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A friend sent me this link. I thought it was pretty cool and thought I would share it with everyone.

The Estone Car MP3 player (www.estone-tech.com) is the world's best. You can download your favorite internet MP3 to the Estone player via its removable USB hard disk. While keeping all the features of traditional car audio players, the Eston Car MP3 player is capable of recording AM/FM radio and rip music CDs at 10X speed. No car CD changer is needed and music can be ripped into the unit within 10 minutes. The 1-DIN size unit fits any standard car

Features
Compact 1-din 3-in-1 design with CD player, MP3 recorder/player,
AM/FM tuner
Rip CD or record radio programs directly
Built-in CDDB and MP3 management
Removable HDD to download music from PC via USB 2.0 interface
Built-in 4 x 45W amplifer
Super anti-shock function to ensure data integrity
Detachable face security

Specifications
Recording Format: MP3
Capacities: 2GB*, 20GB (CDDB preinstalled)
Recording Speed: 1x to 8x
Removable HDD interface: USB 2.0
CD loader frequency response: 10 - 20,000 Hz
FM turning range: 87.5 - 107.9 MHz
AM turning range: 530 - 1710 KHz
Amplifier output: 45W x4 (at 4 ohms)
Speeker impedance: 4 - 8 ohms
Size: Standard 1 Din
Temperature: -10° to 65° C

System Requirements (for USB HDD):
Pentium 233 or faster CPU
32 MB RAM
One available USB port
Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP
CD-ROM drive required for software installation

Package Contents:
Headunit with CD/AM/FM/Recorder/Amplifer
Detachable front panel
Hard drive with case
USB 2.0 interface cable
Mounting sleeve
Removable trim ring
Removing tool


Here is the link

 
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Good concept. Looks kinda old-fashioned though, so it loses pose points.

 
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$645. That is one hell of a deal. Other harddrive players on the market cost over $1000. Not bad, but I doubt the sound quality will be up to par with alpine, pioneer, and eclipse. If you really want the integrated harddrive deal, get a new alpine headunit, then buy an ipod, buy the ai-net connection, and bam! Now you have a portable harddrive you can play in or outside the car for the same price and twice the wow factor with a nice deck and nice mp3 player. A 20 gig ipod now cost about $250. You have plenty left for a top notch headunit. Even the Alpine cda9835 possibly, and you would be really baller.

 
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True, but even 645 is too much considering you can get a car-pc for like $700. The car PC will do all that plus much much more and you could more easily upgrade the HDD, oh, and the HDD would start at like 80gb in the first place.

 
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Not to mention there is another company that makes one for like $750 that has a wifi connection so you can stream your music to your car from your room. THe unit sits in the trunk, and there is a 1din control panel that you mount up front. I still wouldent run one though, the iPod deal is way cheaper and cooler, because a. it's an ipod, and b. you can control it from the HU.

 
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Very true

 
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Thanks everyone for the feedback so far. It sint something I definently getting, just something a friend showed me and thought i would share it