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Pool Playen Bob
10-08-2010, 11:11 PM
I got this buddy of mine who's been talking alot about carputers and what he wants to do. he's got the sources to mass these and or build them to specs. the problem is that he's not much of a car guy. so were trying to get a general idea on what people would want out of a carputer.

basically its gonna be like a regular 7inch double din with all the goodies.

what programs or what would you like the unit to do that would entice you as a consumer purchase one. and at what price? im a tight ass so the cheaper the better but realistically what do you think one would retail for? maybe a base model? maybe a super awesome model?

were thinking of building and selling some locally so we can tweak them if theres any problems but he'd like to know what the people want.

i see theres programs out there where you can plug in your obd2 plugs and read what your cars doing on your monitor.

also kicking around the idea of phone tethering the internet to your head unit. either via bluetooth or a usb port.
would be pretty neat :shrugs:

ideas like that ^^ what are you after?

Darkfirewolf5
10-10-2010, 03:08 PM
Check out

Resources:
mp3car.com
cartft.com
newegg.com
amazon.com

Frontends:
Centrafuse
RoadRunner / RideRunner

I have yet to build mine but I pretty much know what I am going to do with it :)

gonna do a trunk install / use Centrafuse!

Cant wait, post pic / specs when your done!

Pool Playen Bob
10-10-2010, 06:12 PM
yeah, hes been reading those sites. but he's a guy who can probably go a little beyond some of the generic stuff that gets layed out to market. thats why were asking.

Muirner
10-10-2010, 09:08 PM
i'm planning to build a pico/mini-ATX car-puter utilizing a solid state hdd, and a blue ray drive. Probably have my stock head unit for volume control. Touchscreen double DIN tv.

The only thing i dont like currently is the dash slopes up, if the tv/monitor doesnt have a good range of view it may suck..

broderp
10-13-2010, 03:56 PM
I would look for if I were ding this is:

WINDOWS 7 OS
GPS
RADIO
DVD/CD playback
BLUETOOTH
MP3 PLAYBACK
INTERNET
CAR STATISTICS
SATTELLITE RADIO
USB CONNECTIVITY

If you could those within some slick interface, then I would be interested. ;)