DVD players

[Matthew]

Ok, say I am not huge into a fancy system but dont want a piece of crap. I am going to stay on stock speakers but can expect to upgrade to better speakers and subs upon my comnig back from iraq.

i have a lot of Armin Van Buuren (thats all i listen to), approx 3gb at this point, and was wondering if there is a deck that will play mp3s off a dvd?

Also, i dont need it now but maybe have a flip up touch screen later with movie playing abilities...so either a single din and then put an addl piece or an affordable double din with the screen with it...

i dont know much about these things and i see a lot that are real cheap and a lot that are real expensive.

some of them im not sure if they require more parts to make everything work, etc.

remember, im not huge into stereos. i was happy with my 125 dollar alpine 9811 before...so this doesnt have to be much of an upgrade wattage etc wise.

 

[Matthew]

here is an example (all of which can be had cheaper on ebay of course):

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ZTlZTr4w3gd/cgi-bin/prodview.asp?I=500dva9860&wm=cl

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ZTlZTr4w3gd/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=257KDAVX1

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ZTlZTr4w3gd/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=300&I=110VM9410

 

[Matthew]

bump

 

[SP33D]

What is your main concern aside from the ability to play DVD's? Do you want fancy looking or good quality?

 

[Matthew]

niether is important...to a certain extent. i dont want a walmart deck but if i spent 2200 i would never notice the difference between something much less expensive.

 

[SP33D]

Just go for the JVC one. It's got a lot of good options for the price.. 5v preout options, mp3 playing options (even if they're 1 gig worth burned onto dvd), Sirius ready options... plus it comes with this really sweet 3" screen. What the heck else do you think you would need?

 

[Matthew]

a bigger screen some day maybe i dunno...i was just looking for opinions etc.

looks like its time to rebuild my poker jackpot up for that mod. But youre def saying that it will play Mp3s off a DVD right?

 

[Satiagraha]

Have you looked at the alpine units? Check out this one. It reads everything from cda, cd-r/rw, to mp3s to dvd-r/rw. The only thing that it doesn't seem to read is dual-layer dvds, but you'd need a dual-layer burner on your computer if you want to burn your music onto a dual-layer dvd anyways.

This unit's MSRP is $1,600 USD, but you can find them commonly selling for about 400 dollars less ($1,200 USD).

This player's 7" fully motorized touchscreen monitor and the menus are designed to be very easy-to-use. Take a look at this article, it tells you about how the touch screen has vibration technology that makes using it feel like you're pressing actual mechanical buttons instead of just a plastic screen

 

[Matthew]

Sure is nice, but its not exactly cheap for a starter unit. meaning, i can always add another screen to the other unit, right?

Which goes to show my ignorance...can i have the JVC and then add a bigger screen in the next DIN slot or will that not work?

 

[SP33D]

yea that would work probably.. only thing is that you would have 2 screens playing the same thing right next to each other lol

 

[Matthew]

no you can turn off that picture