Ryk wrote:
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:09:48 -0400, in message

Wayne.B wrote:


On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:27:00 -0400, Ryk
wrote:


I'm sure there are others on this route. I would like to hear from
anybody else with 50ish eyes who has moved on to a better display. How
much is enough? Should I just bite the bullet and buy a big screen? Or
should I keep a pair of half glasses at the helm? (which might not
help the rain issue)

If you have space and the budget, the Furuno 10.4 inch color screens
are outstanding for both daytime and night time visibility. Next best
are their 7 inch screens.


Do they dim down enough for good night vision and still give a clear
picture? I find that a look at my notebook on the dimmest setting
still trashes my night vision.

Ryk


I have extensive experience with the Furuno display, day and night
mounted outside on a flushdecked sailboat. We sailed in the rain hail
and snow. It is a great screen and terrific system. Just a couple
negatives, The C-Maps are not perfect and the track ball gums up
quickly. I always kept the remote handy (in a waterproof thingy) and
crossed checked tricky areas with the paper charts. For some reason the
geeks that digitized the maps for C-Maps frequently read rocky bottom
symbology as rocks awash and entered that into the digital charts. I
have many examples around the PNW.

Gary