[s-cars] iPod in S4

[steve powers]

Mark:

>  I agree with what you are saying, and just didn't want to
>  take it to that depth :-)
>
>  I generalized (which is bad) my definition of MP3's here, as
>  most (this is changing fast) are 128 kbit compression and
>  suck. I can tell the difference between CD and FM, as most
>  can. And that's where
>  128- 160 kbps MP3's are sound quality wise.
>  I like the format, I like the idea. But after downloading my
>  share of them, I am often left wondering why I did so.
>
>  This same discussion applies to DVD vs. DivX or SVCD or
>  other video / audio compression algorithms. It's a great
>  digital world we have. It's only getting better.
>
>  Mark

VW has PHAT Audio. Basically a disk drive in your car w/
removable player. Myself, I'd want something which plugs in
and also works with the existing user interface. (PHAT should)

iPods are great, but doing the UI at speed would be problematic.
The other issue with iPods are that they don't support WMA.

I work with IEEE 1394. We've seen car audio products which support
it. Plugging a 1394 HDD into your car's audio system and having
that system recognize the hardware and the media content on it
are what we really want, is it not?

BTW - nearly all of the major players will be providing 1394 networks
in their future (another year or two away) models.

Steve Powers