In the next 6 months, my family has to fly coast to coast twice and take 2 road trips of at least 3 hours each way, all for weddings. The one thing that will keep my daughter entertained is Sesame Street, so I need to find a portable media player solution that will work on both a plane and in a car. Would love to hear other's experiences with this, here's the ideas I'm playing with.
1. Load up my iPhone with Sesame Street. I'm not crazy about this because even though I already own the thing, so zero startup cost, the cost to replace an iPhone that three year old damages is pretty steep (I'm only one year into my contract)
2. iPod Touch - This could work, but for $200, all, I get is 8GB of space, probably enough for a trip, but I don't have a real purpose for a Touch otherwise.
3. Portable DVD Player - Cheaper, but then I need to buy dvds, and I probably won't use the dvd player at home nor the dvds.
4. Netbook Dell Mini 10v - I'd be handing over a computer to a three year old, but it's a netbook, cheaper than replacing an iPhone if something goes wrong. On the plane I could supervise, and in the car I was thinking about trying to stick it in one of these back seat suspension systems
http://www.amazon.com/Car-Portable-Player-Attaches-Front/dp/B000ID37EA/ref=pd_sbs_a_2
(anyone use these? anyone use one with a netbook?) Plus then the netbook could be the computer we travel with, instead of taking one or both of our MBPs.
Money is an issue, so I don't want to buy something I won't use for anything else, nor do I want to spend too much (ie. no iPad for me yet)
Would love to hear people's first hand experience.
Thanks.
1. Load up my iPhone with Sesame Street. I'm not crazy about this because even though I already own the thing, so zero startup cost, the cost to replace an iPhone that three year old damages is pretty steep (I'm only one year into my contract)
2. iPod Touch - This could work, but for $200, all, I get is 8GB of space, probably enough for a trip, but I don't have a real purpose for a Touch otherwise.
3. Portable DVD Player - Cheaper, but then I need to buy dvds, and I probably won't use the dvd player at home nor the dvds.
4. Netbook Dell Mini 10v - I'd be handing over a computer to a three year old, but it's a netbook, cheaper than replacing an iPhone if something goes wrong. On the plane I could supervise, and in the car I was thinking about trying to stick it in one of these back seat suspension systems
http://www.amazon.com/Car-Portable-Player-Attaches-Front/dp/B000ID37EA/ref=pd_sbs_a_2
(anyone use these? anyone use one with a netbook?) Plus then the netbook could be the computer we travel with, instead of taking one or both of our MBPs.
Money is an issue, so I don't want to buy something I won't use for anything else, nor do I want to spend too much (ie. no iPad for me yet)
Would love to hear people's first hand experience.
Thanks.