Has anyone changed from Streetdeck to Centrafuse?

**danielkh** · 08-26-2008, 02:02 AM

Originally Posted by polo6979

Hahaha.... sometimes she's OK. She has a civic and I have a BMW. That’s kinda how I compare the software.

Do you feel that SD has the potential to reclaim itself, come back strong and make a mince with everyone?

well, in the month since it came back, we have:

Extremely stable installer for SD. 5 second startups unless you have onevoice, then it's 10 seconds.

Working Mods:
weather (5 city with maps)
movie scout
Gas Prices
Google POI (FANTASTIC little mod)
BMW steering wheel control software
OBDII on newer elmscans
Yahoo News (can be narrated)
Realtime flight tracker

As you can see in the above post, some of us have had to create multipage skins to keep up with the mod guys.

About 5 unique mods being worked on (that I know of) including working traffic. We have great support from the NEW owners. Nothing really the "reclaim". StreetDeck was the best before and even better now.

I do think it's funny that CF is going for that $63 right before SD 2.0 comes out.

http://www.streetdeck.com/forum/index.php

edit: Oh, and we just got speed controlled volume like 10 minutes ago.

**2k1Toaster** · 08-26-2008, 02:10 AM

Originally Posted by tmonroe

I switched from Streetdeck to TomTom Go910

I think I paid $249 for the whole thing.

Updated maps, Navigation that actually works.
I think it cost me $10.00 to get the voice of John Cleese (from Monty Python) for driving directions
Bluetooth cell phone interface
Built in FM radio interface (I use the Aux interface though).
Built in MP3 player (20GB hard drive)
iPod compatibility
Extensive POI's
Traffic
Other features that I'm sure I would enjoy if I wanted to mess with it.

Device can be installed or removed from the vehicle in about 10 seconds. I take the device with me when I leave my vehicle (to keep it from being stolen)...

I have some features you can't currently get with a car PC, and car PC's offer a few features you don't get with a GPS... But for the price difference, I wish I had never heard of a car PC - this is 10,000 times less hassle and way more satisfaction.

You seem a bit bitter... Cant believe anyone actualy goes CarPC -> Non-CarPC...

**danielkh** · 08-26-2008, 02:14 AM

Originally Posted by 2k1Toaster

You seem a bit bitter... Cant believe anyone actualy goes CarPC -> Non-CarPC...

Actually, I have a magellan roadmate that I use when traveling. They are quite nice for navigation. Didn't care too much for the mp3 capabilities though. Doesn't keep your place, and I like to listen to audiobooks sometimes. But for what they are, they work quite well. Had the european maps unlocked and used it in France. Never got lost.

Personally, I didn't build the car computer for navigation only.

**froalskiner** · 08-26-2008, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by danielkh

Working Mods:
weather (5 city with maps)
movie scout
Gas Prices
Google POI (FANTASTIC little mod)
BMW steering wheel control software
OBDII on newer elmscans
Yahoo News (can be narrated)
Realtime flight tracker

Streaming media mod is coming out soon also...I have like 3 or 4 ...wait...5 that are in the works. A few of them are totally new ideas that I've never seen in any other front end.

**danielkh** · 08-26-2008, 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by froalskiner

Streaming media mod is coming out soon also...I have like 3 or 4 ...wait...5 that are in the works. A few of them are totally new ideas that I've never seen in any other front end.

The flight tracker is one of Froalskiners...one I never would have thought of, but would use quite a bit. Now if we could just get him focused.....one mod at a time......say Visteon....yeah, that's a good one.....

I think SD will be fine.

**froalskiner** · 08-26-2008, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by danielkh

The flight tracker is one of Froalskiners...one I never would have thought of, but would use quite a bit. Now if we could just get him focused.....one mod at a time......say Visteon....yeah, that's a good one.....

I think SD will be fine.

Reminds me of a great joke...How many people with ADD does it take to change a lightbulb? I don't know...how many... Hey do you like bikes?

I'm still waiting on my ebay purchase! As soon as I get my tuner I'll start messing with it.

