Im guessing your referring to companies like G-Net, and Q-pc when you say "commercial car pc companies"? Yes ive seen their gougingly ridiculous prices, and what they offer for it. And at the end of the day, its still just a bookpc in the trunk, $2500-3k+ for that is ridiculous.
If there was ever a moderately priced, stable, featureful unit at the time... im sure i would have purchased one. Hey Empeg was slick... but they did one thing wrong... their prices. And i remember a frenzy about them a while back, people were would have lined up from NY to LA if they could afford it. DIY is a great experience, but if your serious about in car entertainment, then i personally believe the final product would be much more important to you than the experience in building it...
Im sure im not the first, but i also dont see anyone marketing anything whatsoever. The choices right now are needless to say, slim to nonexistent, perhaps those before me didnt have the courage to market their idea.
My goal is to offer a professionalgrade product. You dont get anything for $100-200, especially car video related. One subwoofer runs for more than that. Perhaps im targetting a different audience...
And perhaps you missed the part about it being portable... Once you get home, you can take it inside and use it as a home unit.
[ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: King Snake ]