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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 01:41 AM
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I found these head rest monitors on ebay pretty cheap what do you guys think about these monitors?

http://cgi.ebay.com/SK-788-2-x-7-TFT...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 03:14 AM
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Originally Posted by aznboy
I found these head rest monitors on ebay pretty cheap what do you guys think about these monitors?

http://cgi.ebay.com/SK-788-2-x-7-TFT...QQcmdZViewItem

You get what you pay for.

I have these in my car

http://www.savv.com/
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 07:51 AM
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I think they are knockoffs of the Alpine monitor in appearance, and I think that they posted every single spec (viewing angle, contrast, resolution), but NOT brightness. Brightness is the single most important spec for any in-car LCD display, and with the level of detail that they have in the other specs, they cut-and-pasted this list out of the spec sheet of manual, and then DELETED brightness. So it must not be very bright.

Savv is pretty good. Myron and Davis, Directed, Icon, Rosen, are all pretty good.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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i let the savv ones how much were they and where can i buy them...
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Old Aug 19, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by aznboy
i let the savv ones how much were they and where can i buy them...

Here you go. Depending on where you live.

http://www.savv.com/where.asp
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Old Aug 19, 2005 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by elduderino
I think they are knockoffs of the Alpine monitor in appearance, and I think that they posted every single spec (viewing angle, contrast, resolution), but NOT brightness. Brightness is the single most important spec for any in-car LCD display, and with the level of detail that they have in the other specs, they cut-and-pasted this list out of the spec sheet of manual, and then DELETED brightness. So it must not be very bright.

Savv is pretty good. Myron and Davis, Directed, Icon, Rosen, are all pretty good.

High-Definition, Low-reflection TFT LCD, It's pretty good in the daytime too due to being non-reflective (my kids are not complaining) and I don't even have tinted windows.
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Old Aug 19, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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High-Definition, Low-reflection TFT LCD, It's pretty good in the daytime too due to being non-reflective (my kids are not complaining) and I don't even have tinted windows.
I'm glad your kids like them. (The comments I was making was about the no-name LCDs, NOT the avv LCDs).

However, you used the term "high-definition", andI gotta throw a flag on the field on that one.

High Definition Television is specifically defined, and those monitors ain't it. Hell, I don't see HOW you can say they're high-def - upper OR lower case - when they have 234 horizontal lines. They're 1/4 VGA, like every other headrest monitor.

That's plenty good enough for many apps. But high def it ain't.
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by elduderino
I'm glad your kids like them. (The comments I was making was about the no-name LCDs, NOT the avv LCDs).

However, you used the term "high-definition", andI gotta throw a flag on the field on that one.

High Definition Television is specifically defined, and those monitors ain't it. Hell, I don't see HOW you can say they're high-def - upper OR lower case - when they have 234 horizontal lines. They're 1/4 VGA, like every other headrest monitor.

That's plenty good enough for many apps. But high def it ain't.


Tell that to savv.
http://www.savv.com/7800w.html

I really don't care if it is high-def or not, I just cut and pasted it from their website.
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Old Aug 20, 2005 | 08:18 PM
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yo seriously when ur doing headrest monitors, save up and do something nice... dont just take the cheap way out cuz you get waht you pay for
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