Just got a e-mail that something new coming out. Will be shown at the Classic,anyone heard anything.

I hope they say they found the cure for,TM interference.

I heard they're teaming up with Lakemaster mapping systems.

Johnson owns both Lakemaster AND Humminbird...

WOW 360 imaging around your boat!!!!! Hope it is upgradable too our units. I wonder what the transducer cost ?

Well their DI/SI transducer is something like $250. That's one of the reasons I went with Lowrance (not to mention the really heavy duty transom mount bracket Lowrance provides). I really don't want to drop $250 if I lose a transducer.

So just why exactly did you click on a thread for Humminbird ??

I thought you had to pay $500 up front for the side imaging on the lowrance anyway. Am I wrong?

Where did you get that price???

looks like it could be an interesting tool

$250 ? Someone got jacked.

360 degree imaging? What so now you drive around in slow circles to see what you already passed?

If that's the case (360) it's sure going to make things interesting. Might be selling one of my HDS units.

There are some images of it at the above BBC link on the 3rd page.

The individual units are quite a bit cheaper too. I picked up a new HDS-5 and LSS-1 for just under $1000 OTD, which is right around what a 798 (the HB equivalent) will run you. And of course, that means that multiple SI/DI units are cheaper when you go the Lowrance route.


Per HB's website, the 898 and up SI units use this transducer. Unfortunately, I was wrong on the price. It's $270, not $250.

http://store.humminbird.com/products/314029/XHS_9_HDSI_180_T

Just curious what it was about. I have a HB up front because I hadn't tried a Lowrance at the time. Looks like, from the discussion in the equipment area, that the announcement might be that HB is going to catch up with Lowrance's new Structure Scan technology. Suspicion is that maybe that was part of the deal in the lawsuit regarding Lowrance copying HB's SI technology.

I wasn't trying to get into a pissing match. The guy asked what the transducer cost, so I was simply trying to answer his question along with a comment that I thought the price was ridiculous and that's one of the reasons why I switched to Lowrance when I wanted to get an SI/DI unit. I'll leave the thread alone now.

It will be upgradeable to select units

Google search light sonar.....been out for a while in bigger packages, looks like bird will make a run at making it cost effective and popular. They did a good job of both with side imaging.

If I buy a hummingbird 958c with dual plus sonar no Down Imaging.... Could I just buy the down imagining sonar and expect it to work?

I hope 1197 is one of those select units! Wow just saw pics that is sweet. I hope I can upgrade before my Falcon trip coming up, be able to look at the rock piles way better.