Amtrak Auto Train passengers can now enjoy movies, TV shows, cartoons, music videos and music all digitally pre-programmed in the unique, portable system, named the digEplayer(tm) from Railway Media® and digEcor(tm). The latest in personal audio-video entertainment, the compact digEplayer features a seven-inch screen, comes with headphones and weighs only three pounds with battery. The digEplayer delivers on-demand audio and video entertainment with the quality of DVDs and CDs in a fully-loaded and ready-to-play personal unit. This is the first time that Amtrak has offered passengers a personal entertainment system aboard its trains.

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The digEplayer contains dozens of movies, songs, sitcoms and children`s programs. Content will be refreshed frequently, providing passengers with a wealth of programming variety. The unit can easily be set up on a passenger`s tray table, carried to the Sleeping Car for a movie before bedtime or enjoyed anywhere on board the train. Because it operates on an eight-to-ten-hour battery, the digEplayer is completely portable. ``On-demand entertainment is something our passengers have been asking for and we`re pleased to offer the latest in the marketplace. Rather than carrying several DVDs or multiple entertainment systems, Amtrak passengers will have all that they need in one pre-programmed convenient system via the digEplayer,`` said Barbara J. Richardson, vice president of marketing and sales for Amtrak. Website: www.amtrak.com

Amtrak`s Auto Train carries 200,000 passengers and their vehicles annually between the Washington D.C. suburb of Lorton, Va. and Sanford, Fla. on a 16 1/2 -hour, 855-mile overnight journey escaping the trials of highway driving. The units will be available for rental at both stations for $19 for the entire one-way trip. Expansion of the service into other major Amtrak markets is being planned. At the conclusion of the train trip, passengers may return the digEplayer to a Railway Media representative on the train or at the station.

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