On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:52:37 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:


That's part of it no doubt, but it really is difficult to make a piece
of electronics like that both waterproof and somewhat shock proof. I
don't view the price as a big obstacle if it actually works. Compare it
to the price of a Furuno 10 inch display.

Have you considered a tablet PC? Some of them are mil-spec.

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:58:07 -0000, wrote:

That's part of it no doubt, but it really is difficult to make a piece
of electronics like that both waterproof and somewhat shock proof. I
don't view the price as a big obstacle if it actually works. Compare it
to the price of a Furuno 10 inch display.

Have you considered a tablet PC? Some of them are mil-spec.

Don't know much about them, any that you'd recommend ?

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:20:05 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:58:07 -0000, wrote:

That's part of it no doubt, but it really is difficult to make a piece
of electronics like that both waterproof and somewhat shock proof. I
don't view the price as a big obstacle if it actually works. Compare
it to the price of a Furuno 10 inch display.

Have you considered a tablet PC? Some of them are mil-spec.

Don't know much about them, any that you'd recommend ?

Sorry, no recommendations. I just found the remote LCD interesting. So,
I did a little Googling. There seem to be quite a few weather resistant,
or mil-spec Point of Sale, touch screens, but I couldn't find any
wireless ones. This site has submersible and mil-spec touch screens that
might give you some ideas.

http://www.vartechsystems.com/produc...technology.asp

The table PC just came from the searching. It would have all the
capabilities of a display, plus would be, in itself, a PC. There are mil-
spec or weather resistant ones, and wireless capability is common.

wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:20:05 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:


On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:58:07 -0000, wrote:


That's part of it no doubt, but it really is difficult to make a piece
of electronics like that both waterproof and somewhat shock proof. I
don't view the price as a big obstacle if it actually works. Compare
it to the price of a Furuno 10 inch display.

Have you considered a tablet PC? Some of them are mil-spec.

Don't know much about them, any that you'd recommend ?


Sorry, no recommendations. I just found the remote LCD interesting. So,
I did a little Googling. There seem to be quite a few weather resistant,
or mil-spec Point of Sale, touch screens, but I couldn't find any
wireless ones. This site has submersible and mil-spec touch screens that
might give you some ideas.

http://www.vartechsystems.com/produc...technology.asp

The table PC just came from the searching. It would have all the
capabilities of a display, plus would be, in itself, a PC. There are mil-
spec or weather resistant ones, and wireless capability is common.



Now that's more like ot!
http://www.vartechsystems.com/produc...s-monitors.asp

So run wires.
What's the big deal.
It's going to be mounted on the steering station where it can do some good.

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:07:48 -0600, cavelamb himself
wrote:

http://www.vartechsystems.com/produc...technology.asp

The table PC just came from the searching. It would have all the
capabilities of a display, plus would be, in itself, a PC. There are mil-
spec or weather resistant ones, and wireless capability is common.


On of the features of the Panasonic wireless touch screen that looks
valuable is the ability to dim the screen to a low level. That is
really important at night and I have yet to find a laptop display with
sufficient dimming capability. I have to keep the laptop cover closed
much of the time to preserve night vision.