Brand? Price? Sounds nice? Waterproof? Voltage? Current?
Got a link to a source?

Doug

"Johnhh" wrote in message
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I have an 8" 800X600 one that I run on a mini-itx (1ghz) machine. I am
going to use it primarily for music and as a backup for navigation. I
have run NobelTech on it just to see how it would work. Yes it is small,
but the screen size and resolution tells you that. The monitor works fine,
has a nice clear picture. I haven't really tested it for brightness in
bright conditions because I only intend to use it below decks, but the
brightness seems as expected with 400 nits. I do understand that some loss
should be expected due to the touch screen option.

The touch screen works great, I have big fingers and the buttons on
navigation software tend to be small and plentiful so can be a little hard
to pickout what you want. The provided wand works good for this, but I
expect it would be a little hard to use on a rolling boat in any kind of
rough conditions.

In summary, for my purposes, I am quite happy with it.

Hope this helps
John

"Windjammer" wrote in message
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On eBay, there are at least two types of touch-screen monitors being
sold -
7" and 8" size both with VGA input as well as A/V.

Has anyone tried using these as displays for marine navigation?

In particular, wondering about the resolution and how the touch-screen
could
be used with popular nav software like Fugawi?

Brand: Lilliput
Price: $280
Not waterproof
Voltage: 12volt with cigarette adapter/regulator and 110 wall wart.
Amps: 0.8
link: Lilliput 8" Touch screen XGA TFT Car Monitor VGA PC
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...7570 201&rd=1
Same montor, but I'm not sure that's where I got mine.

"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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Brand? Price? Sounds nice? Waterproof? Voltage? Current?
Got a link to a source?

Doug

"Johnhh" wrote in message
...
I have an 8" 800X600 one that I run on a mini-itx (1ghz) machine. I am
going to use it primarily for music and as a backup for navigation. I
have run NobelTech on it just to see how it would work. Yes it is small,
but the screen size and resolution tells you that. The monitor works
fine, has a nice clear picture. I haven't really tested it for brightness
in bright conditions because I only intend to use it below decks, but the
brightness seems as expected with 400 nits. I do understand that some
loss should be expected due to the touch screen option.

The touch screen works great, I have big fingers and the buttons on
navigation software tend to be small and plentiful so can be a little
hard to pickout what you want. The provided wand works good for this,
but I expect it would be a little hard to use on a rolling boat in any
kind of rough conditions.

In summary, for my purposes, I am quite happy with it.

Hope this helps
John

"Windjammer" wrote in message
...
On eBay, there are at least two types of touch-screen monitors being
sold -
7" and 8" size both with VGA input as well as A/V.

Has anyone tried using these as displays for marine navigation?

In particular, wondering about the resolution and how the touch-screen
could
be used with popular nav software like Fugawi?

How does a map look like on 800X600 for instance? The Lilliput has ca.
900.000 pixels the other 8" monitor has 1.440 millon and is far mor
expensive. I have seen C-Map on the 1.44 million pixel monitor and it looked
good at 800X600. Lilliput claims a resolution of 1024X768 with 921600
pixels. This is really only 640X480 X3 colors = 921600. All the higher
resolutions are interpolated pixels and usually generate a bad picture ( not
sharp).
Some of the cheaper ones for DVD are having even less pixels. On board I use
an old Toshiba with 800X600 and C-Map and I would like a better resolution.
So what resolution is used on the Lilliput? I would like to buy an 8" but
because of above I´m no more sure anymore what to do.

Frank

"Johnhh" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Brand: Lilliput
Price: $280
Not waterproof
Voltage: 12volt with cigarette adapter/regulator and 110 wall wart.
Amps: 0.8
link: Lilliput 8" Touch screen XGA TFT Car Monitor VGA PC
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...7570 201&rd=1
Same montor, but I'm not sure that's where I got mine.

"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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Brand? Price? Sounds nice? Waterproof? Voltage? Current?
Got a link to a source?

Doug

Its native resolution is 800X600 and that's what I'm running it it at. If
the pixels are interpolated, you could never prove it by me. If you want
higher than 800X600 this is not the monitor for you.

A chart on it looks just like I would expect it to at 800X600. I'm not sure
how else to answer the question.

I find it to be perfect for *my* needs, If I had lots of bucks, needed it
to be outdoor viewable or was depending on it for primary navigation on
extended voyages, then I would look elsewhere.

"Frank Klose" wrote in message
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How does a map look like on 800X600 for instance? The Lilliput has ca.
900.000 pixels the other 8" monitor has 1.440 millon and is far mor
expensive. I have seen C-Map on the 1.44 million pixel monitor and it
looked good at 800X600. Lilliput claims a resolution of 1024X768 with
921600 pixels. This is really only 640X480 X3 colors = 921600. All the
higher resolutions are interpolated pixels and usually generate a bad
picture ( not sharp).
Some of the cheaper ones for DVD are having even less pixels. On board I
use an old Toshiba with 800X600 and C-Map and I would like a better
resolution.
So what resolution is used on the Lilliput? I would like to buy an 8" but
because of above I´m no more sure anymore what to do.

Frank

"Johnhh" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Brand: Lilliput
Price: $280
Not waterproof
Voltage: 12volt with cigarette adapter/regulator and 110 wall wart.
Amps: 0.8
link: Lilliput 8" Touch screen XGA TFT Car Monitor VGA PC
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...7570 201&rd=1
Same montor, but I'm not sure that's where I got mine.

"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
...
Brand? Price? Sounds nice? Waterproof? Voltage? Current?
Got a link to a source?

Doug