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Northstar M121 By Ben Ellison \| Posted February 2007 I first knew the 12-inch Northstar M121 MFD as the Navman 8120. Now it not only has joined the Northstar family (upper right in group photo) but has gained a new little brother,... Read Article	Paradox Marine's Marine Magellan Video By \| Posted January 2007 Read Article
Hatteland Series 2 By Ben Ellison \| Posted January 2007 Hatteland Display, a large Norwegian manufacturer with an excellent behind-the-scenes reputation, is going public with its new Series 2 Marine Multi Displays (MMD) and Marine... Read Article	POI'd Off By Ben Ellison \| Posted January 2007 This C-Map POI data is the best available, but it's still full of errors.It's my good fortune that I get to spend many a fine summer's day hanging around beautiful, bustling... Read Article
Raymarine LifeTag MOB System By Ben Ellison \| Posted January 2007 Unlike some safety gear, you'll never have to worry if LifeTag is going to work when you need it. That's because it's what might be called an "alarm-on-failure" system; the... Read Article	Poly-Planar Modular Marine Stereo By Ben Ellison \| Posted January 2007 One sign of how deeply Poly-Planar rethought marine stereo is that it takes a while to fully comprehend its flexibility, power, and thorough boat-worthiness. Start with the basic... Read Article
Garmin GPSMAP 4XXX By Ben Ellison \| Posted January 2007 Garmin chose the huge Marine Electronics Trade Show (METS) in Amsterdam to preview an entirely refreshed marine line that will roll out during the first half of 2007, and I wasn’t... Read Article	Raymarine G190 By Ben Ellison \| Posted December 2006 A Lauderdale line that rings true: "19-inch is the new 15-inch." We want bigger displays, and bezels are getting thin enough that we can have bigger in almost the same helm space... Read Article
FLIR Navigator By Ben Ellison \| Posted December 2006 While BMW's optional Night Vision is winning raves for its ability to help drivers see obstacles beyond their headlights, I'd argue that the same thermal technology is even more... Read Article	TR-1 Gladiator YTS Autopilot By Ben Ellison \| Posted December 2006 With its YTS model, Nautamatic is finally offering a conventional control head for its unconventional yet well-proven autopilot technology. In fact, the three buttons and dual-... Read Article
Nobeltec Admiral 9 By Ben Ellison \| Posted November 2006 The full name for this high-end $1,200 PC navigation package, Jeppesen Marine's Nobeltec Admiral 9.0, has become a mouthful—and its $490 little brother, Jep...tec Visual... Read Article	Humminbird 997c Combo NVB By Ben Ellison \| Posted November 2006 The new top of Humminbird's fast-growing electronics line seems capable, as deconstructing its model name suggests. SI means that the 957c, besides doing "normal" dual-frequency... Read Article
NVTi 6000 Series Night Vision Camera By Ben Ellison \| Posted November 2006 NVTi has really upped the ante since I trialed its already powerful night- and long-vision, multicamera 4000 series. For one thing—whereas many owners these days appreciate... Read Article	Simrad Glass Bridge By Ben Ellison \| Posted November 2006 All the new features of Nobeltec Admiral 9.0 may not be built into the Simrad GB60 yet, but I'll bet they will be eventually. Simrad has clearly worked closely with Jeppesen... Read Article
VEI DM Series Monitors By Ben Ellison \| Posted October 2006 VEI’s new DM series monitors show how an assortment of seemingly minor developments can add up to what may well be a breakthrough product line. The visible bezel, for instance, is... Read Article	Krill Monitoring System By Ben Ellison \| Posted October 2006 The goal of Krill Systems is to make the elegant and informative monitoring we often see on megayachts possible on the boats most of us cruise in. The solution is a flexible... Read Article
Furuno FCV-620 Fishfinder By Ben Ellison \| Posted October 2006 Furuno’s claims about the benefits of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) in its new 5.6-inch FCV-620—its ability to suppress noise and maximize automatic fishfinding in varying... Read Article	Garmin 3210, 478, and G2 Cards By Ben Ellison \| Posted September 2006 Garmin offers so many plotters these days! The 32xx series—in 05, 06, and 10 models, i.e. screen sizes—is an update to the top-of-the-line networked 30xx series, still in... Read Article
Marine Charts By \| Posted September 2006 10,000 Islands, FloridaColumbia River Read Article	Airmar PC WeatherStation By Ben Ellison \| Posted September 2006 It’s astounding how many sensors are packed into that 23/4-inch-diameter housing: ultrasonic wind, GPS, compass, accelerometer (pitch and roll), thermometer, barometer, and... Read Article
Maretron Weather Station By Ben Ellison \| Posted September 2006 Maretron’s $699 Weather Station is as ambitious as Airmar’s but itself only senses wind—again ultrasonically, which means both accurately and without moving parts—plus... Read Article	Navionics NavPlanner By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2006 If Navionics charts come on standard CF and SD memory card formats, why do you need the special card reader shown to view them on a PC? The answer—that Microsoft operating... Read Article
Northstar Radar Unit By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2006 Brunswick New Technologies Marine Electronics (BNTME), is calling its new Northstar and Navman radar units "the industry’s first High Definition (HD) Digital Radar solution." Five... Read Article	Olympus Stylus 720 SW By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2006 This is one tough camera. I dunked it into the harbor, even took some snapshots of the muck, rinsed it under the tap, and it’s still snapping fine. Olympus’ $399 Stylus 720 SW has... Read Article
Port Network WiFi By Ben Ellison \| Posted August 2006 Port Network’s approach to maximized marine WiFi is to minimize coax loss, packing a high-powered radio and 5.5-dB antenna into a waterproof box for deployment on deck whenever... Read Article	Now Can You Hear Me? By \| Posted July 2006 Read Article

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