Our boat came with an old Furuno MFD, the charts are crap but the radar is nice, so I installed a Nuk running Nobeltec for charting. The Nuk is fine running on either AC or DC. I would like to find a good monitor to use with it that can run on 12VDC. Anyone have some experience with a product they would recommend?
Following along with this. I am about to pull the trigger on a NUC type PC for NWD, along with a monitor, for the lower helm. I am also looking at building a suitable weatherproof cabinet for a flybridge monitor to run off the same NUC. I already have a 12" portable monitor that only requires a USB and mini HMDI to run, no other power source needed, its just not weatherproof.
My tentative thoughts are to mount the monitor on a RAM mount; they have a selection of mounts that will work with VESA 100x100.
I've located a suitable NUC (not an intel but another manufacturer mini computer) and found a couple monitors on amazon that might fit the bill, both of which have speakers. I just haven't picked the size yet.
The NUCalike i found and monitors all run off 12 v (from an included adapter) so wiring them into the boat's house system should be a snap, native computing with no need for the inverter to run.
I really like the touch screen idea though, and might go back to the drawing board to see if there is a similar model that can run on 12v.
Here is what I've found for monitors that interest me.
Amazon.com
That's the 27 in version, you can search further for the 24 in version. Like I said, one of my criteria is to have the speakers built in, so I can get sound without having to buy/install separate speakers. Def going back to double check for touch screen monitors first though.
Richard on Dauntless (a KK) uses two monitors for his cabin, he's a member here on TF. He's posted a series of videos on youtube that show his monitors.
in this video, he mentions that he uses Samsung 24 inch monitors. They look like they are working quite well for him. Part of what is prompting me to research more into an installed computer instead of the laptop on the chart table... My helm is not conducive to twin monitors, and I have to mount it closer to the windshields because of my companionway, so I'm thinking about the larger size (27 in).