ok so escort just realesed teh 9500xi!..... it costs 50 dollars more then the 9500i but my question is whats new about htis one expcet that the screen is blue?

 

The PASSPORT 9500ix also comes pre-loaded with thousands of safety camera locations, including red light and speed-based cameras throughout North America.

 

oh man...
I didn't think you meant "radar detector"!... :-)

 

pay the extra $50. thats all you need to know.

 

Yeah its the replacement model. There are discontinuing the 9500i. Even though both the 9500i and ix have usb ports, the 9500ix model is able to communicate with Escort's servers and is preloaded with all the marked locations. Without the data you have to mark the locations yourself. Fortunately, they have a limited upgrade program for owners with the original 9500i to upgrade it to a 9500ix for a reasonable fee.

 

hmm. i need to look into this. thanks.

 

how much better is it than the 8500 x50?

 

As far as distance and general protection it is about the same or only slightly better. The real power of the 9500xi is the GPS and being able to alert you to red light cameras, speed traps, and to lockout the false alarms. With escorts databases updated often, protection never goes out of date. They do have a trade in program for older models.

 

^^^^^^^^^ thats not true at alll!!!... iv seen tests of the 8500 x50 and the 9500i ... the 9500i reads most bands at about twice the distance of the x50

 

i want 1

 

I highly recommend them, they are expensive but they basically paid for themselves if they get you out of at least one ticket. During freeway travels, I was alerted much in advance (a mile or two) before the I saw the LEO. Also forget Cobra and the other cheap radars they are junk and will just give you false alarms all the time so you will just ignore it before its too late.

 

we dont have speed cameras down here in fl.... waste of a function for me

 

Just got my 9500i upgraded to a 9500ix and love it!! It alerts you to red light cameras, speed traps and speed cameras, it's awesome! Plus it comes pre-loaded with the nationwide database on the GPS. Definitely the best radar detector on the market. Plus I applaud escort for letting there customers upgrade to the newest version (I bought the 9500i a little over 2 years ago) and they gave me a free 3 year subscription to database upgrades to boot!

 

how do you guys think the 9500xi compares to the v1?

 

I heard as far as simple detection they are comparable, however the V1 doesn't have a GPS system, so your likely to get tickets still with Speed Traps, and Red Light Cameras or even VASCAR (non-radar technique cops use), which the 9500ix can detect