Capt. JG wrote:
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried
under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one:

http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb

It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for
remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be
particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power
boats. Apparently it is battery operated.

Anyone have any experience with something like this?

I have no connection with the product or vendor.

Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you
need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water
resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life
which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't
think of any.
I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats
while taking a shower. Kidding of course.



I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and
general nav issues?


FWIW, I think it's too small for that...

"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried
under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one:

http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb

It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for
remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be
particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power
boats. Apparently it is battery operated.

Anyone have any experience with something like this?

I have no connection with the product or vendor.

Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you
need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a
water resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery
life which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I
can't think of any.
I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading
rec.boats while taking a shower. Kidding of course.



I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading
and general nav issues?


FWIW, I think it's too small for that...


I guess it's a compromise between readability and size/weight. Seems like
the price should be 1/4 of what it's going for, which would help. Also,
you'd have to have a good place to put it... a holder of some sort.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Capt. JG wrote:


I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading
and general nav issues?

FWIW, I think it's too small for that...


I guess it's a compromise between readability and size/weight. Seems like
the price should be 1/4 of what it's going for, which would help. Also,
you'd have to have a good place to put it... a holder of some sort.


For a little bit more you can buy a laptop built for marine enviroment
and/or one built to military specs for weather/water proof.

"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:


I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading
and general nav issues?

FWIW, I think it's too small for that...


I guess it's a compromise between readability and size/weight. Seems like
the price should be 1/4 of what it's going for, which would help. Also,
you'd have to have a good place to put it... a holder of some sort.


For a little bit more you can buy a laptop built for marine enviroment
and/or one built to military specs for weather/water proof.




Thus my comment about the cost. Having a screen rather than a full pc seems
like a good idea sans the cost and possibly the size of the screen in
question.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:12:44 -0600, in message

cavelamb himself wrote:

Capt. JG wrote:
" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...

Every once in awhile something interesting shows up in my inbox buried
under all of the other advertisements. Yesterday I received this one:

http://tinyurl.com/yrl8bb

It purports to be a wireless, waterproof, touch sensitive screen for
remote control and display of a PC. It looks like it might be
particularly useful for the cockpit of sailboats or on small power
boats. Apparently it is battery operated.

Anyone have any experience with something like this?

I have no connection with the product or vendor.

Pricy for what it is. I wonder about it's viewability in sunlight. If you
need to build a sunshade for it, you might just go ahead and build a water
resistant enclosure and throw a laptop into it.Very short battery life
which is understandable. There may be a practical application, but I can't
think of any.
I spoke too soon. I just thought of something. How about reading rec.boats
while taking a shower. Kidding of course.



I agree it's pricey, but the practical apps would include chart-reading and
general nav issues?


FWIW, I think it's too small for that...

My NAVMAN chartplotter has a 5" screen that is large enough to be very
useful. It was about half the price of this display and stands alone
with a much lower current draw. (less than 1 amp vs 6 or 7 amps to run
my notebook)

Still, I am intrigued by the product and hope it will come down in
price. It's right up there now with similar sized Raymarine displays.

Ryk