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#251557 - 13/03/2005 12:26 Looking for a Media Player for the car
Qtqc
stranger

Registered: 12/02/2004
Posts: 87
Hello everyone. I have a quick question. I been looking into possibly finding a unit that will play movie files on a LCD. I been looking over at mp3car.com and some of the installs over there are awesome but from reading it seems that computers dont show very well at all on LCDs. I currenctly have a Panasonic LCD installed in my car. I was wondering if anyone knows of any media center units that are capable of playing on lcd, sorta like a movie playing empeg.
I was tempted to go the Car Pc route but I dont want to get rid of my lcd.

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#251558 - 13/03/2005 13:04 Re: Looking for a Media Player for the car [Re: Qtqc]
Qtqc
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Registered: 12/02/2004
Posts: 87
I found this, anyone know if this works well?
Ebay Auction

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#251559 - 14/03/2005 22:06 Re: Looking for a Media Player for the car [Re: Qtqc]
Qtqc
stranger

Registered: 12/02/2004
Posts: 87
Anyone?

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#251560 - 15/03/2005 04:04 Re: Looking for a Media Player for the car [Re: Qtqc]
canuckInOR
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Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
Quote:
Anyone?

Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Honestly, I don't think you're going to get much of a response about something like that, when you connect it to the Car PC meme. Members that frequent this board are a pretty biased lot when it comes to in-car media solutions. As a portable media player in general, it looks pretty nifty, but I've never played with one, so I can't comment.

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#251561 - 15/03/2005 12:18 Re: Looking for a Media Player for the car [Re: canuckInOR]
Qtqc
stranger

Registered: 12/02/2004
Posts: 87
I would never think of replacing the empeg. Just curious if theres a unit that can play avi,mpeg movies etc from a hard drive.

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#251562 - 15/03/2005 15:55 Re: Looking for a Media Player for the car [Re: Qtqc]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
I hear good things about the Archos AV400, but I don't know if it can play to an external monitor.

EDIT: according to the site, you can get a video output. It doesn't look like you can get a VGA output.
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#251563 - 15/03/2005 16:02 Re: Looking for a Media Player for the car [Re: JBjorgen]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12341
Loc: Sterling, VA
It can definitely do that. But I don't know if it does 5.1 audio. I don't think it does. I have the AV340. It's quite good, but I wouldn't want to operate it while in the car, although it does have a remote control.
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#251564 - 22/03/2005 16:21 Re: Looking for a Media Player for the car [Re: Dignan]
Qtqc
stranger

Registered: 12/02/2004
Posts: 87
Well I picked up that unit off Ebay. I will let everyone know how well it plays all the different types of movies.

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