Check this out!!

www.gnetcanada.com

 

pangpang77:
Not really impressive...and prohibitively expensive...they're charging 3x what they should just for screens. It's just as easy and more flexible to do home grown PC's such as the one I have.

Austin519

 

You don't have to buy their screens. I don't know what's not to impress about it. I have yet to see a computer that small with the outputs necessary to plug into the screen, plug-and-play for some of us common folk.

 

I think its nice. The price didn't seem that bad. Austin where would u find a 7" schreen under 300?

 

acur8ly:
Quite a few places...for $250. Usually I can find them for $300.

pangpang77:
I can make you a SBC cheaper (abotu $350-400) that's about the size of a hard drive (or if you can't picture that, about the size of a small paperback book) that can run win2k, play DVD, connect to the internet and run a LAN, do GPS, blah blah blah...and also play music videos, Divx, do dolby 5.1, etc. I just chose my system (6"x8"x3") because I wanted an extremely inexpensive computer that gave me a LOT of capability.

Austin519

 

Ok Austin519, I'm convinced. If that's the case, once you're done and can post some pictures, you've got yourself a prospective customer

 

One more thing, Austin519, what do you do when you shut down your engine, doesn't that create a problem for improperly shutting down windows?

 

pangpang77:
. I didn't mean to get a customer heh. I'll sell them as soon as I debut at IASCA and in some magazines.

And I wish you hadn't asked that...because that's one of the little things I figured out to do but I'll tell you. When you turn your key off and it shuts off the in car electronics, that sends a signal to my PC telling it to hibernate . It can go from full speed to hibernation in about 6 seconds...and a stock battery can more than supply that much power for it to do so. When the car turns back on (depending on if it's set to turn on with the car, or with pressing a switch), it pulls out of hibernation in 3-4 seconds.

Austin519

 

When are you thinking of doing this? I would like to see the outcome. Are you going to change the stock head unit?

spiro

 

Does it come with composite/RCA outputs? How does the wireless internet work? What network?

You've really got me thinking now...

 

spiroh:
It's already done...the computer is built and working with all the stuff I mentioned and a lot of things I don't want to mention yet. I just don't want to post pics till it's all done. And yeah, going to get a small, silver cd/cdr/cdrw/mp3/sirius player that I can use when I bypass the computer altogether.

pangpang77:
It does...it has composite, svideo, and dvi outputs. The WLAN works like any computer...with a Breezecom setup that goes 30 miles (the most expensive thing in my car to date).

Austin519

 

the exact computer they are selling with those screens can be had at a lot of places for under $500. For example, check out www.casedepot.com . Follow the link for "standard cases", then the link for "Slim" and it's the 3rd one in the top row... Can't do a direct link because it's a frames site, but anyway... They're not the only place that sells that exact machine... Just add a processor and ram and you're good to go...

[edit: and here is a mini-tv screen that has an S-video input connector on it, for $150USD. If you put a video card in the above computer that gives you the ability to output S-video, you're all set...

'02

 

Here is the case.

 

Hey Austin:
Just wondering if you wouldn't mind posting some of the part numbers that you used in your system....Just the basics, I wouldn't want to bite off you too bad

 

Or buy it pre-built

 

That's what I've got my eyes on. I'm trying to find a good motorized screen that I can replace my post it note holder with now.

 

mc222@aol.com:
Can't till I'm done installing...which will hopefully be by end of Aug.

Austin519