HDS PRO ?? Is this it?

[DewRonInc]

I guess the popular HDS 10 gen 1 and 2 raised their interest to bring it back, plus others manufacturing 10 inch screen units

[SteveS]

I guess the popular HDS 10 gen 1 and 2 raised their interest to bring it back, plus others manufacturing 10 inch screen units

As a Marketing Major, I'll say the 10" is for equal comparison for the consumer. Could also be the availability of screens. Screen availability has been a major issue with all the electronics companies. From a historical perspective, this coming model year would typically be Lowrance's release of new products.

[NoCAL]

10" was always my favorite non-Touch screen size but I will say, I've gotten used to 12" Touch now.

NoCAL

[wallyandre]

10" was always my favorite non-Touch screen size but I will say, I've gotten used to 12" Touch now.

NoCAL

The old 10" was a 4X3 resolution screen, could it be the same for new Pro?

[Team Colibri]

I`m one of those old guys missing the 8 and 10, so for me the 10 alone is a good reason to upgrade. I spend a lot of time with split-screen 2D and map, and really miss the old-school 4:3.

[mean_dean]

The 10" might be promising, wait to see what the resolution is on the screen.

[haus9393]

I bet they opted to offer a 10” vs a 7” because sales on the 7” have probably plummeted over the past few years. With the features of all these graphs a 7” just seems like it’s not that functional anymore. Every boat I see has 9 or 12” screens and that 10” can fit right in the middle nicely.

[basscat tyler]

I bet they opted to offer a 10” vs a 7” because sales on the 7” have probably plummeted over the past few years. With the features of all these graphs a 7” just seems like it’s not that functional anymore. Every boat I see has 9 or 12” screens and that 10” can fit right in the middle nicely.

I agree. Chances are if someone was really looking for a 7” unit they don’t want to pay the money for the HDS when they could save money with the Elite FS

[Team Colibri]

Before Elite FS was introduced, the 7 was the (by far) most sold HDS-size, hundreds of 7 sold for every 12, thousands of 7 sold for every 16. This might have changed after Elite FS though (it should, given the capabilities and price of Elite FS).

[Fireball]

This might be a upgrade over my flasher but then I would have to learn all over again how to read it and that would take away from my fishing time.

[jsouth20]

More details leaked!

See more and catch more with the new HDS Pro fishfinder/chartplotter...

• SolarMAX HD Touchscreen viewable at extreme angles and through polarized lenses
• NEW - High-definition 1MHz Active Imaging HD ready (Lowrance CHIRP/SideScan/DownScan Imaging)
• NEW - High-resolution ActiveTarget 2 Live Sonar ready, Supports two ActiveTarget Systems for multiple views simultaneously
• Preloaded C-MAP DISCOVER OnBoard charts with 1-foot contours on 19,000+ US Lakes, 9,400+ Canadian Lakes
• Wide range of optional chart upgrades including C-MAP REVEAL, Navionics, Florida Marine Tracks and more

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https://www.englundmarine.com/produc...16005-001.html
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[Aruss1984]

I've seen the spec sheets and Side scan frequency is 455 low chirp 1075 high chirp and down scan is 700 low chirp and 1275 high chirp. You can mix and match frequency to get the view you want.

Noticed in the pic of the 12 it shows 700k chirp. Wonder what kind of freq options there will be?

[Fishton]

Could the "New Perspective" be 3D mapping? :-)

[MaciejK]

If they go new path as with simrad nsx- there's new map format will be add probably, At5 going to past.

[Moonlighter]

I got an email today from Lowrance Australia saying to watch for a big announcement on 1 December. With a link to this:

[bash11]

Anything about the screen resolutions?

[BassinLA13]

It's like iPhones - all Apple can really do now is increase the Processors by nanoseconds and the Photo & Screen quality by almost indecernible pixel amounts to try and get people to update their more recent (1-3 year old) models. Same with Graphs - in my opinion only of course - unless you're coming from the HDS's or earlier this won't be worth the $$ - but the Lowrance Pros will tell you differently i.e. "YOU GOTTA HAVE THE NEW GRAPHS" etc. ... but that's there job and you can't blame them.

Now the Active Target 2 on the other-hand .. as a relatively new product / technology there could be some very justifiable reasons to upgrade.

[TNReb]

It's like iPhones - all Apple can really do now is increase the Processors by nanoseconds and the Photo & Screen quality by almost indecernible pixel amounts to try and get people to update their more recent (1-3 year old) models. Same with Graphs - in my opinion only of course - unless you're coming from the HDS's or earlier this won't be worth the $$ - but the Lowrance Pros will tell you differently i.e. "YOU GOTTA HAVE THE NEW GRAPHS" etc. ... but that's there job and you can't blame them.

Now the Active Target 2 on the other-hand .. as a relatively new product / technology there could be some very justifiable reasons to upgrade.

Graphs have a ton of room for improvement to the screen. Higher resolution, brighter/crisper displays.. it's all possible. Unfortunately it seems to happen in baby steps instead of one incredible new product.

[ike12]

It almost seemed like it was active target but sidescan.. Either way if its faster than my HDS Carbon I might have to buy it.. but I do hope its not only in a 10" model. After having dual 12s I will never go back to smaller.

[SteveS]

when will more info be out about these units? looking at getting another unit and wondering if this transducer will be a upgrade to the current 3-1.

thanks

Reveal is December 1st. Yes, the new 3 in 1 is an upgraded transducer capable of frequencies over 1 MH.