Quote Originally Posted by brettw View Post
seems to me that lowrance is s better over all product,
I just sold a new 998c on eBay and I'm keeping the lowrance hds9 .
the si may be better on the hb, I can't tell having used them both side by side, may be better.
I do think the hb is a little brighter
I just feel the lack of actual , easily usable , consistent down image on the hb left a bad taste I'm my mouth.
cost? well you don't know what I paid but the unit with di, the lowrance, was not that much more.
plus my bad case of digititus caused by pushing the hb buttons over and over was the final thing that pushed me to better technology.
Why did you buy a SI unit if you really wanted a DI unit.....Then complain because the DI is not as good as a DI unit. The 998 is optimized for SI. You used to have the best SI unit. You should have saved a little more money and added a 858 HD DI unit that you could network with the 998.