Good link DF. The V1 is lacking in some departments. It cannot see as far as other detectors, you have to turn off Xband or else you will be blasted constantly. They down played the remote display and mute button. I have my V1 mounted on my visor, and my display on the dash. In my book, that gives the V1 a lot of points because a cop cannot see your detector at night behind you, also no one else can see your display. It does not have auto mute, but where I have mine mounted I can easily reach to where it is. Unfortunately the V1 does not have pop protection, but pop is not in use in my area, and is not that common YET. This is from the MPH bee website
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MPH recommends that the officer obtain a tracking history of a speed violator by operating the radar in normal transmit mode after determining with POP mode that the vehicle is speeding. This is because most radar case law is based on tracing a vehicle in normal radar operation. The information obtained in POP mode is accurate and reliable, but may not be supported by case law in court.
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Even they know pop is not the greatest. Also, I do not care if a cop has a radar detector detector, I am in a state that doesn't care. I rode around with a X50 over the weekend, it false popped here and there, and didn't even pick up a cop's radar at all once, it was running in "smart" mode. Bel used to make good radar detector back in the day, hopefully this will be a comeback for them and look forward to trying it. V1 also had greater rear protection. The greatest redeeming quality with the V1 is the directional arrows. When I was using the X50 I had no idea where the signal was coming from and If I had passed the threat yet or not. I will most defiantly look into a bel next time detector-buying season comes in.