There's no comparison to be made. Even Alpine's lowest-end head units are superior to Sony's top HUs in terms of sound quality and electronics - they're in totally different market tiers. People who buy Alpines are looking for high-quality sound first, bells and whistles second.
In the second tier - where Sony competes - there are a number of bluetooth integrated head units that you could choose from. And yes, at lower cost that Alpine's solution. But you'd be sacrificing sound quality for telephony features.
There's no comparison to be made. Even Alpine's lowest-end head units are superior to Sony's top HUs in terms of sound quality and electronics - they're in totally different market tiers. People who buy Alpines are looking for high-quality sound first, bells and whistles second.
In the second tier - where Sony competes - there are a number of bluetooth integrated head units that you could choose from. And yes, at lower cost that Alpine's solution. But you'd be sacrificing sound quality for telephony features.
Just got one of these last week for $299 ("leased"). Purchase price is $799. Interface is decent, but no buffer of the incoming signal on the second tuner, so no switching between tuners like with the Tivo box. Also, ATSC tuners are disabled, so you're going to have to hope that Directv carries your locals. In my area, they carry some but not all. Pretty frustrating.
One more thing - HDMI is not compatible with my brand new Samsung hr-s4273 Plasma HDTV. Using HDMI I get a message on screen that reads, "Mode Not Supported."
WTF?? Anyone know what this is about? Directv claims a future software update should address this issue.
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