What do you guys think of this, dvd/gps Options

[rzanology]

i was going to set up my car pc...but i dont think i want to be bothered with the head ache. so i found this....

link

what do you guys think.

[WALKER]

Seems like a neat system with lots of features, but for the price I would definately setup a carputer instead.

[CilverSeliST205]

i was going to set up my car pc...but i dont think i want to be bothered with the head ache. so i found this....

link

what do you guys think.

Send me your glovebox and $1000 and I will build you sickest carPC ever featuring:

Navigation
GPS
WiFi connectivity with amplified antenna (gets gps location of your car along wit pic from rear-view cam sent to pc at home, beat that on star )
Sound Blaster Gold (64) connected to the head unit
Voice Control software (Realize Voice)
Relay board interfaced with voice control
Noise canceling microphone
DVD ROM (slot-loading)
Intelligent car power supply
8" XGA/SVGA touchscreen
Reverse view camera
1ghz processor, plenty of hdd space and ram memory
cushioned, reinforced and fan cooled glovebox for vibration and temperature resistance

all you have to do is run power, ground, ignition, audio to headunit/amp, rca for reverse view, wifi antenna, microphone, and monitor cables

I am almost done with my carputer just need to mount screen and then i can show off my voice controlled dome light, windows and sunroof

[Celica power]

dammmm thats sweeeet car pc

[XCSkierFreak]

Wow...I think my parent's comp is less powerful than Cilver's Celi's.

[celicurr]

holy crap, please post up as soon as you have that done!!

[kriz45]

i got one of those too i love it but the gps dosnt work when im by trees or in a downtown with alot of buildings

but its sounds great and is sweet other than that.

try and find a sale cuase that a pretty high price i got mine for 1500

[rzanology]

yea i wanted the car pc for a while. but This seems like less of a chance of things going wrong. i work in IT...i'll be damned if i have to pull over my car to trouble shoot why windows media player wont play my playlist lol. That gps issue Kriz is having is an issue. Im in NYC and there is nothing but buildings. Would there be a way to some how extend the signal of the gps receiver?

[Zimluura]

i've been thinking on the carpc for a long time now. was hoping to find a really slim version of linux with audio and gps. now i don't care so much about gps, 'cause there's no good 100% free gps road map+location database. and i usually do fine with maps.

so, yeah, anyways, now i'm thinking about a carpc just for music. wanting to build one that can handle a flash drive for os+software and a single 3.5inch hard drive for media (nothing like paying 80 bucks for a 250gig), a little concearned with hard-drive shock resistance, but i've got an excess of them right now.

[Nibbe]

Maybe little off topic but wanted to show you guys one other thing i have in my celi - xbox media center. It has almost everything you need in a car. You can put on on there some music, videos, games, pics, linux, emulators aso. I have 250gt harddrive on it and love how it's so easy and simple to use and don't have to carry on all those cd's. Here is the link to site where you can find out little about this system (it's in finnish but i think you can still get the idea) --> xbox media center. And btw all this cost me something like 250euros (includes: xbox, harddrive, mod-chip, wireless control and the modding it to media center) and of course you still need the screen. -N

[6gcSTVT]

I have never seen the reason for GPS... cuz I'm good with directions . The 7"-8" tv's IMO are pretty chill and the computers as well but paying over 2g's for it all? little steep ....thats more than half of what i have total in my car including the purchase... but if you decide to i'll give you props for having the most expensive dash