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Touch screen electronics
I am beginning to up upgrade a few electronic things and been checking out the new chart plotters and handheld units. It seems everything is headed towards touch screen. I did buy the new garmin oregon 400c handheld as a backup unit and it has a good size touchscreen for a handheld. (iPhone like) The graphics are nice and the menus are intuitive. I have not used it on a boat yet but so far so good. Time will tell.
My concern with the larger 12-14" touchscreens on my primary unit is what the screen will look like when a fisherman's hands makes contact with the screen esp when the bite is on. The screen feels a little different than the glass on my old unit, it is more of a plastic feel. Fingerprints are my concern. Anyway, I like the features the touch screen has, I have been looking at Ray marines and Garmins chartplotter. For Instance, you can point to a place on the chart and it will compute a multi leg course thru channels to get you safely to that point, another button and the autopilot runs the course. Also you can easily list routes and select past routes with a simple touch. Looks great and seems to work and I would like those features but I am not sure of the screen. So my concern is should I step backwards and get the old button style with the clunkier software or get the touchscreen with better software and keep a soft towel near the screen?
Have you played with any touchscreens? What are your thoughts?
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