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Live Streaming TV for the Dodge Caravan

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The 2010 Dodge Caravan SXT I recently acquired has an interesting feature - a built in "Vehicle Entertainment System" complete with two rear screens, two DVD players, two aux video/audio inputs, and multi-channel IR headphones. This is all cool, but who wants to be stuck watching things they happen to be carrying around on DVD?  This is 2013, the age of streaming media!  Immediately, I started pondering how I could bring this system up to date with the current state of ADD-inducing, "always-on" streaming media entertainment! I. Video in Motion First thing's first.  The Chrysler/GM "MyGig" system has a Lawyer-induced feature of disabling any video from the head unit when you put the vehicle in drive.  That's rather annoying!  I don't condone watching a movie while you're supposed to be driving, but I'd rather that I dictate to the technology what to do, not the other way around.  Thankfully, there are a couple of companies that mak...