[ReeferJon]

With the cheapest sun-light viewable, waterproof monitors costing about £1000 / $1700, you'd imagine there'd be a real gap in the market for smaller / cheaper units.

Even the best priced monitors on the market wouldn't be suitable for me, as they're too large to mount in the cockpit, and too expensive. The resolution's not that much of an issue.. it's more of a case of seeing the damn picture!!

The appropriate TFT panels obviously exist, because they're being used in the latest Navman / Lowrance chart plotters... but why hasn't anyone developed a marine monitor using them?

Suggested specification:

7" TFT sun-light viewable screen
Resolution: 640 x 480 or 800 x 600
Waterproof casing
Removable mounting
12/24v supply
15-pin D type input

Sell at around £550 / $950... I'd buy one... would you?

[phowson]

Can't figure out how to reply to the poll, but hell yeah, something in the 8-12" range would be great. Touch sensitive would be nice as well.

[Yesdog]

:wink:

[Intuition]

It would be great to have a daylight viewable monitor, but the cost is still too much for our budget.

We have a 17" 350 cd/m2 monitor on a hinge that swings into the companionway. It is protected by a pair of acrylic companionway doors. When shaded by the hatch, dodger and bimini is it viewable most of the time from the helm.

We keep the mac below and use a Gyration RF mouse from the cockpit to control the system.

Regards,
Mark