I should have disclaimed my post by saying, "I'm a grade A certified Cheap ***."

I already have the hard drive, but I am starting to second guess putting it in the car for both usability concerns as well as power concerns.

What I was going to do was get a portable LCD DVD player that has A/V inputs and put it on the passenger seat while I'm alone in the car and my daughter could use it when she is in the car as well.

You are probably right about the 80 GB ipod, but dropping $250 on one causes me pain. My brother in law has one and it is completely awesome...

I might have to talk to my wife about getting an ipod...She'd probably like to have her ipod back anyway.

Either way, the hard drive media player will come in handy anyway, so if I don't like it, I can re-purpose it to the TV/Stereo system.

I'll try it out, once I get it and post the results.

'08 HCHII Silver (Arrived July 10th!)
'05 Honda Civic 7th Gen LX (Wife's DD)
'98 VW Jetta TDI