WASHINGTON -- Amtrak added a personal entertainment system on its Auto Train service.

The compact personal audio-video units, or “digEplayers,” feature a 7-inch screen and comes with headphones and are similar to a portable DVD player.

The digEplayer delivers on-demand audio and video entertainment with the quality of DVDs and CDs in a pre-programmed, ready-to-play personal unit. Amtrak said the units have an eight- to 10-hour battery life and can easily be set up on a passenger’s tray table.

November’s movie choices include “Batman Begins,” “National Treasure,” “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” “Ice Princess,” “Herbie: Fully Loaded,” “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” “The Incredibles,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” “Finding Nemo,” “Million Dollar Baby,” “Ocean’s 12” and “Matchstick Men.”

Amtrak said the units will be available for rental at both Auto Train stations: the Washington suburb of Lorton, Va., and Sanford, Fla. The units rent for $19 for each one-way trip. Expansion of the service into other major Amtrak markets is being planned.

Amtrak’s Auto Train carries 200,000 passengers and their vehicles annually on the 16-hour, 855-mile overnight trip.

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