Thanks for the feedback. The pioneer unit looks nice...might be a bit too expensive for my budget. I'm getting the Alpine W200ri for $1750 installed.
Yeah, some audio person over east told me it's region 4 and can get Alpine to
make it region free for a fee of course.
It cost $400.00 extra for alpine to make the all zone
So $1350.00 installed is a lot cheaper and not the europe model... from CAFO
yeah, i think for australian one usually only region 4, if u dont mind panasonic screen CQ-VD6503 i can make it region free, and its australian one not from overseas with warranty.....
Panasonic come region free... as they dont really sell enough of there units to worry about locking regions.
Are you guys in Australia? Aren't most of the DVDs you're going to play be region 4 or no region encoding anyway? Why not use a backup copy of your DVD to play in the car? That way in the event of a theft you haven't lost your treasured original DVD.
Where are you getting the IVA-W200E for $1200 from? If you're after a single DIN unit the IVA-D200E is worth a look as well. I particularly found the menu and touch screen very easy to use and navigate. I felt comfortable with the controls after about 15mins of playing around. I also found the Alpine unit's image to be a lot better quality than the Panasonic and the Pioneer. The colour and sharpness of the image seemed to be better in comparison. Not sure if it was just those demo models or what though. The only thing with the Alpine though is that it is a slightly smaller screen.
Are you guys in Australia? Aren't most of the DVDs you're going to play be region 4 or no region encoding anyway? Why not use a backup copy of your DVD to play in the car? That way in the event of a theft you haven't lost your treasured original DVD.
Where are you getting the IVA-W200E for $1200 from? If you're after a single DIN unit the IVA-D200E is worth a look as well. I particularly found the menu and touch screen very easy to use and navigate. I felt comfortable with the controls after about 15mins of playing around. I also found the Alpine unit's image to be a lot better quality than the Panasonic and the Pioneer. The colour and sharpness of the image seemed to be better in comparison. Not sure if it was just those demo models or what though. The only thing with the Alpine though is that it is a slightly smaller screen.
No Such ANIMAL as a IVA-D200 in any format "E" "J" "R" etc it would be the D100
Sorry, my bad. So many models out there it's easy to get confused, but you know which one I'm talking about yeah?
ocean_blue, I got your PM. Thanks buddy. What's your opinion of the panasonic compared to pioneer compared to alpine? Particularly in regards to single DIN DVD head units with flip out screens? Do you find any better than the other in terms of picture reproduction, sound reproduction, menu layout and navigation?
Sorry, my bad. So many models out there it's easy to get confused, but you know which one I'm talking about yeah?
ocean_blue, I got your PM. Thanks buddy. What's your opinion of the panasonic compared to pioneer compared to alpine? Particularly in regards to single DIN DVD head units with flip out screens? Do you find any better than the other in terms of picture reproduction, sound reproduction, menu layout and navigation?
Personally, I would no touch Panasonic.
Pioneer do very good units as well as APLINE... though the Alpine units are old designs... they dont even play divx - dvd audio , usb etc
Personally I think the JVC units are underrated... they are extremely good units
I really like the new Pioneer AVIC for 2007 which will be release in two weeks
Pioneer, JVC are alot better than the ALPINE units, as I said the ALPINE units are OLD designs, just look at the D310 which came out in 2003 and lasted until this year, they were replaced with the D100 which is only a glorified D310
The AVH-7850DVD is a extremely good unit!
Though there are alot of people who will not buy anything else other than ALPINE - and I was one of them, though that was unit the mid 90's when there quality to the best on the market and they were still made in japan... look at how many problem there are with the CDA range of HU with the CD play not ejecting the swing face not working etc.
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??? its not on mine, u need to program it to make it region free...........
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