I remember your post about the Sanyo; ours came with a Blaupunkt and it can miss the CD tract on a good sized bump--I wish we had the stereo our Passat came with. However the FM tuner on the Blaupunkt is quite good, so I shouldn't kick.
We used it a lot for NPR news and background CD music during meals—
running it off the accessories switch on the vehicle's starter battery—which in all candor, I don't know if this is wise? I'm wondering if I should invest in an inverter.
With regard to the TV, in town we can get quite a few local TV stations, but up in the Green Mountains of Vermont, we didn't get one channel--so you're not missing anything and I'm sure the extra storage comes in handy.