter is the way to go. If you leave your battery in your laptop all the time, than you have pretty much depleted it anyways. Much like a cellphone, you need to let the battery totally drain and then recharge it for it to remain in decent working order.
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I rarely use the battery but when I have I get about 3 hours. Not enough for 3 or 4 movies.
 
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