I finally bit the bullet...
 

I finally bit the bullet...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


snakebite?

I finally bit the bullet...
 

I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.

I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Sep 6, 7:52 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position.


Big brother is watching you........

I finally bit the bullet...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.


How big is the screen and how far away can you see the letters on it,
assuming decent vision? My wife wants one of those devices.

I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:10:54 -0400, HK wrote:

How big is the screen and how far away can you see the letters on it,
assuming decent vision? My wife wants one of those devices.

It' sroughly the size of a man's wallet = 320X240 TFT display screen,
64,000 color (32 bit I think) system. Fully visible at three feet.

I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:55:58 -0700, Tim wrote:

On Sep 6, 7:52 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position.

Big brother is watching you........

If you were Big Brother, wouldn't you watch me? :)

I finally bit the bullet...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:55:58 -0700, Tim wrote:

On Sep 6, 7:52 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position.
Big brother is watching you........

If you were Big Brother, wouldn't you watch me? :)


Not through a closed men's room door.

I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Sep 6, 8:20 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:55:58 -0700, Tim wrote:
On Sep 6, 7:52 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position.

Big brother is watching you........

If you were Big Brother, wouldn't you watch me? :)


Er, should I???

I'd rather watch "1984" instead....

I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Sep 6, 6:20?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing

If you were Big Brother, wouldn't you watch me? :)

Probably not. Do you have a good looking sister?