Thread: HDS8 vs HB997 test results

Originally Posted by TN Hillbilly

Search all of big sandy for $100? Sounds too much like work. Make it $1000 and then maybe......

You gonna be searching anyhow. Just well look for the cash fish. Doubt if any of the fishes out there has a 100 dollar tag up it butt.

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

You gonna be searching anyhow. Just well look for the cash fish. Doubt if any of the fishes out there has a 100 dollar tag up it butt.

If there is one, I'd like to catch it. :D

cp pm me wour address

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

997 playback. It will get the job done. The playback quality looks much better on the head unit. Internet has lots of compression on video files. Does a number on the quality.

CP you did good

Originally Posted by TN Hillbilly

The side image views on the hb look like you've got some kind of interference going on. Does it always have the horizontal white lines in the si view? I see those occasionally on my 998.

This is billbob's unit. Mine had hash, but after I installed the power filters provided by HB, the hash went away. We turned off all power equipment and all electronics on billbob's boat, but it still had some hash. I don't have a clue what the problem might be. I also ran the internal select filter to hi2 with no results.

Originally Posted by DonDon

I'm glad someone did a head to head.

I am also, but to be fair, I think the interference issue with the HB unit should be resolved before any conclusion can be made. Cane Pole has a reputation here as the guru on these type things, so his test results are going to carry a lot of weight with the people who peruse this board on a regular basis. Both of these companies have a lot of money invested in this technology so it's important that both the units be performing optimally when any comparison is made.

If I have a company that makes parachutes and I'm going head to head in a shootout against another manufacturer of parachutes then both chutes should be properly packed before the jump.

I don't have any interest in brand loyalty be it side finders, trucks or boats. I always shop for the most bang per buck and I've owned both Lowrance and HB in the past.

Originally Posted by TN Hillbilly

I am also, but to be fair, I think the interference issue with the HB unit should be resolved before any conclusion can be made.

Both units had the same issue, if you look at the pictures.

Originally Posted by mduncan62

Both units had the same issue, if you look at the pictures.

I don't see any interference at all in the Lowrance shots. Point it out to me.