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Plenio VXA-3000 7" Touchscreen GPS with 2GB SD Card
$149.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

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A pretty in-depth review here

heres a link over to Amazon!(3.0 out of 5 stars)

A discussion about it here..


Plenio VXA-3000 7" Touchscreen GPS with 2GB SD Card
$149.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

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- 1 Plenio VXA-3000 7" GPS with 2GB SD Card

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AlaTest - 71/100...
http://alatest.com/plenio_vxa_3000/global_positioning_systems_gps/overview/po-36102742,15/

Buzzillions - 3.8 of 5...
http://www.buzzillions.com/dz_246195_plenio_vxa_3000_car_gps_unit_reviews

Amazon - 3.0 stars...
http://www.amazon.com/Plenio-VXA-3000-GPS-Navigator/dp/B000JFNEAY/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1219467623&sr=8-1

Nothing says quality like Plenio. :-)

does it have truck routes??

7 inch screen? That's huge for a GPS!

Wish they would incorporate a radar detector, then I would buy since I'm looking for both!!

Here's a pretty thorough review:

http://www.thetravelinsider.info/gps/pleniovxa3000.htm

I never heard of this brand but it looks real nice!! And the screen is HUGE! If it was a tom tom definitely yes but Im not to comfortable not knowing this brand but good price.

Some pretty lousy reviews on Amazon. I think I'll pass & go for a brand I've actually heard of.

Wouldn't this giant screen be a driving hazard?

Looks like a great deal if you actually want one of these things...

300Mhz yawww....

Froogle

Oh damn.
This is the perfect deal for a Car PC project.
7" touchscreen..

I'd rather have the Garmin StreetPilot 7500.

dude, DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM
i bought this 2 years ago for 369 bucks.
this is the biggest piece Manos, the Hands of Fate i have ever seen.
it uses a priate copy of windows and the thing crashs all the time.
the MAP is stored on the SD card so u can do anyhing about it
u cant upgrade the map cuz u have to pay for it 50bucks
i been using this piece of Manos, the Hands of Fate for 2 years and i hate it
any tom tom is better than this thing
korean brand
btw, the screen quality is so bad that it\ is not waht it looks like on the website

wowcheesestick wrote:dude, DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM
i bought this 2 years ago for 369 bucks.
this is the biggest piece Manos, the Hands of Fate i have ever seen.
it uses a priate copy of windows and the thing crashs all the time.
the MAP is stored on the SD card so u can do anyhing about it
u cant upgrade the map cuz u have to pay for it 50bucks
i been using this piece of Manos, the Hands of Fate for 2 years and i hate it
any tom tom is better than this thing
korean brand
btw, the screen quality is so bad that it\ is not waht it looks like on the website

drink much?

I've read the reviews...this forum had me convinced a while back to get a tom tom...but...this price looks great for a touch screen. I didn't see anything anywhere about updates, though. The reviewers at Amazon were harsh, but maybe because they paid 500 for it. You all won't steer me wrong, tho, right?

Only is powered by the cigarette lighter. I'm OUT!
Has NO batteries to charge.
Loses all info when power to cigarette light is killed.
Must go to history, or re-input info.

ok...never mind...I'll wait for the tom tom...

Thanks!

No battery = no sale.
I need a gps with a minumum 4 hr battery life for my bike, haven't found one yet.

my cousin has this piece of carp, the maps are way toooooo old and it freezes all the time.

sparky251 wrote:Edit: I do appreciate the price links, But I really hate having to look at 50 ad's just to get to them, I'm sure others would agree..

You do not have to. Click on the single-click comparison and disable your popup blocker. And voila!
Not to mention that there are ads on the Woot forum too - and I bet you ignore them. Just ignore them on my website, and you'll be fine. Unless it's psychological and don't want to use any website with ads, in which case I can't do anything.

Whatever... going to sleep, good night folks.

uski wrote:I just can't believe that people still think that I'm doing that for the ads. While I understand that people can be wary of new services when they appear, I've been there for a few months now and I was really hoping to get more respect out of the community after all this time. For example, I have never been asking for donations - unlike a lot of the other Woot-related websites (or even softwares).

No no, I don't think your getting what I'm saying, or maybe I didn't say it correctly. I personally prefer to see no ad's. Personally I clicked on a few of the ad's on your site, because I really do appreciate what your doing. I simply gave people the other choice to click on my links. If me posting the links offends you, I'm sorry and I will stop. Again I'm sorry if at first it seemed like I was bashing your links or your service, because I really am not!

I bought this a few months ago. SWEET GPS. As good or better than TomTom and Garmin.

