clarion or jensen?

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Topic: clarion or jensen?

Posted By: paul h
Subject: clarion or jensen?
Date Posted: February 02, 2010 at 10:19 PM

More specifically.....Clarion VZ409 or Jensen VM9312 or 9412??

I mean for a lower end DVD/etc....which do you prefer??

Reading around, both seem to have the good, bad & ugly side but both seem to be good units overall. Like the Clarion not having a display when closed, Jensen does.....Clarion has a small volume knob and no adjustment on the touch screen & Jensen does....etc....but it seems Clarion is getting better/cleaner/brighter screen display reviews.

Any pros/cons to either unit or problems anyone has seen here?

I will be adding a reverse cam to it also.....

Thanks guys & gals for any input.

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Posted By: themobileguru
Date Posted: February 03, 2010 at 11:44 AM

Best Quality? Clarion. Not to say Jensen is not good quality, just seems to be a sort of "hit and miss" type thing. You may get lucky with a good one, and then again, you may not. Clarion I think you have a better chance at getting something that works well, and lasts long.

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Posted By: bdl666
Date Posted: February 03, 2010 at 4:44 PM

Get the Clarion I sell both and although the Jensen has more features their failure rate is a lot higher.

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Posted By: paul h
Date Posted: February 03, 2010 at 9:48 PM

I have heard this today from several people other than here!!! I'm going with the Clarion!! Thanks guys!!

Posted By: mastermindz
Date Posted: February 05, 2010 at 12:53 PM

Yeah i have a jensen 9512 and it's got alot of issues lol, from flashing screen to no display. Go with the clarion

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Posted By: zeepian
Date Posted: February 10, 2010 at 5:29 PM

never heard anything good coming from jensen.....ever.

Posted By: smtgolf
Date Posted: February 11, 2010 at 12:43 PM

Uh, can get a pioneer avh-p3100 dvd for some pretty good prices these days. Might be worth a look compared to your other choices.

Posted By: spmpdr
Date Posted: February 11, 2010 at 5:08 PM

save your money up a little longer and get a better touch screen setup those are both p.o.s. in my opinion

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