Sunday May 27, 2012

A Gorilla on your dashboard

A Gorilla on your dashboard

Anyone who has a 1-seg phone with digital TV already knows how utterly crap it is — what’s the point of having broadcasts you can rarely pick up and which drop out every few minutes even when you do get a signal?

Although Sanyo hasn’t explicitly said so, that appears to be why its latest range of car-navigation units offers a choice of models with proper terrestrial digi-TV tuners. That and the ability to take them out of the car into the house.

The new additions to the Gorilla series start at 130,000 yen, with a strong focus on all manner of AV entertainment — presumably because that’s more important when stuck in Tokyo traffic than actually finding out where you’re going.

Still, if you do finally arrive, Sanyo has thoughtfully included info from the police on car crime hotspots, making sure you don’t stop in those locales and just keep on truckin’ instead. (J Mark Lytle/Metropolis)

 

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    Altria

    a strong focus on all manner of AV entertainment

    I enjoy a blue movie as much as the next guy, but don't you think it's a bit dangerous while driving?

    Sanyo has thoughtfully included info from the police on car crime hotspots, making sure you don’t stop in those locales and just keep on truckin’ instead.

    I hear it won't even let you unlock your door in any part of Saitama Prefecture.

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    cwhite

    ummmmm most navigators have both 1-Seg and Full-Seg

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    BlackFlag

    Anyone who has a 1-seg phone with digital TV already knows how utterly crap

    yeah, I have one it's really really CRAP this new Sanyo device doesnt seem CRAP at all though. far from it I would imagine.

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    getsy

    are they in English??

  • 0

    franz75

    While stuck in traffic:

    "pfff... let's watch TV"

    After 5min:

    "finally I prefer watching the static navi"

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