In-Car Entertainment, (sometimes referred to as
ICE, or
IVI as in
In-Vehicle Infotainment), is a collection of hardware devices installed into automobiles, or other forms of transportation, to provide
audio and/or audio/visual entertainment, as well as
automotive navigation systems (SatNav). This includes playing media such as
CDs,
DVDs,
Freeview/
TV,
USB and/or other optional
surround sound, or
DSP systems. Also increasingly common in ICE installs are the incorporation of
video game consoles into the vehicle. In-Car Entertainment systems have been featured TV shows such as
MTV's
**** My Ride. In Car Entertainment has been become more widely available due to reduced costs of devices such as LCD screen/monitors, and the reducing cost to the consumer of the converging media playable technologies. Single hardware units are capable of playing CD,
MP3,
WMA, DVD.
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