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Car Forum / Acura Cars / December 2006Navigation DVD ?
Hi Guys, I have 2001 Acura Cl with Navigation. I was wondering does any body has a up to date ( at least newer than mine ) DVD ? Or where can I get reasonable priced SW. Thanks Waiving the right to remain silent, <oguzkaya@comcast.net> said: > Hi Guys, > I have 2001 Acura Cl with Navigation. I was wondering does any body has > a up to date ( at least newer than mine ) DVD ? Or where can I get > reasonable priced SW. > > Thanks What's "reasonable"..? I've never seen an inexpensive source for nav DVDs.  SignatureLarry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail "I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane' Reasonable means reasonable!! Some times people sell things that they don't want or they may have a copy that they are willing to sell less than retail price. I hope I satisfied your question with my answers > Waiving the right to remain silent, <oguzkaya@comcast.net> said: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > What's "reasonable"..? I've never seen an inexpensive source for nav > DVDs. > Reasonable means reasonable!! > > Some times people sell things that they don't want or they may have a copy > that they are willing to sell less than retail price. > > I hope I satisfied your question with my answers You are hoping somebody has already paid $250 and now decides they don't care about the system any more? The demand is powerful, so the price would still be high and the competition daunting. Otherwise you are talking about data piracy (and it doesn't sound like you are). The DVDs cost so much because a lot of work goes into compiling the info on them. You can check out ebay, but I suspect you are likely to find more pirated DVDs than legit ones. Mike You might want to think about buying a stand-alone navigation system, such as a Garmin 330. They update your road maps AND your software for free. My 2000 Acura is still running with its original DVD and I have resisted paying $180 for a new DVD. From what I read they don't update the logic, just the maps. John Finch >> Reasonable means reasonable!! >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Mike Hello All, Thanks for the suggestions. I think I will keep using my 2001 original DVD that car came with. Thanks Again Ozzy You might want to think about buying a stand-alone navigation system, such as a Garmin 330. They update your road maps AND your software for free. My 2000 Acura is still running with its original DVD and I have resisted paying $180 for a new DVD. From what I read they don't update the logic, just the maps. John Finch > <oguzkaya@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:4YWdnausm-lo0uPYnZ2dnUVZ_uKknZ2d@comcast.com... [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Mike Waiving the right to remain silent, "John Finch" <john@thefinches.com> said: > You might want to think about buying a stand-alone navigation system, > such as a Garmin 330. They update your road maps AND your software for > free. My 2000 Acura is still running with its original DVD and I have > resisted paying $180 for a new DVD. From what I read they don't update > the logic, just the maps. I looked over the list of current map updates for our 2004 TL nav system. There wasn't a single update for the Phoenix area, which has grown a lot with new streets, etc., over the past three years. For that, I'm going to shell out nearly $200..? SignatureLarry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail "I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane' > You are hoping somebody has already paid $250 and now decides they don't > care about the system any more? The demand is powerful, so the price would > still be high and the competition daunting. Otherwise you are talking about > data piracy (and it doesn't sound like you are). The DVDs cost so much > because a lot of work goes into compiling the info on them. Actually the price is so high because Honda/Alpine has a monopoly on supplying them. I recall reading that there are only two companies which actually compile map data and then resell it to the many kinds of users. Somehow Yahoo maps and Google maps access that data at very low cost to the user and portable map machines (Garmin, etc.) offer updates for little or no fees. The price is high only because they can get away with it. Have you noticed how the price of portable GPS map units is dropping like crazy, yet the price of the GPS map option on Hondas and other cars stays stuck at nearly $2000? John Waiving the right to remain silent, John Horner <jthorner@yahoo.com> said: > Have you noticed how the price of portable GPS map units is dropping > like crazy, yet the price of the GPS map option on Hondas and other cars > stays stuck at nearly $2000? I wold think that a DVD-based nav system would contain a lot more data than what can be stuffed into a self-contained portable unit. Also, some in-dash nav systems, such as the one in our Acura TL, are integrated into the radio and bluetooth phone link, etc. SignatureLarry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail "I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane' > Waiving the right to remain silent, John Horner <jthorner@yahoo.com> said: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I wold think that a DVD-based nav system would contain a lot more data than > what can be stuffed into a self-contained portable unit. A DVD can hold just short of 8 gig of data as a dual layer disk or just under 4 gig with a single layer disk. These capacities are now well within the range of flash memory. > Waiving the right to remain silent, John Horner <jthorner@yahoo.com> said: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Also, some in-dash nav systems, such as the one in our Acura TL, are > integrated into the radio and bluetooth phone link, etc. The nav system on the Acura's (RL 7 TL anyway) are also an integral part of the air conditioning system. Based on where you are, the time of day and the direction you're traveling (all resulting in the location of the sun), the system puts more a/c on the appropriate side. Waiving the right to remain silent, <oguzkaya@comcast.net> said: > Reasonable means reasonable!! > > Some times people sell things that they don't want or they may have a copy > that they are willing to sell less than retail price. > > I hope I satisfied your question with my answers You still didn't define what "reasonable" means to you... SignatureLarry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail "I've come here to enjoy nature. Don't talk to me about the environment!" - 'Denny Crane' I have a Garmin StreetPilot III, and the map updates are NOT free. They update the software, but if you want updated maps they COST. > Waiving the right to remain silent, <oguzkaya@comcast.net> said: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > You still didn't define what "reasonable" means to you... |
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