Rad Brewer
‘22 Ranger Z520R - Mercury 250 Pro XS
Humminbird/Minn Kota One Boat Network
Man, I've been pretty hard on HB...lots just for fun. I love my little Helix and its Mega Imaging. Hey guys...this looks really GOOD! Doesn't look any better than Garmin? SO the hell what? It doesn't look worse. In fact, the return on the bait looked AMAZING and let me tell you THAT is something you are going to want to see. I think as things flush out, this is going to be a step ahead. I'm really curious about landscape mode...what the heck does that do? Lots of talk of using with Mega360 so no worries about interference. The consumers are going to flush out all the pros and cons so still lots to wait and see. Still, congrats to HB for entry into the Live imaging realm with a novel product.
I like it and gonna guess it does well. Also, if any needs to keep a good secret...tell Brian Palaniuk. Guy's been testing it and never leaked a drop.
Is mega live built in the head unit not requiring a processing unit?
I originally I said if its as good or better than Livescope I would probably get it. Since I can't watch the video at the moment is this the case? Or is it to soon to tell?
Compilation of Mega Live videos available so far.
‘22 Ranger Z520R - Mercury 250 Pro XS
Humminbird/Minn Kota One Boat Network
Man, the more I look at these videos, the more I like it. No haze on the screen, no ghost tree. All you see are fish. I would like to see some structure/trees in these videos though.
Thanks for posting Sirus Rich...
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2024 Phoenix 21 XE - Mercury 250 PRO XS Serial #3B429919
2017 Phoenix PHX 21 - Yamaha 250 SHO
2010 Skeeter 20i - Yamaha 250 SHO
1988 Procraft 1780 Competitor - Mercury 100
These clips are all at extreme close range. The down imaging is 5' to each side. That is peanuts. Of course lure lure returns will show up well.
‘22 Ranger Z520R - Mercury 250 Pro XS
Humminbird/Minn Kota One Boat Network
Target separation and contrast is fantastic. Theres no sun rays or stitching lines either like LS and AT have. Detail isnt amazing, but detail isnt necessarily needed. It very clearly shows fish and lures. LS and AT videos were all done in close range too. Real world beyond 30-40ft you cant see ajything in detail, just that its there. Owning LS I cant say I'd swap for this, but it looks comparable fishability wise.
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Probably did like the other brands and filmed in a controlled environment. At least that’s the way it looks with the lack of structure or contours. Just a thought not a fact ,.
I assume they are licensing the tech from garmin just like navico is doing. if that's the case it will never look the same as garmin. Garmin won't allow it to. the original panoptix is still the best IMO. much better range and much larger returns that are easier to see.
Here is a link to Hbird`s web sight showing all 3 views.
https://www.humminbird.com/learn/imaging/mega-live