Dauntless66
Member
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2021
- Messages
- 12
- Vessel Name
- Dauntless
- Vessel Make
- Cheoy Lee 72
Looking to complete a major refit of the pilot house helm on our newly purchased Cheoy Lee.
I’ve spend way too much time investigating display options. I’ve settled on three 24” displays however the decision on specs and using a monitor vs a marine display still remain.
My pilot house is VERY bright so I need to be careful of the brightness, don’t think I need 1000 nit but also brighter than 250. Thinking 400/450?
Do standard monitors like Dell/LG/Others stand up to the vibration and abuse on a boat well?
If cost is not the major factor (Value is), does it make sense to go for a true marine 24” display over a commercial one?
Here are my three considerations:
Dell 24” touchscreen, standard commercial monitor and specs @ $400
I-tech/seatronix 24” true marine touch screen @ $2800
Or...
Something like a signage display that’s somewhere between the two. More rugged than a PC monitor, not as rugged as a marine display. Hardest one to adjust brightness on as you need a remote or dive into menus.
Also have investigated medical grade displays, about the same cost as the signage displays (Around $1500) but far better specifications on display performance and available in 4K (Which I built the nav computer to support).
My sources for the monitors will be:
High performance PC running Time Zero Professional
Furuno TZT2BB
Oceanic Systems Poseidon vessel control
FLIR M364C night vision
IP cameras
Prepared to spend $3K per monitor if needed but don’t want to waste the $$ if it’s uncalled for.
Thoughts? Experiences? Regrets?
Any useful input is greatly appreciated as I am truly stuck making this decision.
And to preempt the eventual “Too complicated, too much electronics” argument, the risk is acceptable as I am keeping the flybridge helm based on Furuno MFD’s that will not rely the PC in any way. That’s my third level of redundancy just to be safe.
I’ve spend way too much time investigating display options. I’ve settled on three 24” displays however the decision on specs and using a monitor vs a marine display still remain.
My pilot house is VERY bright so I need to be careful of the brightness, don’t think I need 1000 nit but also brighter than 250. Thinking 400/450?
Do standard monitors like Dell/LG/Others stand up to the vibration and abuse on a boat well?
If cost is not the major factor (Value is), does it make sense to go for a true marine 24” display over a commercial one?
Here are my three considerations:
Dell 24” touchscreen, standard commercial monitor and specs @ $400
I-tech/seatronix 24” true marine touch screen @ $2800
Or...
Something like a signage display that’s somewhere between the two. More rugged than a PC monitor, not as rugged as a marine display. Hardest one to adjust brightness on as you need a remote or dive into menus.
Also have investigated medical grade displays, about the same cost as the signage displays (Around $1500) but far better specifications on display performance and available in 4K (Which I built the nav computer to support).
My sources for the monitors will be:
High performance PC running Time Zero Professional
Furuno TZT2BB
Oceanic Systems Poseidon vessel control
FLIR M364C night vision
IP cameras
Prepared to spend $3K per monitor if needed but don’t want to waste the $$ if it’s uncalled for.
Thoughts? Experiences? Regrets?
Any useful input is greatly appreciated as I am truly stuck making this decision.
And to preempt the eventual “Too complicated, too much electronics” argument, the risk is acceptable as I am keeping the flybridge helm based on Furuno MFD’s that will not rely the PC in any way. That’s my third level of redundancy just to be safe.