**doclee** · 08-26-2008, 09:42 AM

For me, I didn't like the Destinator navigation interface. Particularly the route color and the size of the roads on the map. Zooming doesn't seem to do much in terms of increasing the size. My screen is a double din screen that tilts upward but it's mounted kind of low (it's a pain to put a carPC screen into a Toyota 4Runner without having to absolutely tear up your dash because where the cupholder is, the dash juts out making a flip up screen an impossibility). So, the maps are quite hard to see compared to either Streetdeck or Roadrunner running Sygic. Seeing as my main use of the carpc is navigation, that makes all of the difference. I know that the knew version of Streetdeck will have a lot better navigation but for now, Mappoint does just fine.

And yes, the new installer does offer a significant increase in speed with startup times and also hibernation times for me.

**ccsnet** · 08-26-2008, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by polo6979

I was just curious to know how many people have switched from Streetdeck to Centrafuse in the past few months. If you did... why? If you didnt.... why?

I am an owner of a full SD license and CF license.... In my own opinion CF is a very stable software and the team of guys are really open to hear from the community and give everyone what they want. I currently run SD in my wifes car and CF in my car. I am thinking about getting rid of SD in the wife's and just run CF in both.

Centrafuse is offering an "upgrade" program for us Streetdeck owners... Its an awesome deal for those that want to switch. I think I might take advantage of this and get me a second license.

http://www.fluxmedia.net/streetdeck/

Any thoughts?

OK - I have just sprung for CF2 and purpsly did not install it until CF2.0 was out.... I had intended to run for 30 days then buy it but the sound was sooooo lush compaired to FreeICE & Roadrunner I bought it the same day.

OK - its not got a fancy interface ( although I have been making a couple of skins if you have a look over there ) which is find as I run a 12000 ( although it does support flash now ) and unlike SD for us in the EU we can buy a Nav version which includes the Desinator system unlike SD which has Mappoint ( which I'm sorry I dont rate ).

You can read more here - http://forums.fluxmedia.net/centrafu...ew-cf-2-a.html

FEs ( CF or SD ) still have a long way to go as far as I am concerned as does the supporting hardware ( may be boards like the Atom will change this ) but on a pure sound score I give CF2 11 out of 10...... after all thats what its about not eye candy.

Terran

**mrcgibb** · 08-26-2008, 01:53 PM

i bought sd first , then i went and bought cf2 , (before the upgrade deal!) ggrr

i used cf2 for about a month ,yes i should have used the trial! , but what am i using now ?

back to SD v1 , here is why , ok sound was better with cf , the navigation in cf i hated the screen only updated every few seconds , very very jerky , and off putting! , even with new suggested settings from the cf team , no joy , and my phone wont connect to the bluetooth stack either.

one big graipe of mine with cf is the albums selection screen is far to small , i could not read the titles , where as SD uses big bold writing etc etc , so major plus there !

also since 1.119 install , everything just WORKS , apart from phone obviosly , no navigation start up problems

**tmonroe** · 08-26-2008, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by 2k1Toaster

You seem a bit bitter... Cant believe anyone actualy goes CarPC -> Non-CarPC...

Yup, I'm a little bitter - that's true.

The price of GPS units has fallen dramatically in the last couple of years. Sure, a GPS might lack a few features that a Car PC would give you - but while the features you get from a GPS have been increasing (and the price decreasing), CarPC's have been stagnant (I could even say that since Streetdeck has backtracked on all of their "promised" features, they've actually been going backwards, and prices more or less staying the same). Sure, if GPS units aren't "good enough" for you right now, just wait a couple of years (they are constantly adding features and coming out with new models), and you can bet they'll get a lot better. Or you could wait a few years for streetdeck or CF or whatever to release things like Bluetooth phone support - but you probably shouldn't hold your breath.

If you already have a CarPC installed and running, it might be hard to justify reinstalling the stock stereo and getting a GPS... On the other hand, if you haven't bought anything yet, I can't see why in the world anybody would spend (easily) $1200+ vs. around $200.00 for a complete turnkey and no hassle system.

I'm just glad I was able to sell off most of my car PC and recoup a good part of the money I wasted on it. Honestly though, I think if someone like Garmin or TomTom comes up with an in-dash mount unit that replaces the car stereo, (either using an embedded linux or MoblePC interface), it's going to be really hard to justify the money and futz factor that a CarPC represents.