I'm look to upgrade my stock 02tl headunit with a double din one.

I am looking for a unit that can use an external hard drive so that I can my video collections. I don't want to use an IPOD as an external because it would take to long for me to encode all my vids.

I know there are issues with the Kenwood 8019 and 7100 with USB loading large amounts of data.

I know Pioneer D3 doesn't support playing videos through an external USB drive (except IPODs)

Does anyone have recommendations besides a carputer?

 

The Kenwood 7019 also does USB. I didn't know that the Kenwoods had problems loading data through the USB input.

 

I went over to the crutchfield boards and read up on issues due to USB loadup times to see whether an external hard drive was possible. From what I read, the kenwood units scans the USB drive completely before displaying file folders and etc. A firmware was anticipated to fix the problem but none has appeared.