GPS has been in radar detectors for years. When I was in the market for one a few years back, GPS sounded too good to be true -- use GPS to remember the location of stationary false alarms (Safeway automatic doors, "your speed is XX" billboards, etc) that pepper your normal route to work, and your signal-to-noise ratio becomes better. However the reviews I read of this GPS feature all indicated that while it sounds great in theory, it sucks in the real world. I wonder if the technology has improved at all.
I ended up with the Valentine One, and agree with bgdc. It's one of the best detectors I've ever owned. It's not littered with knobs and buttons and confusing modes -- it's just got an old-school analog on/off/volume knob. And once you've used it for about a year and understand all the nuances of how the alarm conveys direction, intensity, and band, it becomes second-nature to be able to tell a false alarm from a real cop.
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Jeffro @ Feb 7th 2007 8:21PM
GPS has been in radar detectors for years. When I was in the market for one a few years back, GPS sounded too good to be true -- use GPS to remember the location of stationary false alarms (Safeway automatic doors, "your speed is XX" billboards, etc) that pepper your normal route to work, and your signal-to-noise ratio becomes better. However the reviews I read of this GPS feature all indicated that while it sounds great in theory, it sucks in the real world. I wonder if the technology has improved at all.
I ended up with the Valentine One, and agree with bgdc. It's one of the best detectors I've ever owned. It's not littered with knobs and buttons and confusing modes -- it's just got an old-school analog on/off/volume knob. And once you've used it for about a year and understand all the nuances of how the alarm conveys direction, intensity, and band, it becomes second-nature to be able to tell a false alarm from a real cop.