Virtual Cockpit Vs Standard Dials

[mjh_056]

ive sat in a TT with one and yes it seems high res to me, i love and cant wait for it to be on the next gen of cars

Yes, the screen looked sharp and matte, so thinking its the correct quality for such an important area, but just not sure living with it will become too artificial and sterile as look at so many screens in a day and if like a PlayStation experience - Looks impressive on videos seen too, but very interested to see some full in use reviews aside from actually getting a chance to try myself (hope to get an A3 face lift test drive before seal deal on my next choice)

Think the S3 dials are nicer than the Golfs though so the case against loses a little in MK 7, think they could be less cluttered. 

[dickt]

Just another thing to go wrong. My Infotainment stuff is generally OK, but others on the various sites seem to have endless problems. And the screens do not like the cold. I will stick with dials and someone else can suffer the gremlins.

[mjh_056]

Couple of videos

Think the Audi cockpit looks nicer than the VW though will it vary between models?

More see them the more think just happy with dials as they just look a whole lot nicer and personally not tinker too much with car when driving so much of the functionality is satisfied by the standard screen between the dials. - If drive a lot and use sat nav a lot then can see that being a good piece of functionality but again rarely used by myself - Think time will come when we do not have a choice but if a relatively expensive option then would spend that money on DCC for example

Audi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4I1KelIoCQ&nohtml5=False

VW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwaeuqPvQj4&nohtml5=False

[Booth11]

Reliability will be an issue. You don't want the whole lot going blank like some head units do!
Looks wise, the electronic dash could be modified and no doubt there will be third party hacks before too long so you could have your dials resemble your favourite watch or whatever.

I'd like to spend a bit of time with one before making a judgment. The resolution and graphics quality would need to be good for it to win out.

 

Well at least every drive could be an adventure!   

Nah, give me the clean lines of a traditional dials any day of the week.

[Finglonga]

Looked at an Audi with one and hated it, much prefer the standard mechanical/analogue dials. Like to think my money is being spent on something physical than a cheap screen.