Splitview now available on 2010 W221 in US
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Splitview now available on 2010 W221 in US
According to MBUSA.com, Splitview is now available as a $700 option. It supposedly includes a wireless remote and headphones for the front passenger. A demo from LA International Auto Show can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a58YU9GXCog
Personally, I don't see any value of yet another TV screen in our lives, but could be useful for some folks. I wonder whether it can be installed on older 2010 W221 models; sounds like it's a simple firmware upgrade and installation of the special "grid" on the screen.
Oh yeah, also looks like it's not yet legal in some states (the full list is under "Disclaimer" on the feature description page on MBUSA.com).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a58YU9GXCog
Personally, I don't see any value of yet another TV screen in our lives, but could be useful for some folks. I wonder whether it can be installed on older 2010 W221 models; sounds like it's a simple firmware upgrade and installation of the special "grid" on the screen.
Oh yeah, also looks like it's not yet legal in some states (the full list is under "Disclaimer" on the feature description page on MBUSA.com).
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that is very cool from every angle (pun intended) :-)
I'd like to understand how that actually works, they mentioned something about refractive screen...
I'd like to understand how that actually works, they mentioned something about refractive screen...
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I believe, the firmware splits the pixel columns into two alternating parts (one for the driver, next for for the passenger, and so on) and shows both images at the same time (half the usual horizontal resolution, though). A special filter (sort of a fine grid) applied to the screen shows odd pixel columns when looking at an angle from the left (driver's side) and even columns from the right (passenger). As a result, two different images are displayed at the same time on the same screen. The likely downside is that the rear passengers would either see a black screen or the weird overlap of the two images when looking at the screen directly.
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makes sense, so you half the resolution (which may not be important or they doubled the pixel density to accommodate) and the refractive filter directs the pixels to left and right. Very cool.
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I doubt they doubled the resolution as it would make the screen much more expensive (not to mention the need to carry two different models). I suspect they're banking on the limitations of the human eye and video quality imperfections ;-)
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But like another poster mentioned, will back seat passengers be able to see the screen or would it be distorted? (assuming you only have one image on the screen) Also wonder if the passenger has the ability to use a headphone jack.
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Back seat passengers would see whatever their front seat counterpart would see. The back right seeing the passenger view and the back left seeing the driver view - all assuming a lefthand drive car. The typical operating mode would likely be with the passenger using the supplied wireless headphones so the driver could listen to music etc. There is also a headphone jack on the passenger side for wired headphones. The resolution of the S/CL class screens are apparently high enough so that even when the resolution is halved, there is no discernable difference in screen quality on either side. For $700, why not?
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Back seat passengers would see whatever their front seat counterpart would see. The back right seeing the passenger view and the back left seeing the driver view - all assuming a lefthand drive car. The typical operating mode would likely be with the passenger using the supplied wireless headphones so the driver could listen to music etc. There is also a headphone jack on the passenger side for wired headphones. The resolution of the S/CL class screens are apparently high enough so that even when the resolution is halved, there is no discernable difference in screen quality on either side. For $700, why not?
I assume we are talking about the split view at the front and two rear entertainment screens for the rear passengers.
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We were discussing what the rear passengers would see on the front screen when looking at it from the respective sides, regardless of whether Rear Entertainment system was installed or not. Obviously, the rear screens would be independent from the front one.
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, the rear passengers cannot really see the centre screen at the front unless they watch closer to the centre of the rear seat. The angle would be more straight than that from the front seat. Have you, or anyone else really tested how it works from the rear seat? What about a person sitting at the centre of the rear seat (assuming a 3 person rear seat and the split view active)?
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Hopefully, someone else would chime in.
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