Well I've never seen the kenwoods, but I know the Eclipse units are a favorite of people on here. I love mine, it does everything I want and it looks classy in the car. Just the right size, shape, and finish. The only issue I have with mine right now is that it sometimes takes a while to change tracks on an MP3 disk, but I suspect that's due to the bitrate I encode things at. The big selling point for me on this one was 1) I got a good deal on it and 2) Its easy to ground out the unit so you can watch movies whenever you want. I'm not sure what the process is on a kenwood.