If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Ideal Display Size Survey
This survey is a follow-up to Jay's 396 thread.
As Jay pointed out, the display is too small to adequately present all the information available in a useful format. So the question is: "What is the minimum useful display size adequate for a portable GPS with the features found in the Garmin 396?" (Please state you answer in L x W or diagonal dimension and comparison to any present panel mount displays.) |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
"john smith" wrote:
This survey is a follow-up to Jay's 396 thread. As Jay pointed out, the display is too small to adequately present all the information available in a useful format. No, it isn't. I'm looking at one right now; it is adequate. So the question is: "What is the minimum useful display size adequate for a portable GPS with the features found in the Garmin 396?" I'd like to see the 396 display 1" larger, W & L. -- Dan C-172RG at BFM |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"What is the minimum useful display size adequate for a portable GPS with
the features found in the Garmin 396?" Well, I've got the two biggest portable color GPS screens around in my plane, with the AvMap on one yoke, and the 2000c on the other. The AvMap, with its huge screen (over twice the size of a 396) would make an unbelievably marvelous platform for weather -- and AvMap knows it. I spoke at length with their reps at OSH, and they were EXTREMELY frustrated that Garmin had beaten them to the XM weather thing. They had been working on it for a few years (according to Vern, their head cheese), but the muckity-mucks upstairs had cut the program off to devote more $$$ to their marine market -- a segment where they make vastly more $$$ than our puny little aviation market can provide. (Now, of course, boaters need weather, too -- but apparently aren't as willing to pay for it.) The Lowrance unit would be second best, and is about the size that Dan is advocating (an inch bigger than the current 396) -- but more square-ish. I don't like the screen resolution of the 2000c as well as the AvMap (it's about the same as the 396s) -- but it would be okay. One crucial change that must be made is to put the units in portrait mode, like the AvMap and (sorta) the 2000c. I want my track "up", which means my route of flight is "up" -- which means the maximum distance out will be at the TOP of the screen. On the 396, that's the "short direction" (due to its landscape-only mode), and (as a result) the weather gets cut off -- nearly in half. In this, size really matters. To be able to adequately depict your entire route of flight, in a size that can easily be seen, in a resolution that allows for great detail, will be the ultimate "Holy Grail" of in-flight weather depiction As with all first-generation electronics, the Garmin 396 is a compromise, and we can all rest assured that the next generation will be far better. (And bigger! And cheaper!) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
"john smith" wrote "What is the minimum useful display size adequate for a portable GPS with the features found in the Garmin 396?" 5" x 7" |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
In a previous article, john smith said:
"What is the minimum useful display size adequate for a portable GPS with the features found in the Garmin 396?" I'd like to see one with a screen the size of an approach plate, with very little room around the screen for the buttons. Ideally, it should also display approach plates. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Using vi is kind of like having sex. The first time to use it, it's kind of awkward, but after using for a while you start to get good at it and enjoy it. -- Eric Merkel |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... In a previous article, john smith said: "What is the minimum useful display size adequate for a portable GPS with the features found in the Garmin 396?" I'd like to see one with a screen the size of an approach plate, with very little room around the screen for the buttons. Ideally, it should also display approach plates. Kinda like this? http://www.motioncomputing.com/produ...blet_pc_ls.asp |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
"Jay Honeck" wrote: The AvMap, with its huge screen (over twice the size of a 396) would make an unbelievably marvelous platform for weather -- drool. I want my track "up", which means my route of flight is "up" -- Much is explained. You should seek counseling immediately! -- Dan C-172RG at BFM |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Jay Honeck wrote:
I want my track "up", which means my route of flight is "up" -- which means the maximum distance out will be at the TOP of the screen. So turn it sideways, Jay. George Patterson Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks. |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
In a previous article, "Matt Barrow" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... I'd like to see one with a screen the size of an approach plate, with very little room around the screen for the buttons. Ideally, it should also display approach plates. Kinda like this? http://www.motioncomputing.com/produ...blet_pc_ls.asp Yeah, but I also would prefer solid state, and I don't want to spend $3,000 for hardware plus software. What I like about the 396 (and the thing that Jay uses) is that it's cheap and it doesn't have a hard drive to fail at high altitude. -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ "This country has an auto-immune disease. We are attacking ourselves as the enemy." - Jose (no last name given), rec.aviation.piloting |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
KX-155 LEDs | Steven Barnes | Owning | 21 | July 11th 13 09:04 AM |
A-6 Redar Display? | Mike Kanze | Naval Aviation | 0 | September 28th 04 01:34 AM |
Pirep: Garmin GPSMAP 296 versus 295. (very long) | Jon Woellhaf | Piloting | 12 | September 4th 04 11:55 PM |
AVSIM 2004 Demographic Survey | Tom Allensworth | Simulators | 0 | June 16th 04 03:00 PM |
Real World Specs for FS 2004 | Paul H. | Simulators | 16 | August 18th 03 09:25 AM |