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.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:25:52 -0400, Jack Erbes
wrote:


I don't have any experience with that one but it looks like it may have
something in common with the Panasonic Toughbook Wireless Displays.


Yes, I think that's it:

http://tinyurl.com/ycqf99

I already have an older Panasonic Toughbook laptop and it's a good
unit, surviving several salt water showers and one 3 ft drop. With a
remote display I could leave the laptop down below in a safer
environment or even run a more powerful desktop box.


Big enough to see, and bright enough to read, that looks like a much
better choice, there are still a couple of gotchas involved.

1 it's still only rated moisture resistant. Maybe it will survive
spray - maybe not.

AND 10 hours on a set of batteries.

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.

On Mar 22, 11:49*am, HK wrote:
wrote:

"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.

Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading rec.boats
and taking a dump.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
What a refined and cultured statement, Harry.....

On Mar 22, 1:48*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
om...
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.

Well, that would be a change from your usual habit of reading
rec.boats and taking a dump.

I can dump on you some more if that's what you want.

Please...you're barely an amateur.
I'll try harder. Practice makes perfect.

Follow Reggie's example. Offer nothing of value, but insult everyone
else and what they've done, do, own, et cetera.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

There's the pot calling the kettle black.......

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:04 -0400, Jack Erbes
wrote:

When you tot up the cost of a Toughbook laptop and one of the wireless
displays, you are getting into the cost range of one of the better
marine grade systems like the Raymarines.

Yes. I already have a pretty good Furuno system integrated into a 10
inch display with excellent daytime brightness and good night time
dimming. I use a laptop PC as a back up chart plotter because I
prefer the look of raster charts when in unfamiliar areas, and also
because the Maptech software has superior route planning and tracking.
A remote, portable, weather proof display would allow me to keep the
laptop in a dry secure location at the lower helm, and also might be
useful on a small runabout.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:34:04 -0400, Jack Erbes
wrote:

you'll find that those will intrude on your
night vision some even at the dimmest settings that lets them be useful.

Has next to nothing to do with night vision. Same thing is true in
broad daylight. When you have a relatively bright light shining
directly into your eyes it is more difficult to see dimmer objects.
Regardless of the actual ammount of light involved. It takes as much
as 45 minutes in close to complete darkness to get full night vision.
Ask any astronomer.

Casady

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

cavelamb himself wrote:

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

"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