Thread: this is ridiculous

Daniel,

I an a former SD user and for once I agree with everything that Red said, lol. I am quiet so no one knows my opinion anyway, lol

Seems like all your experiance with CF is hearsay. Nothing you have stated is correct which red very nicely pointed out. It sounds like to me also that you tried a very old version of CF because my version is very fast, in fact faster than SD and I had SD set at 100FPS. SD freezes all the time on me and its not like im running a slow VIA board. CF has never locked up on me. As for the resourses, my CPU is normally around 3-7% usage. SD it ran at near 100% constantly. The layouts between the two are very nice however I feel that CF is a bit nicer but that could be due to the fact that is is newer to me. As for the bluetooth, even the 3rd party software worked better than SDs non exsistant software. CF has BT coming out in the next update and you can use any BT dongle you want which is nice since I already have and now i dont need to spend $50 on another one. As far as gesures, they are also coming out in the next update. Maps are far better on CF than SD. Mappoint isnt bad, i agree, but the navi engine that SD uses blows. CF uses destinator maps, not IG. IG is a free optional mod that you can use if you already have IG. As for CF using MP, it is clearly stated that its is not a complete plugin.

I have to end it for now, i need to get back to work, lol

Originally Posted by RickCain

CF has A LONG WAY TO GO to do that from a GUI perspective - IMHO. I will hang in there with SD until the day comes I have to reload my carpc and can't get a new activation code or July comes and I am required to have bluetooth support.

HUH?

Have you even tried the newest version of CF. It has so many more options and features than SD its crazy. Either way, im not a CF salesman so im not trying to sell you guys on it but I too was skeptical of CF but after some reading I didnt even get the trial, I just bought it and never looked back. CF is far more complete than SD.

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

IMHO, it really is. That's why I spent SO much of my free time in here when I first started at Mp3Car...I felt that I might be able to at least help. However, now it's a non-issue since I left the company on Monday.

Wow that can't be good. Good luck in your next endeavor. Thanks for all of the much appreciated support.

Originally Posted by sciontC

Daniel,

I an a former SD user and for once I agree with everything that Red said, lol. I am quiet so no one knows my opinion anyway, lol

Seems like all your experiance with CF is hearsay.

Right, saying I tried it 2 months ago, well, obviously I lied to cause pr.....exactly why did I lie?

Anyway, fine......can't say I am not willing to see for myself. Downloading CF to my laptop and will try it there.

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

IMHO, it really is. That's why I spent SO much of my free time in here when I first started at Mp3Car...I felt that I might be able to at least help. However, now it's a non-issue since I left the company on Monday.

Jan sorry to see you go you always had kind words and a wealth of knowledge to share. I know we always didn't treat you as kindly as we shoud have on the SD forum but you will be MISSED .

Best of luck with your new endeavors, hope we still see you on the forums

Originally Posted by RedGTiVR6

I'll put it this way, everyone thinks a hamburger is great...until they eat a steak. It's all relative.

That is a great line I plan on using often ^_^

Apples to Apples comparison. SD against CF. Both are demo versions, neither has navigation, and on startup, both are playing music, SD has visualization background running. Both installed at the same time on the same computer, a Dell XPS M170.

Startup:
Streetdeck: 3 seconds. Playing music faster than I can get to the "cancel" button.

(I found that if you started with an older version and went through upgrades, your startups drag and then SD fails. If you are on a fresh windows load and go directly to newest version, 3-5 seconds is pretty standard, even in the car with navigation)

Centrafuse: 6 seconds, stopped counting at the "try" screen, also has 2 annoying warning screens before it's "ready".

Features:
Streetdeck has, Centrafuse doesn't: Gesture control, satellite imagery navigation, Internet radio (yahoo jukebox), visualization background, OBDII (CF requires add-on), added navigation voices.

Centrafuse has, Streetdeck doesn't: Embedded Browser, Radio (requires 3rd party hardware and Streetdeck has with add-on), Phone (using 3rd party software) with limitted phone support.

"Offline" Features:
Streetdeck: Developmental tools, Voice command editing, low performance mode, debug, media path editing tools
Centrafuse: Uninstall Centrafuse

Official Addons:
Streetdeck: Google POI, GPS gas, Weather, Yahoo news feed, Virtual Earth cache builder, Destinator mapping, Clock, Weather in metric, HQCT Media manager, GPS clock sync, Movie times, Calender
Centrafuse: Weather, Mappoint, E-mail, OBDII (stock with SD), TV, then for 3rd party, filesync, calculator, volume adjust, Calender, Iguidance

Where are all these features CF is supposed to have over SD? And that fantastic volume control that someone mentioned they were so happy with? Add-on....written by someone else and is not part of the CF pricetag.

I personally find the screens for CF (stock) are too busy and not asthetically pleasing in any way, shape or form. SD screens are well managed, pleasant, and easy to control. In the pictures below, the SD screen background is moving.

Now if anyone can take the above information, and explain the extra $100 for CF, you're a better saleman than I. And yes, this is the exact version of CF I tested before.