Car Stereo Gods: Need help selecting a new headunit for Hero-1

[BimmerFreak]

Any car stereo gurus out there?

I am need help selecting and sourcing a new headunit for Hero-1

What I have:

2008 Ford F250 Superduty King Ranch with factory 2-Din stero

What I want:

2-Din

Navigation

Full Ipod/Iphone integration

XM

DVD

Touch screen (not a must, but would be nice)

Blue Tooth (not a must, but would be nice)

I would like to spend around 1000.00 on the unit.

[Guest Bronker]

Joe,

The coolness of your lifestyle alone may single-handedly be the offset for global warming.

I'm quite sure that the city limits of Winchester are at least one degree cooler than neighboring counties.

Guns, gears, garages, gadgets...You suck. And I hate you.

[G27]

Easy, kill the competition with geekness...

Those who know me know that I'm kind of the type that gets, umm, caught up in things. If I decide to do something, I generally go overboard...

That being said, in January of '08, I decided that having the ability to hook up my iPhone and listen to the tunes digitally through my stock head unit (stereo) in my auto wasn't quite kewl enough for me, so I figured I'd do something a bit more, ehh, over the top.

I decided to install a Mac Mini. With a touchscreen.

So now I'm done with my new Mac Mini carputer install. It's finally and here are a few pics I just got back from the guy I hired to do the custom dash fabrication for the touchscreen:

Front view:

Side view - shows the off axis view under bad lighting conditions:

Great color matching:

The Mini went in the center console with the Apple wireless keyboard and the tiny mouse I nabbed for it. Also got a GPS USB receiver and RouteBuddy software for navigation purposes but I'm most excited about having my entire CD collection (just over 10,000 songs) at my fingertips (literally) all the time!

The Millenicom wireless internet modem works GREAT - I have mobile internet at all times. Thinking about getting a Slingbox just for kicks.

Dash shot:

Close up:

Passenger view:

It's a MAC!

Touchscreen IR remote receiver and micro switches (for future use):

Griffin Powermate for volume and track switching:

All three input devices (besides touchscreen):

GPS:

Internet!

These pics are crummy, I know, iPhone doesn't have a great camera anyway, but trying to capture an illuminated object at night with said camera is even worse...

Anyway, two shots of my Garmin software in action:

This is a blast!

[BimmerFreak]

Joe,

The coolness of your lifestyle alone may single-handedly be the offset for global warming.

I'm quite sure that the city limits of Winchester are at least one degree cooler than neighboring counties.

Guns, gears, garages, gadgets...You suck. And I hate you.

Yeah, you ever notice how it feels like we have the AC set on 55 degrees whenever you are at Hero-Gear?

Well, we dont even run the AC...thats how cool we are

/jokes

[memphismason]

Crimsonaudio, that is freaking sweet. I must see that sometime. What does something like that a feller back?

[G27]

Crimsonaudio, that is freaking sweet.

Thank you!

I must see that sometime.

PM me and we'll set up a time to 'show it off'...

What does something like that a feller back?

I honestly have no idea but I'm guessing I about $3.5k total.

[TGO David]

Pioneer AVIC Z3

Pioneer USA - GPS Navigation Systems

[Guest m&pc9]

You need to get an 8 track tape player. I have heard they are making a come back.

[willis68]

That is Badass!

I use a Mac Mini as a home entertainment machine and they are very cool, I had never thought of doing what you did. I may just do that!

[nightrunner]

crutchfield is a great place to look, but i have heard they are on the high side.

Car Audio: Subwoofers, Car Stereos, Amps, Receivers, CD Players

look at either the

Kenwood Excelon DNX8120

or

Alpine IVA-W505

from what i can tell neither are touchscreen, but they both have everything else you want except the alpine requires a tuner kit in order to get XM instead of sirius.

[poak]

That's one of the slickest setups I've ever seen, crimson

[creeky]

I decided to install a Mac Mini. With a touchscreen.

And in the process became my hero of mythical proportions!

The coolness factor of that can not be measured by any instrument current made by man.

[Guest Crunchman]

The Gods of Geekdom are among us!

No offense intended, just simply amazed.