As a follow up to my article on unbranded double din car stereos, I thought I’d take a closer look at one of the systems currently available. In this case it’s the All in One Multimedia System Notebook In-dash, and the name goes on from there. That’s one of the funny things about being unbranded, they throw as many words as they can into the title to catch your eyes, since they don’t have a name brand to draw you in.
This unit has all the things you’d expect like GPS navigation, voice guided no less, 6.5 inch touch screen with 800X480 resolution, Bluetooth is built-in with handfree capabilities, iPod connectible, AM/FM radio, DVD player, usb jack and a range of languages that you’ll never need. Oh, and it has a Windows CE 6.0 operating system.
So what does that all mean? Should we be rushing out and grabbing these instead of the name brands? That’s up to you really. The sound quality is quite good, but I find it’s not as clear or crisp as the more expensive units. It does function well though and does exactly what it says it does. It also looks nice, and probably 90% of people who listen to it won’t know it didn’t cost over a thousand dollars.
I think it really depends on how serious you are about your music. The more serious you are, the more willing you will be to pay the higher prices to get the likes of a Sony stereo. But if you just want something to play in your car and does what it’s supposed to you can’t go too wrong with one of these.