Are small screens worth while?

[BaxGTI]

Hey fellas,
Had my Mk2 8v about 9 months now so I finally want to stop arsing around and get some stuff done to it... And considering that most weekends I do a 500+ round trip to base and back, normally with a full car of people, I thought I'd start with sound/multimedia.

The way I see it, I've got 3 options:
Cheap - Buy a head-unit with a built in small screen
Medium - Get a stand-alone screen and play stuff through that
Expensive - Buy a flip out screen

Due to being on a budget (thanks to insurance and forces pay :/) I'd rather go for the cheap option, but is this worthwhile?

Was looking at this 1:

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/audio-dvd9-p-6260.html

So, what do you think? Worth getting that, or spending an extra £100 or so getting a standalone screen. Also, how easy is fitting one where the ash tray is (Above my eclairs packet )?


Thanks in advance

[Chris 'N' Jen]

imo small screens are a waste. If you/your passengers plan to watch dvd's on the road etc it would be better to go for the biggest screen you can afford.
only down side to that is when your mates are watching stuff youll get distracted.

cant say about fitting. sorry

[BaxGTI]

Well, the M40 and M1 are basically car parks on a fri afternoon anyway

Just had a look at halfrauds and they have a ripspeed in-dash player for £150
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_270431_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_79855_crumb_31265_parentcategoryrn_79855

Only thing is, I'm guessing that thanks to the price the quality will be pants...so still undecided as what to do. But as said, this will always be a budget project, I'd rather not pay £400 or so for a decent headunit when my car is only worth marginly more than that

[Chris 'N' Jen]

see where your coming from.

Like you say, its pay your money and take your chances with the cheeper stuff.

on the plus side if you do get a more expensive one you could transplant it into your next car. save buying a new one then. 

[Godzilla]

see where your coming from.

Like you say, its pay your money and take your chances with the cheeper stuff.

on the plus side if you do get a more expensive one you could transplant it into your next car. save buying a new one then. 

Agreed 

[Heyho]

If you want a small screen DVD headunit, this CANNOT be beaten at this price:

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/jvc-kdavx11-p-5779.html

I've seen them go 2nd hand on ebay for about that money!  I've heard that they have awsome SQ as well!

[Dec]

My mate had a 3.5" screen for a day and he loved it. Only thing was he threw it under the seat and the screen broke. IMO 7" flip outs are the way!

[BSCR]

My mate had a 3.5" screen for a day and he loved it. Only thing was he threw it under the seat and the screen broke. IMO 7" flip outs are the way!

I agree on the 7inch flip out - iv got plans for one of them at some point, i dont quite see the point in those lil screens - soz

[monzablue16v]

Ripspeed one is alright for the money and better than a tiny screen

[Mikester]

Ripspeed one is alright for the money and better than a tiny screen

My mate had the ripspeed slide out one, he crashed as he was watchin it.

Later in the year he got the ripspeed touch screen pop out. And its ok for watching dvds, but if you want music and radio, forget it, its useless and u will end up hummin the tunes, rather than playing them!

Thats an honest post, if you want good qulaity get a small screen headunit, pioneer or something, which you can attach more bigger screens too. You have to pay for qulaity, and ripspeed isnt.