Mio’s Navman V575 sat-nav-cum-television has an actual digital TV aerial, rather than insisting on weird video formats stored on memory cards
Building a television into your sat-nav seems about as dangerous as putting a cooker hob on the dashboard. But at technology shows, manufacturers are not only bringing us television and Blu-ray in cars, but also internet, apps, gaming – and even rear-view mirrors that turn into TVs.
Sadly, the family car that drives itself is still only to be found in sci-fi-land.
The idea, of course, is that the passengers can watch – and most of the time you don’t actually need sat-nav.
Mio’s Navman V575 sat-nav-cum-television is more sensible than most hybrids – it has an actual digital TV aerial, rather than insisting on weird video formats stored on memory cards (although arch-geeks can, of course, bring a bag of SD cards).
A one-minute scan brought up 35 Freeview channels – although with the stick-on aerial, reception in town is so patchy that the weird coloured blocks that plague flat-dwelling TV watchers crop up almost as much as an actual picture. On the open road it’s far smoother, and flipping back to the sat-nav is a one-touch affair.
Just hope that nothing exciting is happening in Coronation Street as you approach your turn-off…
£150, argos.co.uk
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