I've been following the discussion regarding the HB SI technology for as long as it has been talked about here at Crappie.com and the Yahoo Groups SI site....

There have been a great deal of opinions...good and bad...that truthfully scare the b'geebizz out of a potential SI owner.....especially when the units cost in the $2000 - $3000 range ...and then.... the extra costs of high accuracy antenaes... and interlinks.... and cables... and every thing else needed to actually get this system set up on one's boat....

That's a lot of jack to not be totally...and I mean TOTALLY satisfied with this product.....

Although I'm confident that HB will eventually get all the bugs worked out of the technology to satisfy most all complaints from it's customers....and I'm also confident that HB customer service, Greg, and Joby will be available for support....

My questions are to you HB SI owners at this point in the technology growth of SI...

1. Are these HB SI units finally to a point in the technology growth curve where a new SI owner could be confident that this product would work satisfactorally...right out of the box...?

2. Would you advise a potential SI owner to jump in now or wait until the
new 1 second GPS refresh rate comes already installed in the units
from the factory...?

3. Would you advise a potential SI owner to wait until the DI (Down Imaging)feature is
standard on the units and the bugs worked out of that
technology also...?