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Jack Erbes
 
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Default Waterproof Screens

Phil Stanton wrote:

Can anybody point me in the direction of a 12" sunlight viewable, waterproof
screen to work from the external VGA port on my Laptop. I want to be able to
see my navigation software at the helm as well as at the chart table.
Thanks


A quick google for "marine display" will bring you a lot of hits, here
are a few:

http://www.argonautcomputer.com/displays_tflex.htm
http://www.nauticomp.com/
http://www.navstore.com/marina_displays.asp

To run it off of a PC you'll want to get a touchscreen model. Anyone
that says "I don't need that, I'm only going to look at it..." has not
been there. And anyone that says "I'll use a cordless (name any human
interface device)..." has not tried it yet.

I've been around some good sunlight displays and have not seen a good
one yet that was not about the same price as buying a good chart
plotter. For what you spend for a good 12-15" display you can buy a
Raymarine C120 and some chart chips.

Jack

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