That is the same as the closed subject by moderator. Maybe the moderator would reconsider opening old threat and adding this to it.

Obvioulsy it was because someone called me stupid on the forum and the moderator decided to close the subject. Anyhow, stupid as my suggestion was Jaguar decided to use my stupid remark to create the world first TV monitor side viewing. Now on the new XJ the driver could see the Nav details on his side of the screan while the passenger is watching TV on his side all AT THE SAME TIME. I guess great ideas come from foolish remarks, so why not create a category called foolish/stupid , Jaguar and others could use ideas from.

 

billodavio, do you have a link to show us where that 'feature' has been integrated into the new jaguar? I'm wary of the validity of that since it places too much liability on the manufacturer to even remotely consider it.

If you've got a link, please post it. thanks!

 

Jaguar XJ's dual-view infotainment display "technically illegal" in the United States? — Autoblog

There's a lot to love about the all-new Jaguar XJ, but if the slick dual-view console screen system was one of the elements that caught your attention amidst the big cat's debut, you may be in for a disappointment. With the dual-view system, Jaguar devised a way to let the passenger watch a movie, for instance, while the driver sees the navigation system. The idea is to keep the passenger entertained without distracting the driver, offering up the best of both worlds. Problem is, it may be illegal in the United States.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration currently prohibits the display of entertainment in the center console. The idea is that it would distract the driver, and they're right. However while the XJ's display may be "technically illegal", as Jaguar's noted designer Ian Callum admits – that is, by the letter of the law – the whole point of the system is that it removes the distraction from the driver's eyesight, thereby complying with the spirit of the law. Whether the NHTSA will change the regulations to allow the system, however, remains to be seen. Think they ought to let this one pass, or is the law the law and that's that? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

 

Let me infotain you

There aren't many in-car gadgets cooler than a foot-long digital instrument panel, but the XJ's dual-view infotainment screen -- which feeds different images to the driver and passenger simultaneously -- just gets the nod. This, like most vehicle interfaces, provides touch access to common car functions, including climate-control, communications, navigation and audio features. But it'll also allow the passenger to enjoy the car's on-board Freeview television system, a DVD, or DivX films (via discs).


Relatively simple technology is behind the dual-view display. The screen comprises a backlit colour LCD and a special mask placed over the liquid-crystal layer. Images for the left and right viewing angles are shown simultaneously on adjacent pixel columns, while the mask distributes the picture in opposite directions. The driver sees an image constructed of the first, third, fifth and other odd-numbered pixel columns, while the passenger's image is constructed of the second, fourth, sixth and subsequent even-numbered columns.
It works beautifully in practice, although image-quality junkies should note that the screen's standard 800x480-pixel resolution is reduced in dual-view mode, giving each side a total resolution of just 400x480 pixels. The dual-view display comes fitted as standard on all the Portfolio and Supersport versions of UK XJs.


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