media center in car, what do you think of this set up? Options

[Valo666]

So im thinkin of settin up a bit of a media center in my celi, and i was thinkin this for a cheap solution. I checked a few audio shops and only found 1 in car PC and they wanted $2500 for it with a keyboard, monitor n hard drive. So i decided to look around n c what else is availbe. So i was thinkin this..7inch monitor mounted on passanger side of the center console, then in the glove compartment, mount an I-River attached to a power inverter and tapped to the screen and into my cd deck. So i would have video, music, pictures, tv(if i record it off my comp), cd and radio all runnin through my speakers and onto the monitor. It will be also good because the monitor could be seen from the drivers side and also from the passangerside by watching on the actuall I-River. All in all it would cost me around $700 for everything. $500 for the I-River, like $120 for the monitor, $20 for the cabels, and then just how ever much it would cost for material for the I-River mount. So what do you think of this??

[celicarus]

I have been doing research on this myself and i think you guys should take a look at this system at

Cappuccino PC

along with this 7'' touch screen



the pc ranges from $573 to top of the line $850 with all the upgradable options. This is a built to order machine and small enough to stick under the car seat.

Spend less than $1700 and get a great system, where you can install GPS software onto the hard drive. Game System, DVD, wireless connection, etc.

I sometimes like to do things the easy way and this system will be the easy way every, because since it is portable, take it inside the house - store movies onto the hard drive, music, games, and put back in car when you want to.

With its wireless IEEE 802.11b you can park in front of some places and use the internet inside your car.

The only modification i think i would do to this is create a power adapter where the pc will be seated for easy diconnecting and reconnecting instead of using a power inverter where wires are visable.