SI news?

[J White]

For those who absolutely HAVE to have the biggest and baddest :D
Check this out - OK Greg, how long have you been holding this out on us?

http://bassfan.com/docktalk.asp?id=4276#4276

[crappiechappy]

It never ends. Technology is changing so fast that it's hard to keep up with it all. I just thought when I bought the 997 si that it was expensive. Wow!! I said I'd never spend that much for a graph. Well never say never!!

[Fishn N Wishn]

wow,can buy a boat for the price of that gadget lol

[J White]

It never ends. Technology is changing so fast that it's hard to keep up with it all. I just thought when I bought the 997 si that it was expensive. Wow!! I said I'd never spend that much for a graph. Well never say never!!

Tell me about it I been savin my pennies for a 987, before I got enuff
it became the 997 - still not there yet, now this! I may buy one of these
used someday when they're 10 years old or something. :p

[Cane Pole]

JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING IS TRUE. THEY JUST LEAD US ON AND TAKE OUR MONEY.

I KNOW THESE GUYS KNEW THIS WAS COMING, BUT PROB A HEAD WOULD ROLL IF IT CAME OUT BEFORE WE WERE SUCKED INTO SIDE IMAGING. Man, I am easy.

[J White]

Yeah, I'm thinking about waiting for the one where the transducer has
a rotating beam and scans 360 - Cabelas sold some with scanning sonar
a few years back, forget the name. Must have not been quite ready for
prime time because they went away, at least far as I know.
I think the bluewater, commercial guys have had it for awhile now. But I want the one where it displays images in a 3D hologram instead of on a flat screen - next year maybe? :D

[Humminbird_Greg]

Yeah I've known about it for a little while but like Cane Pole said, I couldn't say anything without losing my head. That wouldn't have been as bad as what my wife would have chopped off when I got back home though!

Yes we are out to make some money but what company isn't? Without profit, there would be no money for R&D. Without R&D there would be no new sonar or GPS technology. I'm guessing that the larger display was sought after mainly by the saltwater guys as they have the room and money for it.

J White, we are working on that 3D Holographic Whole Lake Scanning Sonar system for you... where can we send the $10,000,000 bill for it! LOL!

On a side note:
My wife's Nephew (who fishes Crappie Tourny's) will be pissed at me again: Last year he bought a 987c Si unit at the end of Summer - right before the 997 was announced. This year we installed a 997c Si and a 797c Si unit on his boat about one month ago... :rolleyes:

[mduncan62]

It's a little sad if they are charging 1000.00 more for just screen size. That would be hard to justify, unless you are made of money. I would say that adds a whole lot of profit for them. Of course I understand they have cost in new injection molds etc, but wow.

I've been wrong before, so I could be wrong now.

Canepole, I like the addition to your sig. :D

[Barnacle Bill]

Face it people. When you buy a piece of any electronic gear it is obsolete by time you get it home. If you wait for the latest and greatest, you will never have anything. I wonder if they got the recording function fixed like Lowrance.

[J White]

Well, call me a sucker, but the only reason I'm not already trying to order
one is my old lady would kill me if I bought one right now - but watch out
next year :p

Humminbird Greg, I told ya I'd report on how my service issue on the Piranha
was resolved - well, they took care of me fine, got a new replacement unit
in yesterday and they even picked up the tab for shipping the old one back.
So true to my word, I ordered a 787 today - sick feeling dropping the dough,
but I guess it's good practice for the hit I'll take on a SI unit later

About the $10,000,000 deal, try the govt. :D they seem to always have
plenty to throw around on r&d stuff.