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Guess I'm still antique. still running the black & whites. Learned to use the old flashers & loved the instant return on them. Don't take me wrong, I've been around the new color units the last few years, they are great. They are outstanding on being able to distinguish a hard bottom/soft bottom, rock gravel and such. Also easier on the eyes in bright sunlight. But if you spend the time learning to really use the unit.... I've replaced one of my units last year with a X17. Love the bigger screen, but still in black & white. I've upgraded from my handheld GPS to one built into the unit. I've got to purchase a couple of sd cards in order to down load and put the upgrades into the unit and the antenna then hopefully still get a map card for it. The map cards are the greatest thing going fishing with some of my buddies in their rigs. Upgrading to new color units won't happen around this house short of winning the lottery. Do I want them, you betcha. Do I need em, I'll make do just fine. Half the fun is finding them, catching em is the icing on the cake:)
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Here is a pic of a bait ball with the fish below (just above the 18ft line) I have DI at the console (597hd di) and a regular 570 up front. With the 597 I mostly set it up to record while I fish up front and look at the recordings at home. But you will like the DI--it's fun.
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/...d12/S00024.png
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Thanks guys all the feedback is making me feel a lot better about my purchase. I really wanted the down imaging for the main reason of viewing the structure on the bottom as I was having a hard time seeing brush and other stuff with my old black and white models. Have someone taking me fishing next weekend on Hillsdale that really knows the lake to point me in a good direction of deep brush piles as this is my first year boat fishin. Thanks again for everyone's insight and knowledge.
Rusty
