Hummingbird New Products

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10-23-2010, 08:39 AM
Big Ridge Brewer

Hummingbird New Products

One of my bassin' buddies said HB had some new products at a trade show. One of the improvements he mentioned was the units would be networked via Ethernet. I can't find any info on their upcoming products.

I'm looking to upgrade but am willing to wait until the new releases come out. Gives me a little more time to compare HB & Lowrance. He also mentioned the bigger HB units would have HD screens.

Anyone here have any links to the newer models? I can't find them and would like to do a little reading up on what all they will be offering.
10-25-2010, 01:29 PM
Humminbird_Greg

I’ve seen where some have posted information but I’m not sure about where it came from and even question some of what was posted. I have not been given any information myself and nothing is on the Humminbird or Johnson Outdoors, Inc. web site yet. Should not be much longer though as the they are showing them at the trade shows.
10-25-2010, 07:51 PM
midnight_f150

thanks greg!!!!! keep us posted please!!
10-25-2010, 09:43 PM
Doug Vahrenberg

Here's Info I have on some of the new products from Humminbird: BBC Boards: 2011 Humminbird New Features and Products

Also check out the Humminbird Facebook Page they keep adding more info about new products coming for 2011.
10-26-2010, 08:20 AM
Big Ridge Brewer

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Originally Posted by Doug Vahrenberg

Here's Info I have on some of the new products from Humminbird: BBC Boards: 2011 Humminbird New Features and Products

Also check out the Humminbird Facebook Page they keep adding more info about new products coming for 2011.

Thanks for the link. I don't have a FB account but may have to start looking at their page.

A little disappointed the 800 & 900 series aren't being offered in HD.
10-26-2010, 09:23 AM
rnvinc

Interesting article by RGecy at sideimagingsoft.com about "What is HD?"...

What is HD?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the pixel count of any of the units is changing.....therefore the past HB units were already HD....
10-26-2010, 10:57 AM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by rnvinc

Interesting article by RGecy at sideimagingsoft.com about "What is HD?"...

What is HD?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think the pixel count of any of the units is changing.....therefore the past HB units were already HD....

It is a loose talking points term. I wouldn't put a lot of faith in any of it. Kinda like the 8 times rms measurement of peak to peak power. Manufacturers make claims of relationships of 8x rms to peak to peak, however, this relationship is a coincidence of math only. I doubt anyone can measure these levels with any instrument at these advertised power levels. Very misleading information. Also the term "broadband" is loosely tossed about. These terms really sound highly technical from a pitchman who use these technical terms loosely.
10-26-2010, 11:13 AM
rnvinc

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Originally Posted by Cane Pole

It is a loose talking points term. I wouldn't put a lot of faith in any of it. Kinda like the 8 times rms measurement of peak to peak power. Manufacturers make claims of relationships of 8x rms to peak to peak, however, this relationship is a coincidence of math only. I doubt anyone can measure these levels with any instrument at these advertised power levels. Very misleading information. Also the term "broadband" is loosely tossed about. These terms really sound highly technical from a pitchman who use these technical terms loosely.

That was my point exactly CP...touting HD as a "new" feature of the 2011 product line is just to sell units....not actually a better or different feature from the previous units...

Just because it now says HD does not mean the image quality will be any better .....

Better image quality is gained thru more pixel count ...and I don't think that "more pixel count" is actually happening in the 2011 models....
10-26-2010, 12:10 PM
Cane Pole

I guess the HD buzz has has made VGA and SVGA obsolete............
10-26-2010, 12:30 PM
RiceRocket

Have been looking at the 2011 596c HD DI , looks good to me for the type fishing I do ,Switch fire comes with 20 or 60 cone and DI is only 20 ????? I do like the 640 x 640 My old wide eye is only 240x240 I think . Any thoughts on this unit , wonder how good its in 3/5 ft of water ????
10-26-2010, 12:34 PM
DonDon

Greg, any chance they can have a updated version of the software for our 997's and 998's that'll make the picture more clear. I've seen the Lowrance picture now and it's much more clean that the Humminbird. I'm still guessing on alot of things I see where on the Lowrance Si and DI, I'ts ALOT more clean
10-26-2010, 04:58 PM
Big Ridge Brewer

Well that's why I posted in here before dropping the coin on a new depth finder (most likely two). I assumed when they tagged the HD onto it they were actually adding more resolution.
10-26-2010, 04:58 PM
Humminbird_Greg

Ricerocket,
I don’t think that the Di sonar is only 20 degrees. The specs that someone else posted show it as 86 degrees at 455kHz and 55 degrees at 800kHz. Still I have not seen anything in writing from someone at Humminbird so all specs are still “suspect” to me.

DonDon,
I don’t know but would bet that they are always massaging the software to improve it.
10-26-2010, 07:53 PM
jaxsprat

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Originally Posted by DonDon

Greg, any chance they can have a updated version of the software for our 997's and 998's that'll make the picture more clear. I've seen the Lowrance picture now and it's much more clean that the Humminbird. I'm still guessing on alot of things I see where on the Lowrance Si and DI, I'ts ALOT more clean

Was told by Lowrance person the reason their Di is so much cleaner has to do with their transducer system, not pixels etc. Where HB units take info from the 455 Si crystals and draw/compile a digital Di image, the Lowrance has a Extra set of crystals in their transducer to produce a true Di picture with a lot less interference and corruption.