There was a time when people said I have never heard of TomTom or Garmin. Step out of your woot world and start seeing new manufacturers.

bcgildea wrote:No battery = no sale.
I need a gps with a minumum 4 hr battery life for my bike, haven't found one yet.

You can use a small lead-acid battery connected to a car USB adapter (and charge the GPS through that USB port). That should provide you with more power.

To estimate the run time for this, calculate the capacity of the original battery in Wh (example: 1000mAh=1Ah at 3.7V is 1*3.7 = 3.7Wh) and the capacity of the new one (12V at 2.1Ah is 25.2Wh).
If you get, say, 45mins=0.75h of runtime with the original battery (when it's new - its actual capacity gets reduced with time), then you'll get (25.2/3.7)/0.75 = 9 hours of runtime with the new battery.
Which will be a bit less because you don't want to deep-discharge the new battery too much.

If you want something more lightweight (lead acid batteries are pretty heavy), use a li-ion laptop battery. Most are 14.4V, but I never tried using one and I'm afraid their built-in safety circuit will prevent you from doing so (I think the laptop has to communicate with the battery in order to use it). I did, however, do what I said with a lead-acid battery, and it works well (I've been using that trick to power my PMP for a 15h-long bus trip)

If you're into electronics I can send you the schematics of a low-voltage detector circuit I designed for a similar application. Whatever you do, don't forget to include all the needed safety features, the most basic one being a fuse right next to the battery terminals.

golfkpc wrote:If it is such a financial & personal burden, then why do it? We can all figure out how to do comparisons of products via the internet.

Completely agree with you...
I was just trying to be helpful!

golfkpc wrote:If it is such a financial & personal burden, then why do it? We can all figure out how to do comparisons of products via the internet.

I never said it's costing much or destroying my life. I did say, however, that I do it to learn (learn what? Linux server administration and website design and maintenance).

Can we stop now? Im sorry I was freaking out, I had a bad day and I'm tired.
Peace and love. : )

Does anybody have any idea of the hackability of this unit? I.e., can you get the win CE system to come up to run other aps? Would the screen resolution be good enough for a backup camera?

wowcheesestick wrote:dude, DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM
i bought this 2 years ago for 369 bucks.
this is the biggest piece Manos, the Hands of Fate i have ever seen.
it uses a priate copy of windows and the thing crashs all the time.
the MAP is stored on the SD card so u can do anyhing about it
u cant upgrade the map cuz u have to pay for it 50bucks
i been using this piece of Manos, the Hands of Fate for 2 years and i hate it
any tom tom is better than this thing
korean brand
btw, the screen quality is so bad that it\ is not waht it looks like on the website

I love that Woot replaces swear words with MST3K references

jimmybwoot wrote:Does anybody have any idea of the hackability of this unit? I.e., can you get the win CE system to come up to run other aps? Would the screen resolution be good enough for a backup camera?

Most of the time the resolution of the cameras is lower than the resolution of the screen used.
Typically, the backup cameras sold on eBay or in other places have a resolution of no more than 300 TV lines, which means that a 320x240 screen will display the signal without a loss of resolution.

I would be more concerned by the screen size than by the resolution (and 7" is good enough), because you want to be able to quickly see whats on screen when you're looking around - usually you don't care much about details, just about "is there something near my rear bumper"

A good feature for a backup camera screen is the ability to display the backup camera video signal automatically, using a remote-wire that is derived from the rear white light.

BTW, I suggest getting a black&white camera and not a color one, because the B&W ones are usually more sensitive and will work well at night and in low-light conditions.

I was close to pulling the trigger on this one until I saw the review on amazon where this units gives false voice directions that would have taken you off course on the highway.

jimmybwoot wrote:Does anybody have any idea of the hackability of this unit? I.e., can you get the win CE system to come up to run other aps? Would the screen resolution be good enough for a backup camera?

Possibly. I'm reading an extensive discussion here:

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=71659&whichpage=36

HORRIBLE!!!! It will be nice if you are 80 years old. I took it out of the box from tigerdirect and repackaged at the same time. I got a GARMIN and I love it. The video play is horrible and so is the GPS. Why in the carp is WOOT selling this junk. I think the bag o carp is a better deal and cheaper.

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wangc77 wrote:I was close to pulling the trigger on this one until I saw the review on amazon where this units gives false voice directions that would have taken you off course on the highway.

My guess is they have cleaned up that problem with a recent software update.

Bah. Looks like c.r.a.p. to moi. No battery?

I lurvs my Tom Tom.