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You are correct, that guy in Russia is only moving the knob off the monitor into the console area and has nothing to do with the real CIC and other retrofits.
But I was under impression, that the new cars have the MOST bus and that is not really retrofittable to the older cars (I guess one can rip all the original signal wiring and overhaul with the fiber optic for MOST?), so the CIC and the newer navs and other toys stay in new cars.
The older cars, which are the i-bus cars have been extensively hacked into and there are possible solutions for the "i-Drive" look-alikes as well whole slew of other things.
I have a factory TV module that was working good stationary and just ok while in motion in the US, and a bit better while in central America. I did not have much luck in Russia, as the local intelligence service screwed my car to the point that I am still recovering from some of their butchery - as they planted and then removed their "bugs" they screwed up my rear wiring: the camera is dead, the rear compartment lights are dead, the subwoofer and the rear speakers make noises. So, I did not have a chance to test the TV in Russia, as it was screwed as well.
I looked at the A5 for satellite but I was not going to spend $3K for that (it i had an RV I might have considered).
I am entertaining the carputer idea because i do not know any better, and I was hoping to stir up some motion to hear opinions - and your opinion comes very handy - I will look out for those pitfalls you are talking about. I was not going to lose the OEM screen, but it seems that resolution might not be the best. I was thinking about the CIS-IBUS device that would have taken care of the monitor and the i-bus control.
The jury is still out...
PS. You are in Herndon? I guess we are in general vicinity of each other...
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