Talk to me about GPS receivers
May. 24th, 2009 03:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhuWe've been putting this off, but with a road trip coming up this summer we're thinking of buying a GPS receiver for our car. But we don't do a lot of driving in general, and doubly not a lot in unfamiliar territory, so we don't want to spend more than we have to. $150 is our goal, $200 might be able to justify itself, $300 is absurd.
What features sound better on the box than in your hand? I'm thinking we want widescreen and text-to-speech for road names. Lane assist sounds like it could be a big win, but is it? And is Garmin worth the premium, or would we be satisfied with another brand?
Edited to add: Thanks for the useful feedback. We've decided on the Garmin 760, which lacks lane assist but we've decided we don't need that. It seems from our research that the price premium for Garmin units is justified.
What features sound better on the box than in your hand? I'm thinking we want widescreen and text-to-speech for road names. Lane assist sounds like it could be a big win, but is it? And is Garmin worth the premium, or would we be satisfied with another brand?
Edited to add: Thanks for the useful feedback. We've decided on the Garmin 760, which lacks lane assist but we've decided we don't need that. It seems from our research that the price premium for Garmin units is justified.