BMW Created an Absurd In-Car ‘Theater’ With a 31-Inch 8K Screen

CEStook one step closer to replacing machine shows this year with not only new car introductions , but glimpse of conceptual self-propelling technologies that might one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. be commonplace . Looking into its own lechatelierite ball , BMW see a future in which cars are equip with monstrous 31 - in 8 K screens that turn vehicles into rolling movie theaters to keep passengers distracted on road trips .

For as long as TVs have been humble enough to compact into moving vehicles , carmakers have added them to keep back - seat driver , children , and other rider quiet and pacified as they travel from point A to point B. But while modern LCD displays can be discreetly hidden in the back of seats or quietly retract into the ceiling of a vehicle , they incline to be much little than the sieve we enjoy at home . As far as BMW is concerned , it does n’t have to be that way .

On Wednesday , the company debut a conception call the Theater Screen , which , as the name implies , is an ultra - wide showing that draw back from a fomite ’s padded star and , at 31 in in size of it , fills nearly the entire width of the auto and the space between the roof and the top of the back of the front rump . It boast a 32:9 aspect proportion and pushes a resolution of around 8000 x 2000 pixels , allowing a 4 KiB picture show to be enjoyed in 16:9 while additional subject is expose on either side .

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feature Amazon Fire television built in , the Theater Screen also relies on a 5 G mobile connection for cyclosis capacity on the route , while a Bowers & Wilkins Diamond Surround Sound System brings movie field of operations - calibre sound to passenger behind the machine driver and whoever is ride shotgun . The experience is further enhanced when the cover is lowered , which actuate retractable awning to cover the side and rear windows of the fomite to help darken the interior and make the giant covert pop even more .

A screen that size send packing into place is going to completely obnubilate a rear - survey mirror , but given features like backup cameras are now required in countries like Canada for all fresh vehicles , an LCD display on the windscreen sport a live - streamed view from a rear - point camera should solve any visibleness event the Theater Screen introduces . As for when you could grease one’s palms a BMW with a film field in the back seat ? That remains to be catch . There will doubtlessly be a lot of interest in the construct at this year ’s CES , but we may not see in - fomite conveniences like this actually show up in production vehicle until they ’re faithfully able to drive themselves .

Fire TV in the Car

While BMW ’s execution of Amazon ’s Fire goggle box in the auto is in spades over the top ( and who knows when we ’ll actually see it ) , Amazon is working to get its streaming TV platform in actual machine this year .

Amazon launched Fire TVlast yearin the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer . This twelvemonth , you could expect to see Fire telecasting in more cars , including the Jeep Grand Cherokee , Chrysler Pacifica , Ford Explorer , and Lincoln Navigator .

Amazon ’s Fire TV platform does n’t have a navigation organisation like Apple CarPlay or Android Auto , so all you ’re getting here is subject matter — which is perhaps why the best possible place to watch Fire TV is in the backseat of a silly BMW and not on your in - hyphen amusement system .

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