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Title: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: BC on September 09, 2004, 10:50:13 AM: Hey all-

seems like recordable DVD has been getting pretty popular these days, and expecially good for us now that the new Minnetonka DVD-audio burning program is available relatively cheaply. I have been thinking about making the plunge but I listen to a LOT of music in my car. Are there any head units that will play DVD-audio discs? If so, have any of you tried them, and what did you think about the sound quality?

Take care,
Ben
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: sygdwm on September 09, 2004, 11:06:35 AM: http://www.acura.com/models/model_comfort_surround_sound.asp?module=tl#

ill take one too.
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: scb on September 09, 2004, 02:09:32 PM: several manufacturers are making them. i've seen a kenwood dvd-a unit in person. very cool, but i don't need a video screen (which also more than doubles the price)

simple dvd-audio only would be nice
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on September 09, 2004, 02:22:49 PM: Anyone heard of Innovatek?

I've been looking around and this one looks really nice and cheap.

http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/dvd/FD-5.htm
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: Craig T on September 09, 2004, 02:33:30 PM: Quote from: teabag on September 09, 2004, 02:22:49 PM
Anyone heard of Innovatek?

I've been looking around and this one looks really nice and cheap.

http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/dvd/FD-5.htm

it doesn't support DVD-A
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: Lil Kim Jong-Il on September 09, 2004, 02:43:09 PM: Maybe thats why it's so cheap.

I don't care about DVD-A. I'll burn DVD-V discs.

The other consideration is that I want to put a hires headunit in my garage queen and one of those boy-racer neon faceplates looks a little too pimp for the car. That thing is a perfect match. I just don't know if they are any good.
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: fsulloway on September 15, 2004, 02:42:30 PM: I've seen the Kenwood deck as well. I took WSP 12/31/03 on DVD-A in to listen and was really impressed. The guys at the store were even more impressed that somebody could make a recording that good(Hubert's source) with only a bookbag full of gear.
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: taylorc on November 30, 2004, 12:11:33 AM: Are the any other DVD-A capable units in sight?

Judging by the 'commercial' DVD-A (& SACD) market, demand for more DVD-A units doesn't show signs of growing.

The price is coming down, but the Kenwood Excelon KVT-915DVD is quite a monstrosity.

(http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/products/2003/113/h113915DVD-f.jpeg)
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: DF81 on January 23, 2015, 05:38:53 PM: I just bought a new (2012) car that has a stock DVD-Audio player.

I've never burned DVD-A discs. Can you use a DVD-R burner and Logic (for example)?

edit) not sure it matters too much as I tested a 24 bit ALAC file via the USB drive and it played ok. Flac was not recognized however.
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: raymonda on January 23, 2015, 05:49:27 PM: I'm not seeing anything on that player that indicates that it plays dvda
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: raymonda on January 23, 2015, 05:51:43 PM: My bad......I was looking at the pic above your post.......never mind.
Title: Re: Car playback: DVD-a head units?
Post by: Gutbucket on January 23, 2015, 08:16:44 PM: A standard computer DVD burner works, you just need DVD-A capable authoring software to drive it.

Samplitude does it natively from within the application if you use that or have a copy of it. There are paid and freeware DVD-A burner apps that will just to the authoring part, but support for DVD-A may be on the wane with some of them.