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(More customer reviews)As a unit 10 times more expensive than an HT player and more than double the price of Pyle I would expect something decent and with high spec.I only own it for a month so can't quote on build quality.It is installed on a 2004 odyssey and everything works fine to spec, but the spec is a bit low (or not speced) considering its price.
Manual.
Very basic.If you don't know how to use a DVD player then the manual could be helpful, otherwise you could totally forget about it.Installation instruction is non existent, only 6 pictures without any wording.If you know how to work on the vehicle interior and electronics this might not be an issue, otherwise you better off have it installed by professional.(I did figure everything out on my own though).
Touch and feel.
The unit comes with 3 sets of rims and covers, black(pre mounted), gray and tan, that could match your car's interior.Remote control feels like a piece of... well, shamed to be put on the side of your car's remote.Buttons on the unit are hard to push.Hinge of the screen seems to be sturdy enough to hold the LCD at any angle.Loading and ejecting disc seems smooth.
DVD playback.
Nothing to comment, only tried 1 disc and it worked.
AVI playback.
You could play AVI files on a USB drive, an SD(not SDHC) card, or burnt on disc.After loading it will display an explorer window where you select the file and play.However AVI is the only supported container and seems DivX and xvid are the only codec supported.And seems if you have a file with resolution higher than DVD standard you wouldn't get the picture.I didn't test the subtitle support as I bought it for kids, and reading small fonts on bumpy road is not good for the eyes.
Sound.
It has RCA stereo output that you could connect to your amp or you could use FM transmitter.Sound quality through FM is good, can't hear any static (with the engine running).Sound field is deep and accurate, a little weak on bass.
Other spec.
Biggest complaint, NO RESUME!Every time it's powered off it forgot where it stopped, and you have to search all the way back to where you left over (although it supports 20X search speed rev/fwd on both DVD and AVI which is nice).Have to power on the unit to reject or load the disc.No SDHC support.Summary.
It seems the R&D of the company (if any) simply ported over a very basic DivX player.Car electronics are working under extreme conditions (heat, cold, vibration, EMP) thus should be carefully designed and built, but the sub par spec, flimsy buttons and remote and the useless manual indicating the company didn't take that seriously, hence I'm questioning the justification of such a high price tag.
But as advertised as a DVD player there's nothing major I could pick on, as everything works and the A/V quality are good.This is especially important as you don't want to spend $200 or 3 hours on installation to find out the unit is dead and all you got is a hole on your headliner.
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